A statue in the garden 
AMERICAN 
The dining-room 
dado and pilasters, the upper 
wall panels being hung with 
figured olive green silk damask. 
The fireplace has an enriched 
oyer-mantel, and facings and 
s green marble; 
hearth of Al 
the lining, 
red brick. The window cur- 
tains are of the same material 
as the wall hangings, and are 
suspended before white cur- 
tains. 
yond this point the house 
ontracts to the area of a 
single room. is the bil- 
liard-room. woodwork 
The terrace and steps 
HOMES AND GARDENS 
August, 1911 
is a beautiful grained chestnut, and co 
with pilasters to support the cornice : 
ight buff, with small patterns in low relief. 
are windows on one side, with built-in seat and platform; 
on the opposite side is the fireplace, faced with large red 
quarry tile. The oyer-mantel is at the height of the frie 
and is paneled in chestnut. The window curtains are vel- 
vet and brown, and the furniture is upholstered in brown 
leather. 
The final apartment in the direction of the axis of the 
Tt is furn an outdoor sitting- 
d with palms, tropical plants and superb 
It has three large round 
i ace 
h end 
make 
formal garden and a | ning on e 
e glass double sash and steam radiators y 
The rear of the house 
August, 1911 
n, when it has all the value of a 
red, yet outdoor palm room. 
The whole of the three outer sides of the house is 
ported by a white limestone balustraded terrace. This is 
seen at its best immediately without the loggia, where its 
surface area has been greatly extended. It is paved with 
brick laid on edge, and has large grass p and borders 
of flowers—chiefly roses—located just within and below the 
balustrade. 
Beyond and at a lower level, is the sunken formal 
garden. The main axis of this is at right angles to that of 
the house. On th end is the pergola, semi-circular in 
form, the farther or outer boundary being curved and en- 
closed below with a stone wall. There is a built-in all 
around, and in the center of the open space is an Italian 
er 
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The living-room 
table of carved white marble. 
plant 
al tise and flowers, and is 
the beginning of the floral de- 
velopment of the garden. 
At the opposite end is a great 
spring - fed pond, encl 
wards the garden by a stone 
wall and stone balustrade, and 
reached by a central flight of 
steps with a section of a semi- 
circular wall on either 
The opposite side of the pond 
is left without formal - 
closure, but the water there is 
ed to- 
The pergola 
A statue in the garden 
