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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



December, 1908 



and hold 

 fore you. 

 beautiful 



rises somewhat behind the 

 house, sometimes with great 

 bare boulders at others 

 with treed rk%es that help 

 to emphasize'- the pictur- 

 esqueness df' the site. And 

 everywher'; &ve for a lit- 

 tle space beyond the porch, 

 are flowers^ splendidly 

 blooming, merging into the 

 older shrub and" tree 

 growth, but everywhere 

 alive and flourishing, gar- 

 land upon garland of lovely 

 bloom, bordering the paths, 

 rising up on the hillocks, 

 blooming on into the forest, 

 the trees of which rise on 

 every side, the leafy casket 

 within which these ( wonder- 

 ful floral jewels are treas- 

 ured and retained. 



It is a garden of no kind 

 or form, but just a' garden. 

 There are paths, it is true, 

 but of no form or style, just 

 paths that one m-.y walk 

 along and drink ' in the 

 wonderful beaurv gaily 

 blooming at one's >reet. It 

 is a garden created solely 



your breath at the amazing spectacle disclosed be- for the purpose of growing flowers, growing them 'grandly 

 House details sink into insignificance before the and in abundance, so that the whole is a veritable mosaic of 



garden that is spread before you. The ground lovely splendor, comparable to nothing else save it be the 



The hall is paneled in wood, painted white and contains a beautiful stairway 



The drawing-room has paneled walls, a carved white marble mantel and curtains of rose damask 



