October, 1905 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



227 



are other rare ob- 

 jects here, among 

 which a cannon ball 

 picked up on the ad- 

 joining battlefield is 

 not the least inter- 

 esting. 



Thence into the 

 garden, which is best 

 approached from 

 the door under the 

 stairs at the end 

 of the hall. One 

 pauses there instinct- 

 ively for a first rapid 

 glance at the bril- 

 liant scene, at the 

 row of fine old trees 

 immediately with- 

 out, at the graceful 

 terraces with their 

 surmounting balus- 

 trades, at the gaily 

 blooming flower 

 beds, at the great 

 fountain which is 

 the center of the 

 whole. It is a lovely 

 and splendid spot, 

 lovely by reason of 

 its varied flowering, 

 splendid in its rich 



architectural equipment. It was designed and planted 

 by Mr. Daniel W. Langton, in conjunction with Mr. 

 R. C. Gildersleeve, the architect of the house. 



Drumthwacket " — A Gateway 



The garden prob- 

 lem was fivefold : 

 the creation of a 

 formal garden in 

 immediate juxtapo- 

 sition with the 

 house; the adjust- 

 ment of this garden 

 to the near-by 

 grounds; the plan- 

 ning and arrange- 

 ment of the other 

 grounds near the 

 house, more particu- 

 larly those immedi- 

 ately facing the en- 

 trance front ; the 

 utilization of the 

 forest areas and the 

 making of paths in 

 them ; and, finally, a 

 suitable merging of 

 the house grounds 

 into the farm lands 

 which constitute the 

 major part of the 

 estate. Land there 

 was aplenty, pre- 

 senting a quite ex- 

 cusable temptation 

 to design orna- 

 mental grounds on a 

 very large scale. Ample, indeed, these parts had to be, for 

 an estate and a house of such large dimensions. The subse- 

 quent development of the grounds shows that exactly the 



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" Drumthwacket " — The Garden Terrace 



