PROBLEM XII 



THE TERRACED GARDEN OF A COUNTRY PLACE, BY 



ELIZABETH BOOTES CLARK, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



This property is located at Devon, Pa. The dimensions of 

 the garden are 36 x 80 feet 



ROOKMEAD " is an old country place. Its 

 chief interest is centered upon the dairy 

 farm. The whitewashed farm buildings stand 

 close to the house, just on the other side of the 

 drive, and the fine Guernsey cows find pasture on 

 the broad sloping meadows that quite naturally 

 usurp the greater part of the grounds and give the 

 place its lovely rural character. 



The house is low and old-fashioned. It is built 

 of the gray stone that has given the country around 

 Philadelphia its peculiar charm. The old drive- 

 way runs along the west of the house between 

 groups of tall trees. A sloping piece of ground in 

 front of the house is reserved as a kept lawn which 



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