September, 1908 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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side, representing a maid 

 with her milk bucket. It 

 has long been missing how- 

 ever. 



Entering through the lat- 

 ticed door one finds a small 

 hallway, which in turn gives 

 entrance to the staircase by 

 which one gains the little 

 room above. This is about 

 eighteen feet square, and is 

 lighted by eight windows. 

 It is hung with Japanese 

 lanterns, and the cabinets 

 contain beautiful pieces of 

 Japanese porcelain. The 

 room is a favorite place of 

 resort, and afternoon tea is 

 frequently served in it dur- 

 ing the summer. 



The beauty of Mrs. En- 

 dicott's place is at once the 

 extent and variety of the 

 gardens. They consist, in- 

 deed, of a series of gardens, 

 each having its own special 

 development, each its own 

 beauty, each its own char- 

 acter, and yet they have a 

 certain relationship. This, 

 no doubt, is partly due to 



their immediate juxtaposition, but more especially, no doubt, 

 by their common ownership and overseership which, in a 

 quite intangible way, yields a unity of interest which can be 

 felt rather than described. 



At no time, however, has there been an effort made here to 

 produce a series of gardens each of which would, in a meas- 

 ure, be representative or typical of a given style. Each par- 

 ticular garden is, indeed, complete and beautiful in itself, but 

 its interest lies in the fact that it is beautiful, rather than in 

 being a fine development of a particular form of the gar- 

 deners' craft. 



The old and the new in the garden art is well repre- 

 sented here, and one may wander from path to path, from 

 beauty to beauty, from point of interest to point of interest, 

 and one's eyes will be continually greeted by fresh matters 

 of interest, fresh notes of beauty, a new arrangement of 



The Italian Garden Was Designed by Mr. Chamberlain 



flowers and shrubs, an agreeable grouping of paths, a careful 

 treatment of grass and lawn, a fine utilization of structural 

 ornaments, old and new, that are naturally and rightfully 

 placed at precisely the right spot, and exactly where they 

 will yield the utmost value. 



Many a garden lesson can be gained from the shrubbery 

 of this fine old place, which is yet so new and so modern. For 

 the old garden fades or is overgrown unless it is daily tended 

 and, as it were, brought up to date. This latter work is 

 admirably given by Mrs. Endicott's corps of gardeners, who 

 have zealously labored in developing a place that is equally 

 a source of satisfaction to its owner and to the larger public 

 that may be admitted to it. 



And as the chief purpose of a garden is to give pleasure 

 and delight, to decorate the earth and make it beautiful, Mrs. 

 Endicott's garden amply fulfils every garden requirement. 



Summer House in Captain Peabody's Garden 



A Hedge-inclosed Avenue 



