A HOUSE AND GARDEN IN SWITZERLAND 



THE house and garden which forms the subjectof the followingillustrations 

 was designed for a hillside site in Switzerland. The site is a somewhat 

 small one, only slightly more than one-third of an acre in extent, and is 

 bounded on its upper and lower sides by roads which do not run parallel to 

 each other. The house is placed parallel to the upper road, and gains a 

 certain air of snugness by being placed somewhat below its level, so that 

 from the entrance gate one descends eight steps into the little square 

 entrance court. From this court vistas to right and left end in garden 

 ornaments backed by clipped hedges. The house is symmetrically disposed, 

 with its central arched doorway with black door relieved by metal, and on 

 each side this recessed central portion is flanked by the projecting gables 

 with their chimneys. 



Turning to the right from the entrance court and passing the angle of the 

 house is a small part of the garden specially arranged for children, with its 

 swing, giant's stride, and flower beds, while in one angle, the masses of dark 

 shrubs which surround it are cut out into a circular recessed retreat, one 

 of those enclosed nooks which especially recommend themselves to children. 

 The woodwork of the swing and giant's stride is painted in gay colours, and 

 in the centre of the four flower beds is a circular tank, lined with turquoise- 

 blue tiles, in which gold-fish and other aquatic pets are kept. The furnishing 

 of this part of the garden would also include a low garden seat and table. 



Descending some nine steps which pass the bay-window to the children's 

 room one reaches another terrace, at a lower level, from which access may be 

 gained, through a verandah or porch, to a billiard-room on the lower floor. 

 From this terrace also opens a small garden pavilion from which one 

 reaches the flower garden and lawn below by means of a sloping path 

 on the bank of shrubs above which the house and its terrace rise. On 

 turning the corner of the house by the drawing-room bay-window one passes 

 along the terrace which runs parallel to the garden front of the house. At 

 the opposite end of this terrace one turns to the right down a wide flight 

 of steps leading to the rose garden. Half-way down these steps is a landing 

 from which to the right one looks through a shady archway of clipped 

 shrubs into the bright flower garden with its central dipping well and ter- 

 minal pavilion. To the left from the same landing one looks into the 

 pergola. The rose garden is laid out in square form with a circle of climbing 

 roses on arches round another dipping well. Here also is a semicircular 

 recess for a seat, and passing down another flight of steps one reaches, 

 through an iron gate under an arch, the lower road. Divided from this rose 

 garden by a hedge is the lawn with a semicircular recess at the end for 

 another seat, and adjoining the rose garden to the north is the shady pergola 

 with its roof of leafage on the level of the court which adjoins it to the 

 north. In this pergola one passes through a door, not without a suggestion 

 of mystery, up a flight of steps into a square court. To the north of this 

 are the kitchen premises with a drying-yard for linen which is placed half 

 outside and half under the arched wall of the house, so that the clothes can 

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