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AND GARDENS January, 1906 
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An Unique Exterior of Matched Boards, Painted White and Covered with Green Latticework. Latticed Pillars Support the Porch, 
the Broad Cornice is Surmounted by a Balustrade 
ported by delicate latticed pillars of green and white, follow- 
ing the color scheme of the exterior. At one side is a long 
veranda, sixteen feet wide, which ends in a flight of steps that 
leads to the formal garden beyond. ‘These steps are deco- 
rated with dwarf box trees. 
The piazza has been planned in the Italian style. It is 
covered and shows at the upper part window boxes filled with 
trailing vines and bright with blossoms. The furnishing is 
in rafha, including chairs and tables. ‘This serves as the out- 
of-door living-room during the warm weather. 
The interior of this villa, more especially upon the entrance 
floor, is a reproduction of the Hotel de Paris at Monte Carlo. 
Entrance is given into a staircase-hall, which is eighty-five 
feet in length and ends at the rear in an Elizabethan stair- 
way that rises from the ground floor and turns at easy land- 
ings until it reaches the second story. ‘The stair balustrade 
shows interesting carvings. This hallway is well lighted both 
by casement windows on either side which give vistas into 
the reception and dining rooms and. by wide windows half 
way up the treads. The chief ornament of the entire lower 
floor is the latticed effect overhead, done in geometrical de- 
signs, which have been reproduced above the mantel and 
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