May, 1907 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



The Mantel of the Dining-room is Old Egyptian Black and Gold Marble 



and exposed nickelplated plumbing. 

 An extra bedroom, two servant rooms, 

 and a trunk room occupy the third 

 floor. The cellar is well equipped with 

 heating apparatus, fuel rooms, work- 

 shop, laundry, and dark room. The 

 house was designed by Messrs. Hill & 

 Stout, of New York. 



The garden and s u r r o u n ding 

 grounds have been the object of espe- 

 cial care on the part of the owner, the 

 site being originally covered with a 

 heavy growth of trees, of which only 

 enough to form a clearing for the 

 house were cut down. The garden as 

 it exists to-day is the result of an evo- 

 lution of ideas, in which the 

 predominating thought has 

 been to blend the formal 

 with the informal, to create 

 a garden of formal plan 

 properly environed in the 

 natural growth of trees in 

 which it is placed. 



The garden is slightly 

 below the level of the 

 ground around the house, 

 and is reached by two or 

 three stone steps leading 

 down into it. It has some- 

 what the effect of a small 

 ampitheater, partly inclosed 

 by a formal frame covered 

 with vines, while beyond, 

 and around, are the deep 

 woods, which are the nat- 

 ural characteristics of the 

 whole landscape. 



There is an abundance 

 of beautiful bloom here, 

 with somewhat a prepon- 

 derance of white and yel- 

 low. At one end of the 



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semi-circular pergola is a 

 group of golden-glow; at 

 the other, sunflowers, giant 

 and miniature — two tall 

 masses of yellow flowers. 

 Framing the garden on 

 each side are dahlias, giv- 

 ing the effect of an inclosing 

 hedge. Close by the steps 

 leading into the garden are 

 masses of peonies and holly- 

 hocks, forming a floral 

 gateway, so to speak. 

 Hollyhocks are repeated at 

 the corners and at the op- 

 posite end of the semi-cir- 

 cular pergola, framing in 

 the balustrade and seat. 



The planting of the 

 various beds has been ar- 

 ranged to obtain a continu- 

 ously successive blooming. 

 With the earliest spring 

 come jonquils on either side 

 of the pool, followed by 

 Japanese, Spanish, a n d 

 German iris; then followed by Ori- 

 ental poppies, and again by Shirley 

 poppies. Finally come Lilium aura- 

 tum, coxcombs, and some African marl- 

 golds spotted in to maintain the yellow 

 tone. 



Directly in front of the semi-circular 

 pergola is a rose bed, and growing over 

 the pergola are climbing roses that 

 form the final screen in this direction. 

 The central beds are bordered with 

 box; the outer ones are marked by 

 rough stones buried in the earth, pre- 

 senting a fairly true line to the path, 

 and an irregular broken line on the 

 inner side. Low-growing plants, like 

 portulaca, candytuft, and sweet alyssum 



Much Old Furniture Gives a Delightful Character to the Living-room 



