March, 1913 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
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Roslyn Estates on the North Shore is spoken of as a colony of private estates, and is one of the interesting inland sections, graced by all types 
of architecture of exceedingly good types 
farming here. This activity un¬ 
der the direction of Mr. Fuller¬ 
ton has gone to prove that this in¬ 
land section, not only the sandy 
strip, but the scrub oak places, is 
particularly fitted to become an 
agricultural district with fine 
transportation and exceedingly 
advantageous physical and soil 
conditions. This district extends 
from the pretty inland lake of 
Ronkonkoma out to the beautiful 
dear-water bays of Great and Lit¬ 
tle Peconic, Shelter Island Sound 
and Gardener's Bay. 
This brief geographical descrip¬ 
tion should go to show that with¬ 
in a comparatively small area there are conditions which do not 
exist in any other single section. Beauties of scenery, rural and 
suburban homes of all sorts, profitable farming opportunities, 
poultry farms whose location gives them advantage over their 
rivals, pleasures of Sound and Bay and Ocean, and all this ren¬ 
dered so accessible that the entire district has almost been brought 
within the metropolitan boundaries. 
When the projected electrified roads are completed, this condi¬ 
tion will be improved still more. And it will render New York 
unique as a city. For although some suburban sections are older 
and more finished, they do not offer anything like the diversity of 
attraction to be found here. And 
one feature of the growth that is 
very satisfactory to consider is 
that almost all the work that is 
being done is of exceedingly high 
class and made under the most 
advanced ideas in building and en¬ 
gineering. As the farm land be¬ 
comes developed, Long Island 
may find itself self-supporting for 
its products, and besides able to 
help solve some of the pressing- 
problems of living costs that op¬ 
press the metropolis to-day. 
In addition to these various ad¬ 
vantages there is another factor of 
attractiveness still to be mentioned 
— the social life. Many consider that rural or suburban districts 
are dull places, lacking culture in the metropolitan sense. Noth¬ 
ing could be further from the truth here. On Long Island has 
grown up a new sort of American social life, that, as in England, 
clings about outdoor sports. The various country clubs provide 
interesting centers for gaiety that is by no means limited to the 
summer colonies but flourishes in winter also. Some of these 
clubs are as pretentious as the Piping Rock Club—perhaps the 
most perfectly appointed club house in the country, with a system 
of bridle paths extending for seventy miles—others more modest, 
but each offering many diversions to a refined membership. 
The land is high at Northport and from many places such as 
Sunset Hill a view of the harbor is to be had 
Shoreham is beyond Port Jefferson, with most of its houses built over¬ 
looking a broad expanse of Sound 
Brightwaters offers a variety of home sites on the South Bay and an 
interesting section among the pines 
