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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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The architect was 

 ready and willing to 

 do his part as he 

 readily saw its pos- 

 sibilities, and the 

 owner, being a man 

 of energy was only 

 too eager to begin 

 living there and to do 

 his part, that is, to 

 make the ground 

 fertile, to prune and 

 to trim the trees so 

 that each ounce of sap 

 would do its proper 

 work and to apply 

 modern methods of 

 "efficiency" to the 

 propagation of the 



The Watt house as it appeared originally 



land. The super- 

 vision of work of 

 this character has 

 come to be recog- 

 nized as the most 

 beneficial tonic ever 

 devised for the busy 

 worker in the great 

 cities. As a mode 

 of relaxation it has 

 no equal and even 

 though on account of 

 his inexperience, his 

 fruit and vegetables 

 cost him perhaps 

 more than the mar- 

 ket price, you may 

 be sure he has made 

 a substantial gain in 



A view of the spacious hallway and staircase 



