June, 1908 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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contrast that at first sight seems startling 

 enough, for if ever a house may have a right 

 to informality surely it is on its garden front, 

 which is really the private and intimate side 

 of the house. But here, instead of irregular 

 windowing and varied forms, is a symmetri- 

 cal row of windows in the second story, with 

 more Delia Robbia reliefs, this time repro- 

 ductions of the Bambinos from the Ospedale 

 delgi Innocenti at Florence, spaced between 

 them. Below the story is different : in the 

 center is a rectangular projecting window, 

 surmounted with a sloping roof; on one 

 side is the great trellised window of the 

 kitchen — which no one would suspect — and 

 on the other the great balustraded terrace 

 and pergola, with its rock-cut steps and piers 

 rising above the native rocks that project 

 boldly from the ground. 



Here one is ushered at once into the open- 

 air features of the house. Below on one 

 side two slender Doric columns stand at the 

 top of a flight of steps that lead to the 

 Italian garden. There is a charming ming- 

 ling of the formal and informal in gardening 

 here, the rocky landscape readily lending 

 itself to each kind, and in a way that permits 

 a development of each without conflict. The 

 terrace is a structure of some size, supported 

 on a stone foundation, and with massive 

 stone piers surmounted with large pottery 

 bowls. A portion of it is covered with a 

 pergola, and is really an outdoor room 

 where the great external beauties of the 

 neighborhood may be both seen and enjoyed. 



The Fireplace with Old Italian Brackets and Sculptured Circle^ 



The Dining End of the Chief Room of the House 



