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wine-cellar and the fat-cellar, the latter used for the storage of 

 meats. 



But it is in the wide lawn and old-fashioned garden that one 

 realizes the real charm of the place. The brick walk is edged on 

 either side by large boxwood, and a sun dial has been placed on the 

 original column in the center of the box circle to mark the time as 

 one did nearly a hundred years ago. Shading the sun dial is an un- 

 usually large mimosa tree, its glory of bloom in summer attracting 

 many humming-birds which add glints of color to the already 

 beautiful spot. 



Conspicuous among the garden trees is an old magnolia with 

 a circumference of more than twelve feet. This was somewhat 

 the appearance of an English oak and is unusually handsome. There 

 is a story that the boxwood, that once adorned the terraces, was 

 taken to form a maze in a neighboring county. 



The wide lawn has a remarkable variety of old-fashioned 

 shrubs and trees. Magnolias, wonderfully suited to the climate, 

 are there in their glory, also lindens, elms, tulip, poplars, white 

 pine, and many other trees, including English walnuts and pecans. 

 One of the latter stands with a spread of more than a hundred feet. 

 This interesting collection testifies to the love and care bestowed 

 by the founders of the home nearly a century ago. 



As was the custom in those days, the family graveyard is near 

 the house. It lies in a secluded corner of the lawn, surrounded by 

 a low brick wall. There rests the only son and heir. His death at 

 the age of twelve years was the tragedy of the hopeful parents and 

 caused the home built with such care to descend to a collateral 

 branch of the Webb family. 



The present owners of the place have planted the old enclosure 

 as a little rose garden with the time-worn tombstones resting 

 among the flowers. 



Not far from the terraced garden, and standing between it and 

 the house, is the chimney of the original outside kitchen. This 

 chimney, with its two Dutch ovens. Is In size eight by fourteen feet 



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