House and Garden 
Abbott is connected, being a lineal de¬ 
scendant of the Presidents bearing that 
name. 
The dining-room, like the reception- 
room, occupies an entire ell of the house. 
Here again, the ceilings are timbered with 
huge beams which give a very solid and 
substantial appearance to the room. The 
floor is of brick corresponding to that of the 
hallway. The walls are wainscoted with 
oak showing a dado of plaster, and brick 
floor, oak wainscoting, and huge ceiling 
beams unite in giving a very unique effect 
to the room. Over the fireplace is a 
cement arch which is one of the chief 
features of the apartment. 
At one end of the dining-room is a 
latticed window through which one obtains 
glimpses of the connecting conservatory 
beyond. Mr. Abbott has made his conser¬ 
vatory a valuable one through the beauty 
and rarity of the plants which he rears 
there, and during the winter it is filled 
with an endless profusion of blossoms. 
The stairway leading to the second floor is reached 
through the main hall from which the smaller hallway 
opens. The little hall is quite as interesting as the 
rest of the house, with low broad stairs and round 
topped entrance door swung on heavy iron hinges. 
Although the house has been only an alteration, 
the interior gives no hint of it. The rooms seem so 
perfectly appointed and so well planned, that their 
origin is forgotten and one remembers only the dis¬ 
tinctly personal touches which make them part of a 
THE DINING-ROOM 
THE ENTRANCE HALL 
characteristic all-year-round home. No jarring note 
can be found m the entire interior which betrays 
the fact that bit by bit the whole structure was per¬ 
fected as the architect interpreted the ideas of the 
owner in plaster and stone. 
In front of the house lies the garden ending with a 
pergola covered with vines, and during the summer 
the grounds are beautified with flowering shrubs, 
d'he garden is really one of the prettiest of its kind. 
Here are many of the flowers and plants prized so 
highly by our grandparents. 
Among them the Madagascar per- 
iwinkle, forget-me-nots, four 
o’clocks, larkspur, stock, cowslips, 
etc. Adjacent beds arei given over 
in early spring to bulbous plants of 
brilliant colors,—hyacinths, tulips, 
etc. Along the wall tall spikes 
of hollyhocks rear their heads and 
form a background for rows of 
lobelia with bright scarlet flowers. 
Handsome lawns and great trees 
surround the house on all sides, 
making a proper setting for it. On 
either side the meadow-land 
stretches away ending in the tim¬ 
bered section bordering the river, 
the scene of many a summer picnic 
and afternoon tea. At the left of the 
garden are the kitchen garden and 
stables, the latter filled with fine 
hunters, for both Mr. and Mrs. 
Abbott are members of the Mid¬ 
dlesex Hunt and ride to hounds. 
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