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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



November, 1910 



The third floor contains the servants' quarters, trunk- 

 rooms, and storage. 



The cellar, which extends under the entire building, con- 

 tains laundry, cold storage room, heating apparatus and 

 fuel-rooms; all being fitted up in the best possible 

 manner. 



The stable and garage, which are built at the rear of 

 the house, are thoroughly equipped with every modern con- 

 venience. Both of the buildings are designed in harmony 

 with the house, and 

 are constructed of 

 similar materials. 

 Messrs. Bailey and 

 Bassett, of Philadel- 

 phia, Pa., were the 

 architects of this 

 delightful house, 

 stable and garage. 



The ornament of 

 every country house 

 is to be found in 

 the garden area, 

 and Mr. Bailey's place is no exception to this rule. 



The formal garden which is built at the south side of 

 the house is laid out in a geometrical form, with a walk ex- 

 tending direct through the garden and terminating at a 

 wooden seat built at the end of it. 



The living-porch, built at the rear of the house, over- 

 looks the natural wooded garden, which man has orna- 

 mented and improved by the building of walks in the forest 

 through shaded glens and over rustic bridges which have 

 been built across the numerous streams that are fed by the 



The first floor plan 



large pool formed by the building of a dam to retain the 

 water which comes into the property by natural streams. 

 Groups of shrubs have been planted at every turn of the 

 walks, and numerous wooden seats have been built in 

 secluded spaces. A tea house is also built at the extreme 

 end of one of the garden walks. 



The grounds about the house are not fully completed 

 and important changes and improvements are con- 

 tinually being made in the grounds and in the gardens. 



There can be no 

 hard and fast rules 

 set in planning an 

 estate like this, if 

 there is to be any 

 harmonious and pic- 

 turesque results. 



The manner in 

 which the property 

 is studded with 

 magnificent trees 

 about the front of 

 the house and 

 around the sides, and the natural forest at the rear has 

 made it possible to develop something beyond the usual. 



The difficulty experienced, however, in most cases of 

 this kind where nature has bestowed her richest gems, is 

 that the work done in conjunction with the natural re- 

 sources of a property have not been done with the same 

 spirit of refinement as is expressed in the work done on Mr. 

 Bailey's property. Many gardens can only be improved by 

 the judicious use of garden accessories, and this is one which 

 has been very carefully treated in this respect. 



The living-room 



