December, 1908 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



463 



richly emblazoned page of 

 some rare medieval manu- 

 script. 



sant to know 



veliness is di- 



i <.„„ 4.^ y] rs Chanler, 



who ,! v superin- 



tended .. ^anting here, 

 and to who.:, loving care 

 so much of its beauty and 

 its success is due. How 

 much space is covered by 

 the flowers I do not know; 

 certainly they are every- 

 where, and to their number 

 and variety there seems no 

 limit. Being a natural gar- 

 den there are no architec- 

 tural or ornamental fea- 

 tures to befog the imagina- 

 tion or to distract the at- 

 tention. It is true there is 

 a summer house some dis- 

 tance ^way from the main 

 house, i dainty little brick 

 structure with a porch that 

 faces *he further wood. It 

 is qua.ntly set, too, and is 

 reached by steps, some of 

 which ire cut in the grand 

 old rocks, while others are 



Lieut.- Governor Chanler's study is a charming room paneled throughout 



carefu ly laid of rough cut stone. But this, after all, is but rather it is a resting place, where one may sit or swing in the 

 an incident, and the little house' is so embowered within trees hammock and absorb the loveliness that has been here since 

 that i* makes no contribution to the style of the garden; time began or which has been brought here of late. 



The dining-room is hung with family portraits ; above the sideboard is a silver bowl presented to the Lieutenant-Governor by the New York Senate 



