﻿February, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  69 
  

  

  kitchen 
  and 
  cutting 
  gardens 
  stretch 
  to 
  the 
  

   main 
  road, 
  isolated 
  and 
  complete 
  in 
  detail. 
  

   The 
  permanent 
  summer 
  residence 
  was 
  not 
  

   erected 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  purchase 
  of 
  

   the 
  estate. 
  For 
  many 
  years, 
  Mr. 
  White- 
  

   house 
  lived 
  in 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  farm 
  cottages, 
  as 
  

   he 
  was 
  desirous 
  of 
  taking 
  his 
  own 
  time 
  in 
  

   building. 
  

  

  The 
  house 
  was 
  completed 
  only 
  about 
  a 
  

   year 
  ago 
  from 
  plans 
  designed 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   Whitehouse. 
  It 
  stands 
  on 
  the 
  highest 
  ele- 
  

   vation 
  of 
  land 
  and 
  faces 
  the 
  ocean. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  

   large 
  and 
  handsome 
  country 
  home, 
  con- 
  

   structed 
  of 
  concrete. 
  Massive 
  pillars 
  sup- 
  

   port 
  the 
  entrance 
  porch 
  and 
  porte-cochere. 
  

   There 
  are 
  large 
  sloping 
  gables 
  from 
  which 
  

   rise 
  the 
  chimneys, 
  of 
  more 
  than 
  ordinary 
  

   size, 
  attractive 
  loggias, 
  and 
  many 
  bay 
  win- 
  

   dows. 
  Diamond-shaped 
  panes 
  of 
  glass 
  

   have 
  been 
  introduced, 
  and 
  add 
  much 
  to 
  the 
  

   picturesqueness 
  of 
  the 
  windows. 
  

  

  The 
  interior 
  contains 
  many 
  novel 
  fea- 
  

   tures. 
  The 
  lower 
  hall 
  has 
  a 
  floor 
  of 
  tile, 
  

   from 
  which 
  rises 
  an 
  elaborate 
  staircase 
  of 
  

   old 
  English 
  oak, 
  brought 
  from 
  abroad 
  and 
  

   originally 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  Enfield 
  Hall. 
  This 
  

   leads, 
  by 
  low 
  treads, 
  to 
  a 
  large 
  upper 
  hall, 
  

   which 
  in 
  turn 
  opens 
  into 
  the 
  various 
  rooms. 
  

  

  The 
  great 
  drawing-room 
  is 
  most 
  inter- 
  

   esting 
  and 
  elaborate 
  in 
  design. 
  It 
  is 
  fin- 
  

   ished 
  in 
  old 
  English 
  oak, 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  curved 
  

   ceiling 
  richly 
  ornamented 
  in 
  stucco. 
  The 
  

   dining-room, 
  30 
  by 
  20 
  feet, 
  opens 
  into 
  the 
  

   conservatory, 
  and 
  is 
  reached 
  directly 
  from 
  

   the 
  hall. 
  

  

  The 
  approach 
  to 
  the 
  house, 
  from 
  the 
  

   main 
  road, 
  is 
  by 
  a 
  wide 
  avenue 
  that 
  curves 
  

   up 
  the 
  hill 
  to 
  the 
  house 
  itself. 
  On 
  either 
  

   side 
  are 
  interesting 
  trees 
  and 
  smooth 
  green 
  

   turf. 
  

  

  One 
  does 
  not 
  see 
  the 
  beauty 
  of 
  the 
  gar- 
  

   den 
  until 
  the 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  is 
  reached. 
  

   This 
  is 
  English 
  in 
  design 
  and 
  exhibits 
  fea- 
  

   tures 
  thoroughly 
  in 
  harmony 
  with 
  the 
  

   rough 
  landscape 
  surroundings. 
  At 
  the 
  

   right 
  rise 
  tall, 
  arrowy 
  trees, 
  which 
  have 
  

   been 
  left 
  in 
  their 
  natural 
  state 
  and 
  form 
  a 
  

   breakwind 
  for 
  the 
  tender 
  plants. 
  The 
  

   woods, 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  cleared 
  of 
  under- 
  

   brush, 
  and 
  through 
  which 
  paths 
  lead 
  in 
  

   ever} 
  7 
  direction, 
  are 
  a 
  delight 
  to 
  the 
  botanist, 
  

   from 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  coming 
  of 
  the 
  blue- 
  

   eyed 
  violet 
  to 
  the 
  late 
  glow 
  of 
  the 
  golden- 
  

   rod. 
  It 
  is 
  refreshing 
  to 
  come 
  upon 
  a 
  gar- 
  

   den 
  such 
  as 
  this. 
  There 
  are 
  no 
  marble 
  

   fragments; 
  there 
  is 
  practically 
  no 
  architec- 
  

   tural 
  design, 
  and 
  yet 
  each 
  bed 
  has 
  been 
  so 
  

   carefully 
  laid 
  out 
  and 
  is 
  so 
  profuse 
  in 
  its 
  

   blooming 
  that 
  a 
  happy 
  result 
  has 
  been 
  pro- 
  

   duced. 
  Inside 
  the 
  box 
  borders 
  is 
  an 
  infinite 
  

   variety 
  of 
  plants; 
  the 
  tiny 
  bluebell, 
  the 
  

   stately 
  hollyhock, 
  and 
  the 
  soft 
  tint 
  of 
  the 
  

   rose 
  each 
  adds 
  its 
  own 
  particular 
  charm 
  

   and 
  gives 
  a 
  distinct 
  feature 
  to 
  the 
  grounds. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  center 
  is 
  a 
  circular 
  basin, 
  with 
  a 
  

   graceful 
  surrounding 
  of 
  lilies, 
  dotted 
  here 
  

   and 
  there, 
  on 
  its 
  surface, 
  with 
  the 
  white 
  

   of 
  the 
  pond-lily 
  blossom. 
  Graceful 
  water 
  

   jets 
  form 
  a 
  fountain, 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  central 
  

   feature. 
  Grass 
  paths 
  intersect 
  the 
  grounds. 
  

  

  The 
  Wood 
  Path 
  

  

  The 
  Central 
  Path 
  Viewed 
  from 
  the 
  Loggia 
  

  

  The 
  Tea 
  House 
  and 
  the 
  Steps 
  Leading 
  to 
  the 
  Upper 
  Terrace 
  

  

  