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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



February, 19 13 



both sides of the road, and they are en- 1 I picturesque and the practical, for behind 



closed by a stone wall. The farmhouse ^ a hedge, a border of flowers has been 



itself is half way between the boundary j I L aunor^\ itnroduced. This supplies the house 



lines of the estate. At the left, entrance UTIT^i ^ H Wlt ^ fl° wers f° r table and other deco- 



is given through a wide gate painted £pTj|3 rative uses, and also keeps the grass 



green, that leads over grass lands to the mt^/en □ from creeping into the vegetable garden. 



meadows beyond. ^ j ,~^~ A Large barns for the storage of hay 



In front of the house there is a sec- ~ . JllWflHLL^. r are mide attractive by a setting of trel- 

 ond gate, a picturesque rustic affair, 1 1 " 1 P/A2ZA lises which in the Fall are loaded with 

 which opens onto a brick walk leading mwNG Bom \ \ great bunches of ripening grapes. Be- 

 to the entrance porch. This walk is VTjliSL noiai tween the evergreen woods and the road 



bordered on either side by flowers, be- zasMtr [^^^L 1S a ^ ne apple orchard, which has been 



yond which are shade trees and stretches Je^i J supplemented since the purchase of the 



of wide green lawns that slope into I \ HA % Z. A I estate by young trees which are just com- 



meadow land at the rear. The grounds | J ing into bearing. 



are dotted with small artistic outbuild- The seclusion of this ideal Summer 



ings which are used for supplying water I I house is not broken by neighboring 



power, storing tools and garden imple- First floor plan houses, which are, however, close 



ments, etc. In early years, when the house was first built, enough at hand to prevent loneliness, but are hidden by the 

 there stood on the grounds an old cider mill and a black- winding of the road and seen, surrounded by their green 

 smith's shop, both of which were used up to within a half a lawns and beautiful gardens, as one drives leisurely along 

 century ago; but, since their purchase by the present owner, the shaded country road in this pretty suburban locality, 

 these have disappeared. The house has been painted a The porch at the front of the house has been altered, 

 pretty shade of buff, and with the green blinds gives a good and to-day shows one of Colonial type, supported by plain, 

 effect. The blinds, which are in reality wooden shutters, solid columns with inside wooden settles, and, on either side, 



have had diamond panes cut at the top, which not only give 

 light, when closed, but lend a distinctive touch to the 

 exterior. The dark green of evergreen trees behind the 

 house makes a fitting background for this charming picture. 

 The garden proper lies on the opposite side of the road. 

 In his landscape gardening the owner has intermingled the 



lattices over which have been trained clambering vines. 

 These give glimpses at one side of the old-time oval win- 

 dows, like those found in closed porches at Salem, Massa- 

 chusetts, and which mark the period of Colonial prosperity 

 of the town. At the right of the house, the lawn is a gentle 

 slope, and entrance at this side is through a little Colonial 



A feature of the dining-room is the large old-fashioned fireplace with its pewter ornaments 



