AMERICAN ESTATES AND GARDENS 



entertainments have been given in the room without other light. Just lief ore the fireplace 

 stand two old Italian ecclesiastical candelabra, massive and splendid examples of old brass 

 work. The ceiling candelabra are likewise old Italian and directly from the center hangs 

 a full-rigged Dutch ship, a metal model at least a hundred and fifty years old. The stairs at 

 the back of the studio lead to the billiard-room above. Beyond are a dark-room, a gun-room, 

 a bicycle-room, and a bathroom, connected with the squash court. 



The rose garden is just beyond the porch at the back It is about sixty feet square, and 

 fills the space enclosed by the wings of the house. In the center is a graceful fountain : the walks 

 are of brick, box lined a lovely and beautiful spot of flowers. 



The pergola stretches back from it on either side full two hundred feet; bounded on 

 the outer edge with a low brick wall, above which rise short square piers; within, a row of 

 circular columns, the whole flat-roofed with natural branches At the far end it is open to 

 the ground, with double rows of columns opening to a still farther vista beyond. The space 

 beyond contains the vegetable garden; but the central path is lined with peach trees on either 

 side, and ultimately it is proposed to extend the pergola down this path clear to the bounding 

 wall of the property, a good six hundred and sixty feet from the house. The space within 

 the pergola is brightly planted with hardy shrubs and flowers, so selected that, throughout the 

 season, there will be a constant succession of bloom. Without it is a similar bed along the 



"THE ORCHARD" THE CONSERVATORY. 



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