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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  April, 
  1907 
  

  

  The 
  Recessed 
  Porch 
  Overlooking 
  the 
  Water 
  is 
  Painted 
  

   In 
  Pompeiian 
  Style 
  

  

  The 
  Study 
  Is 
  a 
  Classic 
  Structure 
  in 
  White 
  with 
  a 
  Green 
  Door, 
  Green 
  

   Trellis 
  and 
  Green 
  Window 
  Shutters 
  on 
  the 
  Outside 
  

  

  in 
  the 
  future 
  has 
  not 
  yet 
  been 
  attempted, 
  while 
  the 
  present 
  

   natural 
  condition 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  real 
  beauty 
  and 
  deepest 
  interest. 
  

   Almost 
  everywhere 
  are 
  special 
  developments, 
  special 
  groups 
  

   of 
  trees, 
  vistas 
  of 
  various 
  kinds 
  leading 
  to 
  definite 
  points 
  or 
  

   ending 
  in 
  some 
  object 
  of 
  interest. 
  But 
  whatever 
  has 
  been 
  

   done 
  has 
  been 
  well 
  done. 
  No 
  former 
  beauty 
  has 
  been 
  marred 
  

   that 
  some 
  new 
  beauty 
  be 
  created; 
  no 
  point 
  of 
  interest 
  changed 
  

   that 
  something 
  else 
  be 
  substituted 
  for 
  it. 
  Everything 
  that 
  

   is 
  good 
  and 
  fine 
  has 
  been 
  left 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  and 
  will 
  be 
  left, 
  the 
  

   changes 
  looking 
  only 
  for 
  the 
  betterment 
  and 
  the 
  enhancing 
  of 
  

   the 
  natural 
  beauties 
  of 
  this 
  fine 
  old 
  place. 
  

  

  Words 
  are 
  but 
  poor 
  vehicles 
  with 
  which 
  to 
  describe 
  this 
  

   lovely 
  place; 
  nor 
  are 
  photographs 
  much 
  better. 
  The 
  latter 
  

   do, 
  indeed, 
  give 
  true 
  impression 
  of 
  particular 
  objects, 
  of 
  the 
  

   house 
  and 
  its 
  rooms, 
  of 
  groups 
  of 
  trees 
  and 
  glimpses 
  of 
  

   natural 
  beauty; 
  but 
  to 
  appreciate 
  its 
  loveliness 
  as 
  a 
  whole 
  

   the 
  place 
  must 
  be 
  seen, 
  for 
  only 
  in 
  this 
  way 
  can 
  the 
  whole 
  

   of 
  it 
  be 
  appreciated 
  as 
  it 
  should. 
  This 
  is 
  no 
  estate 
  

   whose 
  salient 
  features 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  comprehended 
  within 
  a 
  

   single 
  sweep 
  of 
  the 
  eye, 
  much 
  as 
  the 
  merest 
  glance 
  may 
  

   tell; 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  property 
  to 
  be 
  lost 
  in 
  — 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  almost 
  large 
  

   enough 
  for 
  that. 
  

  

  The 
  Entrance 
  Front 
  Faces 
  a 
  Spacious 
  Mall, 
  Stretching 
  Far 
  Away 
  from 
  It, 
  Enclosed 
  with 
  Hedges 
  on 
  Three 
  Sides 
  

  

  