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 APPROPRIATE BRIDGES 



GARDEN STREAMS AID CONSIDERABLY IN PER- 

 FECTING THE PICTURE OF HARMONIOUS 

 HOUSE SURROUNDINGS 



GAKDEN streams and bridges in their artistic de- 

 velopment are so well illustrated in notable estates 

 of eastern Pennsylvania that some of them may well 

 afford an excellent text in the treatment of this sub- 

 ject. There are two distinct types of bridge build- 

 ing on the Jay Cooke estate, at Ogontz, valued for 

 their characteristic treatment. One presents a deep 

 natural stream that in the long ago provided the 

 water supply for an old mill which stands on a part 

 of the estate. When the place came into the posses- 

 sion of the famous financier, he brought the same 

 practical principles to bear upon his garden build- 

 ing that had brought about his success in the build- 

 ing of a fortune. Not one suggestion of natural 

 beauty was allowed to be sacrificed in the resurrec- 

 tion of the dilapidated old mill and its neglected 

 water supply. An open vista was arranged through 

 the intervening belt of woodland in order that this 

 picturesque bit of the lower slope of the grounds 

 might be in plain view from the upper walks and 



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