﻿May, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  167 
  

  

  The 
  Mantel 
  of 
  the 
  Dining-room 
  is 
  Old 
  Egyptian 
  Black 
  and 
  Gold 
  Marble 
  

  

  and 
  exposed 
  nickelplated 
  plumbing. 
  

   An 
  extra 
  bedroom, 
  two 
  servant 
  rooms, 
  

   and 
  a 
  trunk 
  room 
  occupy 
  the 
  third 
  

   floor. 
  The 
  cellar 
  is 
  well 
  equipped 
  with 
  

   heating 
  apparatus, 
  fuel 
  rooms, 
  work- 
  

   shop, 
  laundry, 
  and 
  dark 
  room. 
  The 
  

   house 
  was 
  designed 
  by 
  Messrs. 
  Hill 
  & 
  

   Stout, 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  

  

  The 
  garden 
  and 
  surrounding 
  

   grounds 
  have 
  been 
  the 
  object 
  of 
  espe- 
  

   cial 
  care 
  on 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  owner, 
  the 
  

   site 
  being 
  originally 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  

   heavy 
  growth 
  of 
  trees, 
  of 
  which 
  only 
  

   enough 
  to 
  form 
  a 
  clearing 
  for 
  the 
  

   house 
  were 
  cut 
  down. 
  The 
  garden 
  as 
  

   it 
  exists 
  to-day 
  is 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  an 
  evo- 
  

   lution 
  of 
  ideas, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  

   predominating 
  thought 
  has 
  

   been 
  to 
  blend 
  the 
  formal 
  

   with 
  the 
  informal, 
  to 
  create 
  

   a 
  garden 
  of 
  formal 
  plan 
  

   properly 
  environed 
  in 
  the 
  

   natural 
  growth 
  of 
  trees 
  in 
  

   which 
  it 
  is 
  placed. 
  

  

  The 
  garden 
  is 
  slightly 
  

   below 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  

   ground 
  around 
  the 
  house, 
  

   and 
  is 
  reached 
  by 
  two 
  or 
  

   three 
  stone 
  steps 
  leading 
  

   down 
  into 
  it. 
  It 
  has 
  some- 
  

   what 
  the 
  effect 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  

   ampitheater, 
  partly 
  inclosed 
  

   by 
  a 
  formal 
  frame 
  covered 
  

   with 
  vines, 
  while 
  beyond, 
  

   and 
  around, 
  are 
  the 
  deep 
  

   woods, 
  which 
  are 
  the 
  nat- 
  

   ural 
  characteristics 
  of 
  the 
  

   whole 
  landscape. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  an 
  abundance 
  

   of 
  beautiful 
  bloom 
  here, 
  

   with 
  somewhat 
  a 
  prepon- 
  

   derance 
  of 
  white 
  and 
  yel- 
  

   low. 
  At 
  one 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  ' 
  FLOOR 
  PLAM 
  

  

  semi-circular 
  pergola 
  is 
  a 
  

   group 
  of 
  golden-glow 
  ; 
  at 
  

   the 
  other, 
  sunflowers, 
  giant 
  

   and 
  miniature 
  — 
  two 
  tall 
  

   masses 
  of 
  yellow 
  flowers. 
  

   Framing 
  the 
  garden 
  on 
  

   each 
  side 
  are 
  dahlias, 
  giv- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  effect 
  of 
  an 
  inclosing 
  

   hedge. 
  Close 
  by 
  the 
  steps 
  

   leading 
  into 
  the 
  garden 
  are 
  

   masses 
  of 
  peonies 
  and 
  holly- 
  

   hocks, 
  forming 
  a 
  floral 
  

   gateway, 
  so 
  to 
  speak. 
  

   Hollyhocks 
  are 
  repeated 
  at 
  

   the 
  corners 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  op- 
  

   posite 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  semi-cir- 
  

   cular 
  pergola, 
  framing 
  in 
  

   the 
  balustrade 
  and 
  seat. 
  

  

  The 
  planting 
  of 
  the 
  

   various 
  beds 
  has 
  been 
  ar- 
  

   ranged 
  to 
  obtain 
  a 
  continu- 
  

   ously 
  successive 
  blooming. 
  

   With 
  the 
  earliest 
  spring 
  

   come 
  jonquils 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  

   of 
  the 
  pool, 
  followed 
  by 
  

   Japanese, 
  Spanish, 
  and 
  

   German 
  iris; 
  then 
  followed 
  by 
  Ori- 
  

   ental 
  poppies, 
  and 
  again 
  by 
  Shirley 
  

   poppies. 
  Finally 
  come 
  Lilium 
  aura- 
  

   tum, 
  coxcombs, 
  and 
  some 
  African 
  mari- 
  

   golds 
  spotted 
  in 
  to 
  maintain 
  the 
  yellow 
  

   tone. 
  

  

  Directly 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  semi-circular 
  

   pergola 
  is 
  a 
  rose 
  bed, 
  and 
  growing 
  over 
  

   the 
  pergola 
  are 
  climbing 
  roses 
  that 
  

   form 
  the 
  final 
  screen 
  in 
  this 
  direction. 
  

   The 
  central 
  beds 
  are 
  bordered 
  with 
  

   box; 
  the 
  outer 
  ones 
  are 
  marked 
  by 
  

   rough 
  stones 
  buried 
  in 
  the 
  earth, 
  pre- 
  

   senting 
  a 
  fairly 
  true 
  line 
  to 
  the 
  path, 
  

   and 
  an 
  irregular 
  broken 
  line 
  on 
  the 
  

   inner 
  side. 
  Low-growing 
  plants, 
  like 
  

   portulaca, 
  candytuft, 
  and 
  sweet 
  alyssum 
  

  

  Much 
  Old 
  Furniture 
  Gives 
  a 
  Delightful 
  Character 
  to 
  the 
  Living-room 
  

  

  