A LITTLE ARCADIA 
evergreens with the intervening space 
well mowed ; but not so with Mr. Car- 
roll. He saw the possibilities of chang- 
ing that crude material into beauty. 
The rough stones were rearranged with 
as little formalism as possible in the 
limited space. He laid out a miniature 
garden and at one end constructed this 
pool for aquatic plants and as a home 
for fish and frog. The beauty of his 
own place is enhanced by the adjoin- 
ing rustic garden, the property of 
Mrs. Thomas Harvey, and, indeed, Mr. 
Carroll was personally aided by Mrs. 
Harvey in his gardening so that the 
hillside upon which he had to work 
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cement, for he himself got out the 
stones and laid every one in the cement. 
Mr. Carroll, who is a specialist in 
color art, came to Stamford from 
Chicago a few years ago. His work is 
well-known in covers of “House and 
Garden” and “The House Beautiful” 
and catalogues of Barrett roofing, etc. 
With him for four years has been asso- 
ciated Major B. Felton of Danbury, 
Connecticut. Major Felton’s specialty 
is commercial advertising designs in 
work for large concerns such as Cleve- 
land Motor Company and the Cheney 
Talking Machine. 
MR. CARROLL’S FAVORITE SKETCHING PLACE ON THE STONE STEPS HE MADE. 
slopes into a charming Valley in Eden 
with the Forest of Arden on the other 
side. In the back yard of Mr. Carroll’s 
home are several patriarchal trees that 
hover over the little garage in loving, 
picturesque manner. 
“What of all this do you especially 
like? I wish to photograph you show- 
ing you in company with something 
that you especially like.” I said to Mr. 
Carroll. 
“I really ought to like these stone 
steps because I worked harder on them 
than on anything else.” 
Mr. Carroll is addicted not only to 
brush and paint pot, but to trowel and 
An October Thanksgiving. 
The woods are aflame with color, 
The hills with tapestries hung, 
The blue of the sky and the river 
Are such as the poets have sung. 
’Tis a feast for the eye and the spirit. 
While the picnic is under way, 
And makes, for the joyous partakers, 
An October Thanksgiving day. 
— Emma Peirce. 
The old garden of Linnaeus at Up- 
sala, Sweden, which had fallen into 
decay, is being restored. The house 
will be used for an extensive collection 
of furniture, books and other belong- 
ings of the great botanist. 
