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A view of the mill before alterations 
successful adaptation of an old building and other condi- 
tions to a purpose which is practical and which at the same 
time utilizes every picturesque feature at hand, From every 
point of view the estate is beautiful and interesting, for the 
use of the same stone everywhere makes for unity of ex- 
pression, and the house with its immediate outbuildings, 
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Plan of the main floor 
connected as they are by wall and screen, form one well- 
balanced group rather than presenting the scattered appear- 
ance which might be expected upon a country place of 
somewhat extensive area. The grounds themselves have 
been as carefully planned as the buildings and the arrange- 
ment of driveways and paths and the planning of garden 
and tennis court have been so skillfully done, and shrubbery 
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GARDENS August, 1912 
A later view from the same spot 
and vines have been so carefully selected and well planted, 
that the appearance is that of an old country home. Of 
course, the actual completion of such a place is a work in 
which time as well as nature plays a very important part 
and the estate will be vastly more beautiful when its trellises 
and pergola are hung with the vines which will one day 
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be there and when the stone work of house, bridge, walls 
and gate-lodge are covered with the ivy which does so much 
to. fit buildings into the surroundings where they are placed. 
The interest of the grounds about a country home is 
greatly heightened if something be left to the imagination 
and the entire resources of the estate not seen at a first 
glance. The most successful gardens and home grounds 
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The house is delightfully situated 
