﻿April, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  127 
  

  

  garden 
  adjoins 
  the 
  terrace 
  on 
  the 
  bay 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  house. 
  This 
  

   is 
  a 
  spacious 
  grassed 
  space, 
  reaching 
  full 
  across 
  the 
  house, 
  

   extending 
  beyond 
  its 
  limits 
  on 
  either 
  end. 
  It 
  is 
  inclosed 
  

   within 
  a 
  low 
  stone 
  wall. 
  Below 
  it 
  are 
  fields, 
  and 
  then 
  clumps 
  

   of 
  trees, 
  while 
  in 
  the 
  lower 
  distance 
  are 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  Narra- 
  

   gansett 
  Bay, 
  with 
  Warwick 
  Neck, 
  Rocky 
  Point, 
  and 
  other 
  

   well-known 
  landmarks 
  in 
  the 
  far 
  distance 
  across 
  its 
  shining 
  

   surface. 
  Very 
  restful 
  it 
  is 
  to 
  sit 
  on 
  the 
  Pompeiian 
  porch 
  

   and 
  cool 
  oneself 
  in 
  the 
  breezes 
  that 
  almost 
  constantly 
  sweep 
  

   up 
  from 
  below; 
  and 
  very 
  beautiful 
  it 
  is 
  to 
  sit 
  beneath 
  the 
  

   loggia 
  in 
  the 
  garden, 
  and 
  look 
  out 
  from 
  beneath 
  its 
  nine 
  

   arches 
  onto 
  the 
  floral 
  loveliness 
  at 
  one's 
  feet. 
  Yet 
  all 
  this 
  love- 
  

   liness 
  does 
  not 
  exhaust 
  the 
  beauties 
  of 
  this 
  delightful 
  estate. 
  

  

  Nothing 
  finer, 
  for 
  example, 
  can 
  be 
  imagined 
  than 
  the 
  Mall 
  

   which 
  stretches 
  away 
  like 
  a 
  vast 
  green 
  carpet 
  just 
  beyond 
  the 
  

   main 
  doorway 
  of 
  the 
  house. 
  How 
  large 
  it 
  is 
  I 
  have 
  no 
  idea, 
  

   but 
  of 
  size 
  it 
  has 
  abundance, 
  green 
  with 
  the 
  greenest 
  grass, 
  

   bordered 
  on 
  three 
  sides, 
  to 
  the 
  right 
  and 
  left 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  far 
  

   distance, 
  with 
  a 
  lofty 
  hedge 
  : 
  privet 
  without, 
  spiraea 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle, 
  and 
  barberries 
  for 
  the 
  lowest 
  inner 
  rank. 
  All 
  

   planted 
  thickly 
  and 
  all 
  grow- 
  

   ing 
  with 
  a 
  marvelous 
  lusti- 
  

   ness; 
  the 
  spirea, 
  in 
  spring 
  

   time, 
  presenting 
  a 
  garland 
  of 
  

   the 
  purest 
  white 
  all 
  around 
  

   the 
  great 
  space. 
  At 
  the 
  far 
  

   end, 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  open- 
  

   ing 
  left 
  in 
  the 
  hedge, 
  are 
  two 
  

   old 
  Italian 
  groups, 
  defaced 
  

   and 
  weatherworn, 
  it 
  is 
  true, 
  

   but 
  exactly 
  the 
  right 
  thing 
  in 
  

   the 
  right 
  place. 
  

  

  Just 
  outside 
  the 
  hedge, 
  and 
  

   extending 
  from 
  the 
  pergola, 
  

   is 
  a 
  long 
  path 
  which 
  leads 
  to 
  

   the 
  study, 
  a 
  separate 
  simple 
  

   little 
  house, 
  built 
  at 
  some 
  dis- 
  

   tance 
  from 
  the 
  residence. 
  Se- 
  

   vere 
  to 
  a 
  degree, 
  it 
  is 
  thor- 
  

   oughly 
  charming. 
  It 
  is 
  all 
  in 
  

   white, 
  save 
  the 
  door, 
  which 
  is 
  

   green, 
  with 
  a 
  pedimented 
  cen- 
  

   terpiece, 
  with 
  green 
  trellises 
  

   against 
  its 
  walls 
  for 
  the 
  up- 
  

   holding 
  of 
  roses 
  and 
  other 
  

   vines. 
  Two 
  vast 
  amphorae 
  

   on 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  door 
  are 
  

   welcome 
  color 
  notes. 
  A 
  

   hermes, 
  embedded 
  in 
  a 
  fine 
  

   clump 
  of 
  retinospora, 
  can 
  be 
  

   seen 
  in 
  the 
  grass 
  not 
  far 
  

   away. 
  

