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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  November, 
  1907 
  

  

  The 
  Pool 
  and 
  Fountain 
  Are 
  Surrounded 
  by 
  Water 
  Beds 
  

  

  garden 
  proper, 
  which 
  was 
  laid 
  out 
  only 
  last 
  year 
  by 
  the 
  pres- 
  

   ent 
  owner. 
  From 
  one 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  wide 
  veranda 
  which 
  fronts 
  

   the 
  cottage 
  is 
  a 
  

   large 
  main 
  walk, 
  

   with 
  a 
  border 
  of 
  

   flowering 
  plants, 
  so 
  

   arranged 
  that 
  it 
  

   presents 
  from 
  

   month 
  to 
  month 
  a 
  

   succession 
  of 
  bloom. 
  

   On 
  the 
  right 
  are 
  

   beds 
  of 
  flowers, 
  in- 
  

   t 
  e 
  r 
  m 
  i 
  x 
  e 
  d 
  with 
  

   shrubs; 
  and 
  beyond 
  

   the 
  path 
  leads 
  be- 
  

   n 
  e 
  a 
  t 
  h 
  a 
  trellised 
  

   arch, 
  which 
  marks 
  

   the 
  point 
  of 
  division 
  

   between 
  the 
  garden 
  

   beds 
  and 
  the 
  hand- 
  

   some 
  garden 
  of 
  

   only 
  a 
  year's 
  

   growth. 
  On 
  the 
  

  

  The 
  Pergola 
  Framing 
  in 
  the 
  Garden 
  

  

  form 
  a 
  pretty 
  setting 
  for 
  the 
  blossoms 
  

   above. 
  Gravel 
  walks, 
  about 
  three 
  feet 
  

   wide, 
  intersect 
  the 
  four 
  sides, 
  and 
  sur- 
  

   round 
  the 
  central 
  pool. 
  Tunnels, 
  built 
  

   beneath 
  these 
  walks 
  enable 
  the 
  fish 
  to 
  

   swim 
  freely 
  from 
  one 
  basin 
  to 
  another. 
  

  

  Viewing 
  the 
  whole 
  effect 
  of 
  this 
  central 
  

   embellishment, 
  one 
  can 
  not 
  fail 
  to 
  be 
  im- 
  

   pressed 
  with 
  the 
  extraordinary 
  beauty 
  and 
  

   harmony 
  of 
  the 
  plan, 
  which 
  reflects 
  great 
  

   credit 
  upon 
  Mr. 
  Olmstead, 
  who 
  designed 
  it. 
  

   One 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  garden 
  is 
  given 
  over 
  to 
  

   a 
  trellis, 
  which 
  follows 
  a 
  clearly 
  outlined 
  

   plan. 
  Its 
  beauty 
  will 
  soon 
  be 
  enhanced 
  by 
  

   the 
  many 
  vines 
  and 
  roses 
  which 
  will 
  cover 
  

   it. 
  It 
  is 
  decorated 
  with 
  tubs 
  of 
  evergreen 
  

   shrubs, 
  cut 
  in 
  formal 
  fashion, 
  and 
  so 
  care- 
  

   fully 
  set 
  as 
  not 
  to 
  obstruct 
  the 
  pleasing 
  

   view. 
  This 
  trellis 
  faces, 
  on 
  the 
  one 
  hand, 
  

   the 
  ocean, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  other, 
  the 
  interior 
  

   of 
  the 
  garden, 
  with 
  its 
  central 
  fountain 
  and 
  

   its 
  many 
  beds 
  of 
  gorgeous 
  flowers, 
  planned 
  

   to 
  follow 
  one 
  another 
  in 
  carefully 
  selected 
  succession, 
  so 
  that 
  

   there 
  is 
  never 
  dearth 
  of 
  bloom. 
  On 
  the 
  side 
  next 
  the 
  sea 
  

  

  has 
  been 
  built 
  a 
  

   pretty, 
  artistic, 
  cov- 
  

   e 
  r 
  e 
  d 
  lookout, 
  of 
  

   some 
  length; 
  this 
  is 
  

   spacious, 
  and 
  fur- 
  

   nished 
  with 
  seats. 
  

   On 
  the 
  other 
  side, 
  

   overlooking 
  the 
  

   lower 
  terrace, 
  is 
  the 
  

   kitchen 
  garden, 
  hid- 
  

   den 
  from 
  view 
  by 
  

   the 
  decorative 
  

   fence. 
  

  

  The 
  many-hued 
  

   iris 
  is 
  a 
  special 
  fea- 
  

   ture 
  of 
  the 
  grounds, 
  

   and 
  most 
  of 
  them 
  

   are 
  of 
  the 
  wonder- 
  

   ful 
  Japanese 
  varie- 
  

   ties. 
  They 
  lend 
  

   themselves 
  admir- 
  

   ably 
  to 
  the 
  task 
  of 
  

  

  other 
  side 
  of 
  this 
  

  

  garden 
  is 
  the 
  tennis 
  court, 
  hidden 
  from 
  view 
  by 
  the 
  per- 
  beautifying 
  the 
  walks 
  by 
  the 
  fountain 
  with, 
  well-defined 
  effect. 
  

  

  gola 
  of 
  trellis 
  work, 
  over 
  which 
  vines 
  have 
  begun 
  to 
  clamber. 
  The 
  leading 
  idea 
  of 
  the 
  garden 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  to 
  mass 
  the 
  

  

  Herbaceous 
  plants 
  and 
  trees, 
  to 
  the 
  left, 
  

  

  hide 
  the 
  cliff 
  and 
  the 
  sea 
  with 
  its 
  sandy 
  

  

  beach 
  below. 
  

  

  The 
  garden, 
  which 
  is 
  very 
  extensive, 
  is 
  

   surrounded 
  by 
  a 
  high 
  ornamental 
  fence. 
  

   The 
  central 
  feature 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  square, 
  fully 
  

   seventy 
  feet 
  in 
  diameter, 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  

   which 
  has 
  been 
  placed 
  a 
  round 
  pool 
  twenty 
  

   feet 
  across. 
  This 
  is 
  surrounded 
  by 
  four 
  

   separate 
  pools, 
  which 
  occupy 
  the 
  corners 
  

   of 
  the 
  square. 
  Each 
  of 
  these 
  basins 
  is 
  

   several 
  feet 
  deep, 
  and 
  defined 
  along 
  the 
  

   water's 
  edge 
  in 
  marble. 
  The 
  circular 
  cen- 
  

   tral 
  depression 
  is 
  carefully 
  designed 
  to 
  con- 
  

   tain 
  in 
  the 
  future 
  a 
  handsome 
  carved 
  foun- 
  

   tain 
  of 
  Italian 
  marble, 
  which 
  has 
  not 
  yet 
  

   been 
  placed. 
  In 
  the 
  four 
  corner 
  basins 
  

   numerous 
  goldfishes 
  sport 
  about 
  among 
  the 
  

   stems 
  of 
  aquatic 
  plants, 
  which 
  grow 
  here 
  

   in 
  great 
  profusion. 
  There 
  are 
  many 
  water- 
  

   lilies 
  of 
  great 
  variety 
  and 
  beauty, 
  whose 
  

   cup-like 
  leaves, 
  floating 
  on 
  the 
  surface, 
  The 
  Basins 
  and 
  Flower-beds 
  of 
  the 
  Water 
  Garden 
  

  

  