Some Long Island Country Estates 
THE POND—MACKAY ESTATE 
Extensive conser¬ 
vatories and green¬ 
houses have been 
constructed also, 
the grounds being 
laid out in terraced 
effects with border 
plantings of flowers 
and inner groups 
of vegetables, so 
that even here the 
effect is attractive as 
w ell as the group¬ 
ing strictly utilita¬ 
rian. The woods 
are overrun wdth 
bridle paths, and 
the former have 
been cleaned out 
thoroughly for the health 
of trees and also stripped 
here and there for the 
purpose of sightly effect. 
J'he general idea fol¬ 
lowed in the construction 
of the Mack ay estate 
seems to have been first 
to create a property of dis¬ 
tinct substance using at the 
same time as far as possi¬ 
ble natural materials for 
its composition. The 
main group of buildings 
and their surroundings it 
is true are of formal and 
stately design, even niag- 
nificent, hut the estate as 
a whole seems to bear the 
the house but is entirely screened by a thick 
belt of woodland. The other buildings are 
scattered and located at varying distances, with 
the exception of the farm buildings and dairy, 
which naturally are grouped together in the 
open and cultivated portion of the estate. 
In the neighborhood of the residence an excel¬ 
lent opportunity arose for the building ot a 
bridge, over which a drive to the northern 
boundary of the estate crosses the“service” 
drive which leads from the main highway in 
the neighborhood of the farm buildings, 
directly to the residence. This bridge was 
constructed tof local boulders broken up to 
convenient sizes, and is now partly covered 
with ivy, rendering a most picturesque effect. 
In the same neighborhood a hollow by the 
roadside was transformed into an artificial 
pond, inhabited now^ by numerous ducks 
and swans. 
Another interest¬ 
ing feature is a 
“deer run” consist¬ 
ing of an artificial 
deer which travels 
on a rail at quite a 
remarkable speed 
through some of the 
passes in the woods 
and here Mr. Mac- 
kay has full oppor¬ 
tunity to practise in 
marksmanship. 
The flower and 
vegetable gardens 
are laid out in a for¬ 
mal manner in one 
of the lowland por¬ 
tions of the estate. 
THE BRIDGE—MACKAY ESTATE 
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