XIV 

 TWO COUNTRY-PLACES 



A COUNTRY-PLACE like the one we shall now 

 consider at Carlisle in the rich farming land of 

 lower Pennsylvania, has many advantages. The 

 country is gently rolling and the soil is a sandy 

 loam free from stone and naturally fertile. The 

 place is situated between two roads and ends at 

 their junction. It is in wedge form and about 

 fifteen acres in extent. 



The house was an old-fashioned one and has 

 been given the modern colonial touch in the way 

 of columns and other classical suggestions. A 

 number of fine old trees, maples, elms, chestnuts, 

 etc., exist in the neighborhood of the house. 

 Otherwise the area of the grounds had been given 

 up chiefly to meadow and pasture lands. When 

 the recent improvements were undertaken the 

 ground was found covered with a dense growth of 

 alfalfa, and though by nature beautifully rolling 

 with gentle swells, the entire territory had to be 

 broken up and graded in order to manage the 

 drainage properly and to soften all contour lines. 

 For the purpose of securing the most effective 

 approach to the house and of giving opportunity 

 for effective grouping of trees and shrubs with 

 long vistas, the main road was brought in near 



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