  

  Here 
  one 
  leaves 
  the 
  formal 
  

   treatment 
  of 
  the 
  grounds 
  and 
  

   plunges 
  into 
  the 
  wilder 
  parts, 
  

   much 
  of 
  which, 
  no 
  doubt, 
  will 
  

   in 
  time 
  be 
  more 
  deliberately 
  

   developed 
  than 
  at 
  present, 
  

   but 
  which 
  in 
  their 
  present 
  

   semi-wild 
  state 
  are 
  filled 
  with 
  

   beauty 
  and 
  interest. 
  One 
  

   wanders 
  here 
  beneath 
  rare 
  

   and 
  beautiful 
  trees, 
  many 
  of 
  

   quite 
  unexampled 
  growth. 
  

   Here 
  is 
  a 
  remarkable 
  Japa- 
  

   nese 
  elm, 
  planted 
  by 
  Dr. 
  

   Hall, 
  the 
  Zelkowa 
  keaki, 
  a 
  

   tree 
  of 
  great 
  rarity 
  and 
  the 
  

   very 
  finest 
  specimen 
  of 
  its 
  

  

  kind 
  in 
  America, 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  noteworthy 
  trees 
  of 
  the 
  

   continent. 
  Here 
  also 
  is 
  an 
  immense 
  Japanese 
  yew, 
  rising 
  like 
  

   an 
  inverted 
  pyramid 
  from 
  the 
  ground. 
  Here, 
  among 
  other 
  

   notable 
  examples, 
  is 
  a 
  cucumber 
  tree, 
  a 
  Japanese 
  magnolia, 
  a 
  

   Hop 
  hornbeam, 
  the 
  latter 
  a 
  native 
  tree, 
  with 
  long 
  lines 
  of 
  

   maples 
  and 
  evergreens, 
  a 
  veritable 
  arboretum 
  without 
  the 
  

   formal 
  growing 
  one 
  rather 
  instinctively 
  associates 
  with 
  not- 
  

   able 
  tree 
  culture. 
  Many 
  of 
  these 
  are 
  true 
  giants 
  of 
  their 
  

   kind, 
  so 
  that 
  in 
  tree 
  beauty 
  alone 
  "North 
  Farm" 
  is 
  a 
  treasure- 
  

   place 
  almost 
  without 
  peer 
  among 
  the 
  notable 
  estates 
  of 
  

   America. 
  

  

  And 
  then 
  there 
  are 
  fields, 
  broad 
  old 
  fields, 
  with 
  their 
  old 
  

   stone 
  walls. 
  It 
  is 
  true 
  these 
  seem 
  to 
  cut 
  up 
  the 
  estate 
  more 
  

   than 
  it 
  really 
  is, 
  to 
  limit 
  its 
  apparent 
  dimensions 
  somewhat, 
  

   but 
  not 
  essentially; 
  since 
  the 
  New 
  England 
  soil 
  must 
  be 
  

   cleared 
  of 
  stones 
  before 
  even 
  grass 
  will 
  grow 
  upon 
  it, 
  and 
  if 
  

   not 
  bestowed 
  upon 
  fences 
  where 
  else 
  shall 
  the 
  fortunate 
  land- 
  

   owner 
  put 
  them? 
  Mr. 
  Piatt 
  has 
  planned 
  for 
  Mr. 
  Clark 
  a 
  

   very 
  elaborate 
  planting 
  and 
  development 
  scheme 
  for 
  the 
  en- 
  

   tire 
  estate; 
  but 
  its 
  area 
  is 
  so 
  ample, 
  that 
  all 
  that 
  may 
  be 
  done 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  Loggia 
  One 
  Looks 
  Over 
  the 
  Formal 
  Garden 
  with 
  Its 
  Central 
  Fountain 
  

   and 
  Formally 
  Designed 
  Flower 
  Beds 
  

  

  