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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



November, 1905 



notwithstanding the fact that a person standing on the garden 

 terrace can discern the outer roadway beyond the bounding 

 fence. 



That the entrance front stands somewhat close to its 

 nearest road has necessitated clever arrangements without, 

 and this has been done in an exceedingly happy way. Im- 

 mediately beyond the porte-cochere is a fountain playing into 

 a large basin. This is surrounded with a screen consisting 

 of semicircular niches or recesses, each containing a marble 

 Hermes, and evergreens. This screen is continued on 

 each side of the fountain along the full face of the garden 

 front, with a series of latticed arches similarly connected 

 with trees. There is, therefore, a solid screen of greenery 

 here which effectively protects the whole of the entrance 

 driveway from without. Nor does the protection end here ; 

 for the space behind the screen is also subjected to formal 

 treatment, with semicircles of evergreens and with grouping 

 of other trees, so that, when fully grown, all this side of the 

 house will be within a double line of trees and vines, abso- 

 lutely shutting out any hint of the adjoining street. The 

 floral planting here consists chiefly of two immense beds of 

 cannas, salvias, coleuses and other plants arranged in formal 

 patterns. The base of the house wall is planted with ever- 

 greens, rhododendrons and other hardy plants. 



The garden front is completely dominated, as has been 

 stated, by the splendid architecture of the house. The 

 garden treatment itself, however, is worthy of note. The 



lake occupies the foreground immediately below the terrace. 

 It is planted with water lilies and other aquatic plants, and is 

 surrounded with trees and foliage and blooming plants, 

 giving charming notes of color to all its border. At each 

 end of the terrace is a special flower garden; on one side it is 

 planted chiefly with annuals and other gaily blooming plants, 

 on the other is a rose garden bordered with annuals in bril- 

 liant color. A tennis court is close at hand. And then 

 around and beyond these garden spots are trees, large trees, 

 beautiful trees, trees giving ample shade, yet by no means 

 blocking the view in any direction, although so large is the 

 area and so beautifully fine the trees that one catches but 

 stray glimpses of the outer world. But one does not need 

 to see much without here, for there is so much within, and 

 that within has been made so much of that more than is here 

 seems unnecessary. 



No gentleman's country house is complete without its 

 stable. The house grounds of Mr. Guggenheim contain no 

 space for this necessary appendage, and it is, perforce, located 

 across the street in a near-by spot. The stable sets well back 

 from the highway, and the drive down to it is lined, on each 

 side, with a vegetable garden, beautifully planted in squares 

 and rectangular plots separated and surrounded by privet 

 hedges. A very useful end is thus obtained in a quite 

 decorative manner. As for the stable itself, it is needless to 

 add that it is equipped in the most complete manner. The 

 entrance, or washroom, is floored with cement. On one side 



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