10 
House & Garden 
GILLIES 
TREES AND THE HOUSE 
We are indebted to trees for much of the success oj 
country house architecture. Without them the most 
magnificent palace, the most intimate cottage remains 
gauche, uninteresting, unfinished. Consider them for 
the role they will play in the final appearance of the 
house and permit the destruction of none but those 
that stand in the way of the construction. Picture this 
dooryard without the pine, and the point is obvious. It 
is part of the residence of Frank Bailey, Esq., at Locust 
Valley, L. I„ of ivhich H. Craig Severance was architect 
