128 AMERICAN HOMES ‘AND “GARDEDRS 
in to the level and formal 
beds with cypress plank 
edges were laid out on two 
axes, one from the hall win- 
dow and the other between 
two old cedars. A concrete 
balustrade was built along 
the top of the wall, and two 
seats and a small stand added 
to the formality of the gar- 
den. From the main path 
steps were carried up two 
terraces at the back, and on 
the upper terrace was built 
a pergola with stucco piers. 
Over this was trained a large 
grape vine, forming a dark 
green background for the 
beds of bright colored an- 
nuals and perennials; the 
sides being inclosed_ with 
lattice and covered with 
vines for the same purpose. 
Between the terrace and 
the drive the space was kept 
in grass relieved by privet at 
the side, rugosa roses at the 
entrance to the workshop, a 
mass of shrubs at the further 
corner of the house, and a 
border of peonies, nastur- 
tiums and perennials along 
the top of the drive wall. 
The lower garden is built 
below the drive, and it was 
8—Rough stone steps covered with masses of growing vines lead from 
the middle garden to the entrance to the house 
April, 1909 
this part of the grounds that 
was graded into terraces to 
give an effective setting to 
the house above. There is 
one long border, with the 
garden path between a cor- 
responding space on the 
other side for the vegetable 
garden, and the center space 
divided into the upper ter- 
race, the rose garden and the 
lower terrace. On either side 
of the rose garden is a long 
line of lilacs, while at the 
lower end are dwarf crabs 
and other flowering trees. 
At each corner are large tri- 
angular beds filled with per- 
ennials. 
In order to blend the for- 
mality of the house and the 
upper garden with the 
natural scenery the lower 
garden is treated less archi- 
tecturally, and has only two 
concrete seats on the upper 
terrace, a sun-dial in the rose 
garden and a hooded gate at 
the end of the garden path. 
The house (Figs. 13, 14 
and 15) of Mr. A. B. Con- 
nolly, at Forest Hills, Long 
Island, is built of fieldstone 
and brick. The piazza has 
concrete columns. The roof 
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9—The living-room has an open fireplace with Grueby tile facings of dull green color 
