48 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS February, 1911 
The two outer pergolas are square in plan 
and are identical in design; the third, nearer 
the house, is rectangular in form and slightly 
smaller in dimensions. 
The floral planting here is very beautiful 
and abundant. Immediately within the en- 
closing balustrade is a brilliant border of 
the gayest description. It is edged through- 
out, as are all the beds, with enonymus radi- 
cans. Then comes a lusty border of sedums, 
and then a brilliant growth of phlox, be- 
hind which are Farquhar roses, mallows, 
hardy asters and the like. At the south 
border the planting is changed, and consists 
of heuchera, achille, lythium, bocchina and 
other free blooming plants. 
Stone steps, in the center of the four 
sides, lead to the sunken garden, the slopes 
and surface of which are grassed, with paths 
around the beds. WHere, in the midst, is a 
colossal vase of white marble; here, also, 
are two great circular flower beds, bordered 
The walk along the terrace with Japanese barberry and thickly planted 
enough to embrace space for an ambulatory 
completely around the house. You drive 
right into it in approaching the house, after 
traversing a considerable roadway from 
the public highway, for the house and the 
gardens stand some distance back and are 
completely sequestrated from the outer 
boundaries. The entrance is_ effected 
through two lofty piers, amply covered 
with ampelopsis and with outer groups of 
evergreens. It is a sunken garden, with a 
lowered central space and outer borders 
and boundaries at the normal level of the 
house grounds. It is actually built out upon 
the hillside and is supported by stone walls 
that, at the farthest end, rise some distance 
above the outer land. It is enclosed within 
balustrades, all of which are overgrown 
with ampelopsis, rambler roses, clematis 
and other vines. Of the four corners, one 
is occupied by the carriage entrance; the 
other three are provided with trellised 
pergolas, built of wood, and stained green. 
Each is surmounted with a trellised dome. 
The tea house on the terrace 
with peonies,  platycidiums, hyacinths 
, and several other flowers. On _ each 
side are two beds of formal shape, bordered 
as before, and planted with achille, Japan- 
ese iris and larkspur. 
The balustrade is dismissed, in the cen- 
ter of the southerly side, for a flight of 
steps. The pedestals here carry stone 
urns, and the lower wall is almost com- 
pletely veiled with an ampelopsis that rises 
to the summit of the balustrade where it is 
overlaid with a crown of scented clematis. 
The pergolas here are decked with boxes 
and tubs of hydrangeas, while the one near- 
est the house has evergreens in marble 
buckets standing in trellised niches. There 
are no trees to overhang or enclose this 
garden, but some fine groups are just be- 
yond it, giving beautiful notes of green and 
shade, and leaving the open space within 
free to the growing warmth of the un 
terrupted sun. 
The stable The west garden is of a wholly different 
