AMERICAN ESTATES AND GARDENS 



simple. \The house is a vast rectangle. A broad drive leads up before one front, where is 

 a great graveled forecourt, that affords ample space for waiting carriages. Beyond it to 

 one's right as one drives up to the house is a grove of trees, largely planted here as 

 a part of the general scheme, and adorned with a fountain at each end. The central path 

 leads up to a beautiful circular temple, which stands on a level space on the apex of the hill 

 on which the house is built. 



The formal garden, the Italian garden, is to the right of the house. It is not too large, 

 measuring two hundred by one hundred and thirteen feet, but it is ample in size, and the spirit 

 of the Italian garden, as well as its forms, has been translated to this fine New England 

 hillside. 



At the farthest point from the house, and marking the limits of the garden, is the 

 Casino, a graceful structure, entirely unenclosed on the garden front, and decorated within in 

 the Pompeian style in colors, a novel and effective decoration. Before it is a pool with 

 a fountain, and on either side stretch the columns and piers of the pergola. 



Architecture comes into use only in the boundary enclosure; but it is employed in 

 strong, graceful lines, in well-built walls, in admirably proportioned columns, in sturdy piers. 

 The Casino is at once a summer house and a retreat, and the climax to the garden as a whole. 

 The pool before it brings the charm of water into the garden, a charm penetrating and real. 

 The whole of the space other- 

 wise unoccupied is given to the 

 garden proper, to the plants 

 and shrubs which make it 

 joyous, and to the art works 

 which give it life. The foliage 

 is chiefly that of perennials, 

 but ample space has been left 

 for annual plants, and many 

 brilliant notes of color are won 

 by this combination of natural 

 growth. The garden contains 

 not a few furnishings in the 

 form of old wine jars from 

 Italy, well heads from Venice, 

 classic busts, carved stonework 

 and balustrades. Each has 

 been placed with care, and for 

 specific purpose in adornment. 



UNDER THE TERRACE WALL. 



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