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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  April, 
  1907 
  

  

  The 
  Entrance 
  Front 
  Has 
  a 
  Slightly 
  Pedimented 
  Center, 
  with 
  a 
  Porch 
  Supported 
  by 
  

  

  Roman 
  Doric 
  Columns 
  

  

  red 
  curtains. 
  The 
  wall 
  on 
  the 
  stairs 
  is 
  paneled 
  in 
  small 
  

   squares, 
  and 
  the 
  upper 
  hall 
  is 
  walled 
  in 
  yellow. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  left 
  of 
  the 
  hall 
  is 
  the 
  library, 
  which 
  occupies 
  the 
  

   whole 
  of 
  this 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  and 
  has 
  windows 
  on 
  three 
  

   sides. 
  It 
  has 
  a 
  paneled 
  wood 
  wainscot 
  identical 
  with 
  that 
  of 
  

   the 
  hall, 
  as 
  is 
  all 
  the 
  woodwork 
  on 
  this 
  floor. 
  The 
  upper 
  

   walls 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  old 
  Italian 
  red 
  and 
  gold 
  damask, 
  dat- 
  

   ing, 
  probably, 
  from 
  the 
  sixteenth 
  century. 
  There 
  are 
  numer- 
  

   ous 
  Oriental 
  rugs 
  on 
  the 
  hardwood 
  floor, 
  and 
  the 
  ceiling 
  is 
  

   in 
  plain 
  white. 
  The 
  wood 
  mantel 
  has 
  brick 
  facings, 
  and 
  

   above 
  it 
  is 
  an 
  old 
  carved 
  picture 
  frame 
  containing 
  an 
  An- 
  

   nunciation 
  undoubtedly 
  of 
  the 
  period 
  of 
  Perugino. 
  The 
  fire- 
  

   place 
  has 
  brass 
  andirons, 
  and 
  before 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  vast 
  red 
  velvet 
  

   davenport 
  of 
  astonishing 
  comfortness. 
  The 
  windows 
  on 
  each 
  

   side 
  of 
  the 
  fireplace 
  look 
  onto 
  the 
  loggia, 
  which 
  overlooks 
  the 
  

   formal 
  garden. 
  The 
  window 
  curtains 
  are 
  of 
  dull 
  red 
  velvet. 
  

   The 
  room 
  is 
  almost 
  entirely 
  surrounded 
  with 
  low 
  bookcases, 
  

   and 
  the 
  furnishings 
  include 
  a 
  quantity 
  of 
  valuable 
  and 
  inter- 
  

   esting 
  bric-a-brac. 
  

  

  The 
  dining-room 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  right 
  of 
  the 
  hall 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  op- 
  

   posite 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  house. 
  It 
  has 
  a 
  paneled 
  wood 
  wainscot 
  and 
  

  

  cornice, 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  band 
  or 
  

   frieze 
  of 
  green 
  silk. 
  The 
  ceil- 
  

   ing 
  is 
  of 
  rough 
  white 
  plaster. 
  

   The 
  fireplace 
  is 
  faced 
  and 
  

   lined 
  with 
  red 
  brick. 
  The 
  

   mahogany 
  chairs 
  are 
  covered 
  

   with 
  tapestry. 
  The 
  most 
  in- 
  

   teresting 
  piece 
  of 
  furniture 
  in 
  

   the 
  room 
  is 
  unquestionably 
  

   the 
  sideboard, 
  made 
  from 
  the 
  

   panels 
  of 
  two 
  carved 
  Brit- 
  

   tany 
  beds, 
  obtained 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   Clark 
  abroad. 
  The 
  panels 
  

   inclosing 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  were 
  

   taken 
  from 
  one 
  bed, 
  while 
  the 
  

   woodwork 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  came 
  

   from 
  another. 
  Both 
  beds 
  be- 
  

   long 
  to 
  somewhat 
  different 
  

   periods 
  in 
  date, 
  the 
  difference 
  

   in 
  time 
  having 
  been 
  estimated 
  

   by 
  some 
  experts 
  as 
  to 
  be 
  as 
  

   much 
  as 
  a 
  hundred 
  years. 
  As 
  

   now 
  utilized, 
  however, 
  they 
  

   constitute 
  an 
  harmonious 
  and 
  

   beautiful 
  article 
  of 
  furniture. 
  

