October, 1912 
AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 357 
simple white chim- 
containing the  ob- 
neys somewhat car- 
rying out in inclusive 
effect the idea of the 
old Mexican homes. 
The plan of the; 
grounds as furnished 
on this page, shows 
an artistic latitude of 
accommodation be-. 
long pond, or rather, 
the formal-pool, and 
the doorway pat- 
terned after the San- 
ta Barbara Mission. 
The porch which is 
just a few inches 
from the ground, is 
made of red _ brick, 
and a white seat with 
tween the rectangu- 
lar and the curve. 
The uniform tenden- 
the severe lines of a 
cy to maintain the 
former design, which 
is shown in the en- 
trance-court, kitchen 
yard, stairways and 
their platforms, and 
terraces, would point 
to a grounds’ de- 
signer betrothed to 
a single idea, if he 
had not deliberately 
chosen to _ intro- 
duce the curve just 
mentioned, which 
skirts the rock-gar- 
den and joins the 
main terrace and the 
space to the right of the north porch, and which makes 
the uneven loom of the rock-garden, the dip of the path, 
the semi-serpentine bend in the pond and in the walk, 
just the shift to variety that was needed to show that 
the garden’s lap which receives and holds the variegated 
shower of horticulture, must have the essentials of form as 
well as of color. 
Shaded by graceful olive trees the entrance-way to the 
house is most attractive with its little conventional court 
Plan of the ground floor and of the terrace 
bench is on either 
side of the heavy 
front door. The 
presence of the close- 
ly-trimmed box trees, 
adds to the decora- 
tive effect here and 
in various parts of 
the ground. 
The hallway which 
one enters from this 
door, runs at right 
angles to it, and in fol- 
lowing it directly to 
the right, one comes 
to a bedroom facing 
the north porch, and 
farther on a larger 
one frontward upon the entrance-court. The drawing-room 
and the pantry are placed across the hall and all these face 
the extensive terrace piazza. To complete this side of the 
house are, the screen-porch and the kitchen. To the front 
once more, we find another bedroom where one of the 
windows gives upon the left side of the entrance-court. 
Two bathrooms, linen and other closets, complete the list 
of the walled-space features of this floor. The arrangement 
of the interior rooms not only guarantees comfort, but 
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