House & Garden 
The wide open effect, obtained by rejecting 
even an open string to the stair, is very suc¬ 
cessful. Apast tapestries and old worm-eaten 
candelabra, one enters the dining-room. The 
effect is one of the cleanliness of a dairy. 
A bay window, running the entire width 
of the north of the room makes one feel 
more than half way out of doors. The 
opposite side is lined with old Spanish tiles 
running to the height of a moulded shelf 
hung with a pleated Dutch crash petticoat. 
White panels form the remaining sides; 
laurel trees, old sconces and rows of royal 
blue plates form the decorations. 
The second story is given up to bedrooms, 
dressing-rooms and baths. The servants’ 
wing is entirely by itself, separated on the 
front from the main house by a court. T he 
fireplaces in order not to cut into the sitting- 
room, hall and dining-room, with their broad 
projections, have all been built outside the 
house, leaving the rooms square. On the 
ground floor beyond the dining-room come 
naturally the pantry, servants’ dining-room, 
kitchen, laundry and porch. In order not 
to have the servants’ quarters the first 
portion of the house to be seen and to draw 
attention upon approaching, they have been 
hidden by a curved lattice screen. 
The loveliest features of the gardens are the 
laurel and orange trees. There certainly are 
no finer ones in this country; and it is hard 
to imagine even, more perfect specimens of 
their size either in Italy or France. Upon 
a spring day, when the thousands of orange 
buds have burst, the orangery smells like a 
Garden of Eden. And when the trees have 
been carried out and proudly conveyed to 
their various places of honor, one nods to 
them as familiar acquaintances from the 
garden of the Tuileries. 
Chantin, the famous French gardener, 
gave the following valuable advice in regard 
to their treatment:— 
“ In winter do not forget that orange trees 
will thrive best as long as the temperature 
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