   The 
  morning-room 
  opens 
  

   from 
  the 
  dining-room. 
  The 
  

   woodwork 
  throughout 
  is 
  

   painted 
  white. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  

   apartment 
  with 
  a 
  wood 
  wain- 
  

   scot 
  and 
  upper 
  walls 
  of 
  yel- 
  

   low 
  silk. 
  One 
  side 
  is 
  wholly 
  

   paneled 
  and 
  shelved, 
  forming 
  

   a 
  built-in 
  desk. 
  The 
  window 
  

   has 
  striped 
  curtains, 
  and 
  the 
  

   coverings 
  of 
  the 
  furniture 
  

   are, 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part, 
  white, 
  

   pink, 
  and 
  yellow. 
  

  

  In 
  a 
  place 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  

   "North 
  Farm" 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  

   strange 
  were 
  there 
  not 
  sev- 
  

   eral 
  ways 
  of 
  getting 
  to 
  its 
  

   various 
  parts. 
  The 
  flower 
  

   garden 
  may 
  be 
  entered 
  

   through 
  a 
  window 
  in 
  the 
  li- 
  

   brary, 
  but 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  more 
  

   convenient 
  to 
  enter 
  it 
  through 
  

   the 
  little 
  wooden 
  gate 
  let 
  

   into 
  the 
  brick 
  wall 
  which 
  

   bounds 
  its 
  outer 
  face, 
  and 
  which 
  adjoins 
  the 
  entrance 
  front 
  

   of 
  the 
  house. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  a 
  garden 
  of 
  goodly 
  size, 
  laid 
  out 
  and 
  adorned 
  with 
  

   rare 
  taste. 
  To 
  the 
  left, 
  as 
  one 
  enters 
  by 
  the 
  gate, 
  is 
  a 
  brick 
  

   wall, 
  before 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  pergola 
  extending 
  to 
  the 
  full 
  depth 
  

   of 
  the 
  garden. 
  The 
  innermost 
  supports 
  are 
  brick 
  piers, 
  but 
  

   the 
  outermost, 
  toward 
  the 
  garden, 
  are 
  marble 
  columns, 
  

   brought 
  from 
  Verona 
  and 
  Venice 
  ; 
  old 
  columns 
  with 
  old 
  cap- 
  

   itals, 
  that 
  neither 
  fit 
  nor 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  columns 
  they 
  surmount, 
  

   but 
  which, 
  in 
  the 
  good 
  old 
  Italian 
  style, 
  are 
  used 
  as 
  pieces 
  of 
  

   ornamental 
  carving. 
  

  

  Exactly 
  in 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  garden 
  is 
  a 
  delicious 
  little 
  foun- 
  

   tain, 
  rising 
  from 
  a 
  circular 
  pool. 
  And 
  then 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  

   remaining 
  space 
  is 
  marked 
  off 
  in 
  flower 
  beds 
  in 
  formal 
  pat- 
  

   tern, 
  edged 
  with 
  low 
  borders 
  of 
  box, 
  and 
  filled, 
  almost 
  to 
  

   bursting, 
  with 
  flowers 
  and 
  plants, 
  so 
  arranged 
  and 
  grouped 
  

   as 
  to 
  give 
  constant 
  successions 
  of 
  bloom 
  and 
  constant 
  harmony 
  

   of 
  flowers. 
  On 
  the 
  far 
  side, 
  opposite 
  the 
  loggia, 
  the 
  distant 
  

   ground 
  rises 
  naturally, 
  with 
  lofty 
  trees, 
  and 
  a 
  final 
  bounding 
  

   wall, 
  emphasized 
  in 
  the 
  center 
  by 
  a 
  couple 
  of 
  columns 
  and 
  a 
  

   heightening 
  of 
  the 
  inclosed 
  wall. 
  On 
  the 
  remaining 
  side 
  the 
  

  

  