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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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of the picture create a very 

 distinctive, decorative ef- 

 fect. 



The upper floor of Mr. 

 Collier's country home is 

 arranged in many suites and 

 individual rooms for the 

 family and guests. The re- 

 sources of the house seem to 

 be almost endless for the 

 long wings which extend 

 upon either side of the main 

 building contain numerous 

 guestrooms and under the 

 broad roof of the upper- 

 most floor are tucked many 

 more, some lighted by win- 

 dows in the side ends of the 

 house and others by the 

 deeply recessed dormers 

 which look out over the roof of the portico below. But 

 even this great amplitude of accommodation is not suf- 

 ficient for the house parties which gather in this hospitable 

 home for the casino which is being built, will contain quar- 

 ters arranged particularly for bachelor guests in a separate 

 structure not far from the house. 



In building this great country house, the architects have 

 been particularly fortunate in selecting from many avail- 

 able building sites afforded by the estate just the particular 

 spot which seems to have been intended by nature for just 



entrance 



this especial purpose. Upon 

 the crest of a hill the house 

 looks down upon the sur- 

 rounding country and com- 

 mands an unlimited view 

 over endless space in every 

 direction. The rugged scen- 

 ery of this part of New Jer- 

 sey is spread out as a vast 

 panorama which offers a 

 variety which is unceasing. 

 The house has been built 

 within an old orchard and 

 the knotted and gnarled ap- 

 ple trees which cluster about 

 it add a note of character 

 and distinction which thor- 

 oughly agrees with the at- 

 tractive simplicity of the 

 to the living-room broad expanses of gray 



shingled wall spaces, the green blinds at numerous windows 

 and the tall and austere brick chimneys which stand out, 

 silhouetted against the sky. 



To unite the house more closely to its surroundings and 

 to clothe its walls with at least the semblance of vegetation 

 which every house in the country demands there has been 

 much planting of shrubbery about the foundations of the 

 house and in the angles created by the extension of wings, 

 verandas and other projections. This shrubbery, to a great 

 extent, is of cedars, box and varieties of vegetable growth. 



The dining-room of the Collier house 



