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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



August, 1 9 10 



"Weehut," Dr. Walker's office 



Plan of "Weehuf 



ing the summer months. 

 Occasionally this dining- 

 room is used for a vaude- 

 ville entertainment or dance. 

 Perhaps the most unique 

 feature regarding Crystal 

 Brook is the fact that 

 nature for centuries has 

 been putting forth her best 

 efforts to prepare this little 

 domain for a summer resi- 

 dence colony. It has not 

 needed the clever touch of 

 the landscape architect. 

 We found it laid out in a 

 series of wooded knolls 

 with valleys between, each 

 knoll being naturally a 

 house-site, and each valley 

 a natural division. The 



Interior of the Benedict bungalow 



only landscape work neces- 

 sary has been the removal 

 of enough trees to make 

 room for a house, enough 

 more to open up a few vis- 

 tas through the woods, to 

 enable the residents to en- 

 joy the beautiful water 

 view and to provide the 

 necessary roads. We are 

 gradually and with the ut- 

 most care thinning out the 

 trees, removing those which 

 are unhealthy or of poor 

 growth, thereby allowing 

 the sun's rays to reach the 

 earth in more abundance 

 and giving a better chance 

 for the chosen few to show 

 what they really can attain. 



Mr. J. Henry Benedict's bungalow 



