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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



August, 1907 



flatly groined and vaulted. The walls are paneled in dull 

 buff with white moldings. The Caen stone mantel has a 

 brick lining. Artificial light is supplied through silver side 

 lights. The furniture is old, including Chippendale chairs 

 with brown leather coverings. The window curtains are 

 green and buff chintz. A large sideboard provides space for 

 a charming collection of old china. It is a room of admirable 

 charm, beautifully adapted to its uses. 



Interesting as Mr. Cabot's house is in itself, the beauty of 

 the surrounding grounds adds very much to its attractiveness. 

 The inner front 



overlooks a beauti- - 

 ful grassed terrace, 

 spacious enough to 

 give the house a fine 

 setting of green on 

 this side, and 

 bounded on the 

 outer limits by a low 

 stone wall, beyond 

 which is a thick for- 

 est extending ap- 

 parently indefinitely. 



There is no floral 

 planting here, which 

 has been more par- 

 ticularly reserved 

 for the garden ar- 

 ranged beyond the 

 living-room. A win- 

 dow-door gives im- 

 mediate access to 

 the grounds, admit- 

 ting one first to a 

 grassed terrace, and 

 then to a long path 

 that stretches 

 straight away into 

 the distance. At 



first this path is grassed, with stepping-stones of red brick, 

 bordered on each side by growths of cedars and other ever- 

 greens. Then it merges into a broad path of ground stone. 

 On each side are tall cedar poles, covered with roses and con- 

 nected at the tops with chains. Below grow lilies and iris, with 

 rose beds beyond, all within a bounding hedge. Then stone 

 steps to a lower level, with brilliant flower beds of annuals 

 and perennials beyond the grassed border, and finally two 

 large Italian jars stand at the opening of the circle with which 



The Floral Path Ends in a Vast Circle Beautifully Bordered with Hardy and Annual 

 Plants and Enclosed Within a Hedge 



the garden is closed. The borders here are luxuriantly planted 

 with flowers, peonies, nicotiana, lilies, foxgloves, hardy 

 phlox, cosmos, Japanese anemones, hollyhocks, and similar 

 plants. There is a hedge all around, and beyond and below 

 are cedars, tall and dark. Nothing could be simpler in idea 

 than this flower-lined path, inclosed, on its outermost limits, 

 by a hedge, ending as it does in the great circle which incloses 

 it; and yet few more elaborate gardens are finer in idea, finer 

 in effect, or more beautiful in result. A winding path from 

 the circle leads down on one side to the tennis court, situated 



in the wild grounds 

 that border the gar- 

 den on both sides. 



The floral plant- 

 ing around the 

 house is actually be- 

 gun at the entrance 

 front, where a small 

 forecourt has been 

 created by the low 

 stone wall that 

 bounds the entrance 

 space ; here are 

 grass borders, with 

 shrubbery against 

 the walls, while a 

 pair of white pine 

 trees in the middle 

 of the central area 

 give a delightful 

 shade and color to 

 the whole entrance. 

 The kitchen yard is 

 well concealed to 

 the left, and the 

 ground above rises 

 sharply and is cov- 

 ered with forest 

 trees of beautiful 



growth. And the situation of the house is one of the utmost 

 beauty. Whether Mr. Cabot has near neighbors or not I 

 do not know, but certainly none near at hand can be dis- 

 cerned from any viewpoint within immediate vicinity of his 

 home. It is built in a true tree country, with trees every- 

 where, save exactly where the house stands. The outlooks 

 are through trees and above trees, with tree-covered hills 

 reaching to the furthest distance. It is, in truth, an ideal 

 spot for the true lover of the country. 



