House and Garden 
THE TREATMENT OF THE FRONT GROUNDS 
by a walk on the left of the house or else by 
a grassy drive through an archway on the 
right. Having taken these steps you may 
view a quiet lawn shaded by two huge 
monkey-pods and a tamarind-tree. The 
servants’ cottage stands in one rear corner 
and is balanced by a fernery in the oppo¬ 
site angle with a grape-arbor connecting 
the two. 
A clear, rippling brook passes under the 
arbor, disappears and gurgles up again in a 
rocky pool in the center ot the fernery, then 
disappears again to rush out and down the 
slope by the side of the drive in a series ot 
miniature cascades. The banks of this brook 
are overgrown with great masses of fern, and 
through these peep beautiful white calla-lilies. 
I he opposite side of this rear lawn is occu¬ 
pied by flower-beds. 
The house itself is well suited to the 
outdoor life of the Hawaiian Islands where, 
it should be remembered, the mean temper¬ 
ature during the year is equal to that of 
New York City during July. The rooms 
are large and airy and are all exposed to the 
cool trade winds, while the bedrooms, arranged 
along and over the drive, have the full 
benefit of the morning sun. 'Hie plan per¬ 
mits an easy communication of the rooms 
without intervening long corridors which 
only add to the difficulties of ventilation. 
The large living-room is furnished in a dark 
red native wood and has a beamed ceiling, 
and the walls of the two bedrooms are cov¬ 
ered with burlap. 'The scheme of placing 
all the rooms upon one floor suggests a 
household management that is simple and 
easy; and this one story has made possible 
the external squat and picturesque outline. 
An important feature of the house is the 
wide rear verandah called a lanai. This is 
enjoyed with comfort throughout the year 
and may be understood to be an altogether 
necessarv refuge when the weather becomes 
what the Hawaiians would call “warm.” 
Then the surroundings of the house are in¬ 
deed refreshing, for this lanai has a view of a 
beautiful range of mountains, while the front 
of the house overlooks the ocean and the 
city’s harbor. 
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