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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



November, 1907 



form a pretty setting for the blossoms 

 above. Gravel walks, about three feet 

 wide, intersect the four sides, and sur- 

 round the central pool. Tunnels, built 

 beneath these walks enable the fish to 

 swim freely from one basin to another. 



Viewing the whole effect of this central 

 embellishment, one can not fail to be Im- 

 pressed with the extraordinary beauty and 

 harmony of the plan, which reflects great 

 credit upon Mr. Olmstead, who designed it. 



One side of the garden is given over to 

 a trellis, which follows a clearly outlined 

 plan. Its beauty will soon be enhanced by 

 the many vines and roses which will cover 

 it. It is decorated with tubs of evergreen 

 shrubs, cut in formal fashion, and so care- 

 fully set as not to obstruct the pleasing 

 view. This trellis faces, on the one hand, 

 the ocean, and on the other, the interior 

 of the garden, with its central fountain and 

 its many beds of gorgeous flowers, planned 

 garden proper, which was laid out only last year by the pres- to follow one another in carefully selected succession, so that 

 ent owner. From one side of the wide veranda which fronts there is never dearth of bloom. On the side next the sea 



The Pool and Fountain Are Surrounded by Water Beds 



the cottage is a 

 large m a i n walk, 

 with a border of 

 flowering plants, so 

 arranged that it 

 presents from 

 month to month a 

 succession of bloom. 



On the right are 

 beds of flowers, in- 

 t e r m i X e d with 

 shrubs; and beyond 

 the path leads be- 

 n e a t h a trellised 

 arch, which marks 

 the point of division 

 between the garden 

 beds and the hand- 

 some garden of 

 only a year's 

 growth. On the 

 other side of this 



1 he Pergola Framing in the Garden 



has been built a 

 pretty, artistic, cov- 

 e r e d lookout, of 

 some length; this Is 

 spacious, and fur- 

 nished with seats. 

 On the other side, 

 overlooking the 

 lower terrace. Is the 

 kitchen garden, hid- 

 den from view by 

 the decorative 

 fence. 



The many-hued 

 iris is a special fea- 

 ture of the grounds, 

 and most of them 

 are of the wonder- 

 ful Japanese varie- 

 ties. They lend 

 themselves admir- 

 ably to the task of 



garden is the tennis court, hidden from view by the per- beautifying the walks by the fountain with, well-defined effect, 

 gola of trellis work, over which vines have begun to clamber. The leading idea of the garden seems to be to mass the 

 Herbaceous plants and trees, to the left, 

 hide the cliff and the sea with its sandy 

 beach below. 



The garden, which is very extensive, is 

 surrounded by a high ornamental fence. 

 The central feature is a large square, fully 

 seventy feet in diameter, in the middle of 

 which has been placed a round pool twenty 

 feet across. This is surrounded by four 

 separate pools, which occupy the corners 

 of the square. Each of these basins is 

 several feet deep, and defined along the 

 water's edge In marble. The circular cen- 

 tral depression is carefully designed to con- 

 tain in the future a handsome carved foun- 

 tain of Italian marble, which has not yet 

 been placed. In the four corner basins 

 numerous goldfishes sport about among the 

 stems of aquatic plants, which grow here 

 in great profusion. There are many water- 

 lilies of great variety and beauty, whose 



cup-like leaves, floating on the surface, The Basins and Flower-beds of the Water Garden 



