HOUSE AND GARDEN 
330 
May, 
DU 
The house embowered in this charming setting is large, stately, 
dignified. Its walls are of white stucco over metal lath, and its 
roofing is of shingles, stained a soft green. It has spacious veran¬ 
das and balconies, often festooned with vines, and below many 
of its windows are charming flower boxes. Inside it contains 
large, comfortable rooms, beautifully decorated and elegantly 
furnished." The interior possesses' all the conveniences and all 
the charm and richness that can be desired, and to create a 
garden that might prove a successful rival to this comfort and 
splendor therefore became no trivial problem. 
The house stands well back from the street, and even in front 
the grounds are a veritable garden. The sidewalk is bordered 
by a hedge of rosebushes, and beyond this blossom-covered hedge 
lies an extensive expanse of lawn, dotted with trees and shrub¬ 
bery. Near the street are also two small garden pavilions, which, 
with their white pillars and shingled roof, correspond admirably 
with the architecture of the house. 
It is in the rear, however, that one finds the real garden — 
the garden of enchanting retreats and floral profusion. From 
the rear of the house two parallel pergolas, covering brick walks, 
extend back for a distance of nearly two hundred feet, creating 
a most charming garden vista. Their classic concrete columns, 
with the double wood railing on top, all in pure white, present 
a striking contrast to the embowering foliage, and many of them 
bear graceful traceries of clinging vines — ivy, wild fig, barren 
grape, and several other varieties. And to add just a touch of 
rusticity to this somewhat formal scheme, a gnarled and straggly 
old oak stands between the pergolas, near the house, its irregular 
branches spreading a sun-flecked mantle of shade over a con¬ 
siderable portion of the surrounding piazza. 
There is much of this piazza space—all with a flooring of blue 
brick, but for the most part with no covering save that provided 
by the foliage of trees and vines. It is terraced here and there 
with low concrete walls and broad brick steps, creating little 
more than mere imaginary divisions, and yet producing nooks 
that seem quite secluded and cozy. By temporarily furnishing 
them with a table and chairs, preferably of wicker or something 
similar, these places become excellent for serving afternoon tea; 
and under a balcony in the rear of the house, adjoining this 
piazza, is a small roofed retreat that may be used even while rain 
outside patters on the brick pavement and trickles from the foliage. 
All in all, this portion of the grounds is most ideal for either 
a garden party, or merely as a place for quiet outdoor lounging. 
The old oak is surrounded by a small plot of ground planted 
to ferns and springarei, and around the base of the pergola pillars 
are grown vines and delicate flowers. The marble-like pillars 
afiford a charming background for the variegated decorations, 
and the paths which they enclose, almost losing themselves in 
the farther end ot the garden, are indeed enticing. 
The pergolas are linked together at their garden terminus by 
a sort of resting place, also floored with brick, and containing 
a small concrete bench. This retreat is walled in on three sides 
by vines, and before the remaining side, which the seat faces, 
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The garden floor is terraced here and there with low concrete walls and broad brick steps, creating 
nooks that seem quite secluded and cosy. By temporarily furnishing them with wicker, they 
little more than mere imaginary divisions and yet producing 
are excellent places for tea or an afternoon’s reading 
