July, 1 910 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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Following up the road from the stable the five successive 

 trout ponds spread out below one, their dividing dams bear- 

 ing great weeping willows. One side of the ponds is deeply 

 wooded, the other broken by great irregular iris beds 

 planned Japanese fashion and grassy slopes. Every nook 

 and corner of the ponds has an unstudied beauty that is 

 delightful. 



Between the upper ponds and snuggling happily against 

 a steep slope is the hatchery, a most interesting building, 

 considered the best private hatchery in this country. As 

 exemplyfying the architectural principles regarding the 

 minor buildings already enunciated it is an excellent ex- 

 ample. The building is in four sections, each separate in 

 design, but built with intimate relation to the others and 

 to the environment. The common feature of most prom- 

 inence is the curved-over edges of the roofs which gives 



a pleasing softness of line like that seen after a heavy fall 

 of snow. The lower section, seventy feet long, is the vat 

 room and has a capacity of 3,500,000 trout spawn. Win- 

 dows run its entire length and against these are the glass 

 experimental observation and specimen tanks. A four-inch 

 stream of spring water at a temperature of about 40 de- 

 grees Fahrenheit, flows through the tanks endlessly and 

 discharges into the pond below. It is this perfect water 

 supply that is the foundation of Mr. Seaman's success. The 

 source is a group of springs a few feet above the hatchery. 

 These give a steady supply every day in the year. 



Next to the tank room is an office where very complete 

 records are kept. The roof of this section runs at right 

 angles to that of the first and is two feet higher. An odd 

 grill window of Japanese suggestion projects at the end and 

 is roofed by the outward curving of the wall boards. 



The book shelves in the hving-room 



The fireplace in the living-room 



