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terial. The architects, Messrs. Carrere and Hastings, of 
New York, also planned the grounds around the man- 
sion, but the workmanship was by Mr. Foster's own 
employees. This has been his policy all along. Some 
thirty men are at work for nine or ten months each year. 
The several illustrations accompanying these notes will 
convey an impression of the character of some of the 
features immediately around the house. When the plant- 
ing and developments are well completed, Hellefontaine 
will he a place of much magnificence. It is laid out oh 
classical lines. At some little distance from the house 
westward lies the farm, and just as the garden and green- 
houses are good and notable, far-famed for the quality of 
the products grown therein, the same applies to the farm. 
Here we find a fine set of brick buildings, flanked on 
either side by two splendid houses for the married men, 
and boarding houses for the single men. There is a 
herd of thirty head of registered Jersey cattle. The cow 
stable and dairy are both lined with sanitary white tile ; 
everything has been provided so as to ensure the purest 
milk, cream and butter. The vegetable garden is ap- 
proximated three acres in extent, and laid out so as to 
give a maximum length of row in the various plantings. 
This facilitates work being done by horse cultivators. 
The famous Sweet Peas are grown on part of the higher 
ground in an open situation, and the crop has been 
grown on the same quarter for several years. Mr. Ed- 
View of the Ornamental Balustrade Around 
the Courtyard. Note the Specimen 
Bay Trees and Hydrangeas. 
ward Jenkins, the superintendent of 
the farm and garden, remarked that 
by this successive cropping the land 
is improved, while the expense of pre- 
paring a new plot annually is avoided. 
The care and conservation of manure, 
both liquid and solid, receive special atten- 
t ii >n . Concrete pits have been built, and 
are made tight in summer to prevent flies 
from laying their eggs there. The liquids 
are drained through a large tank from 
which an electrically operated rotary pump 
discharges the contents directly into the 
benches of the rose houses, or upon various 
parts of the vegetable garden and the corn 
field. A vitrified tile silo holding 120 tons 
of corn is filled annually from the crops 
grown on the farm. Oats and peas for 
green fodder and for hay are raised to sup- 
plement the regular hay crops. All the 
./ Vista in the Woods. Similar Vistas U 
Statuarial Adornment and Terminals 
Are a Feature of the Grounds 
Near the Residence. 
most modern labor-saving machinery is 
employed, such as electric hay hoist, corn 
harvester, potato digger, two row cultivator 
and two row corn planters, seed drills, ma- 
chines for sowing fertilizer and such like. 
The estate lias its own water supply and 
sewage system, so that it will readily be 
seen that in all respects it is 
thoroughly appointed and 
complete, supplying a varietv 
of products and furnishing a 
wide diversity of interests. 
Steps Leading to the Terrace. 
