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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
December, 1910 
The Gardens of the Alcazar in Seville, showing the Gallery of Pedro the Cruel and the Labyrinth and Pavilion 
of Charles V 
Historic Houses and Their Gardens 
Edited by CHARLES FRANCIS OSBORNE 
Professor of Architecture, University of Pennsylvania 
<JNever, perhaps, has a book been published so attractive to lovers of the historic and beautiful as 
“Historic Houses and Their Gardens.” In this superb volume are described famous homes, their treasures 
of art and their gardens the world over, which are rich in historic associations. 
FAMOUS HOUSES OF ANTIQUITY 
<IThe book begins with a splendid chapter on Ancient Roman Country Houses and contains a most 
interesting description of the villas of Pompeii such as the Casa dei Vetti, buried for centuries but now 
shown as a revelation of the beauty of ancient Roman building. A chapter upon the Villa Pia in the 
Vatican Garden comes next and the mind is then turned toward other marvelous villas and gardens of 
the Italian Renaissance, examples of beauty which have been the inspiration of generations. 
ALADDIN-LIKE GARDENS OF THE ORIENT 
flThe wonder and mystery of famous homes and gardens of the Persians, Indians and Japanese 
are then presented, the beauty of the Taj Mahal, th e rare and delicate beauty of the Shahlimar Garden 
and the strikingly picturesque architecture and gardening of old Japan. Of extreme interest are the chap¬ 
ters devoted to French and Spanish hoipes—places where history has been fast in the making—and of 
great value are the chapters on such old English homes and gardens as Battle Abbey, Warwick Castle, 
and Blenheim Palace whose present mistress is an American. Among the American homes described is 
Mt. Vernon, the home of George Washington. 
•SThe text has been prepared by students who know their subjects well. The chapters upon the 
homes and gardens of India have been contributed by E. B. Havell of the Government School of Art, at 
Calcutta. Many of the chapters on England have been written by P. H. Ditchfield, M. A., F. S. A., and 
the descriptions of Bothal Castle and Beaulien Abbey are by the Honorable Miss Sackville West and the 
Dowager Countess De La Warr. 
The Achilleion on the Island of Corfu 
Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England 
The Gardens at Aranjuez, Spain 
Gardens of the Villa Lante, near Viterbo, Italy 
Gardens of Castle Miramar, near Trieste. Austria 
The Iris Garden at Horikiri, near Tokyo. Japan 
Gardens of the Taj Mahal. Agra, India 
The Chateau de Brissac, France 
Stowe House, Buckinghamshire. England 
Royal Gardens of La Granja, San Ildefonso, Spain 
The Home of the Verneys. Buckinghamshire, England 
The Floating Gardens of Mexico 
Warwick Castle. Warwickshire, England 
Persian Gardens 
Broughton Castle, Oxfordshire, England 
The Villa Danti, near Florence, Italy 
Colonial Homes of Natchez, Mississippi 
Moor Park. Hertfordshire. England 
Ancient Roman Country Houses 
The Borda Garden in Cuernavaca, Mexico 
Indian Gardens, India 
Beaulieu Abbey, Hampshire, England 
The Abbey of Battle, Sussex, England 
The Villa Palmieri, near Florence. Italy 
An English Castle and its Village, Northumberland, England 
The Villa D’Este, at Tivoli, Italy 
The Gardens of the Alcazar at Seville. Spain 
Dunster Castle, Somersetshire, England 
Levens Hall—An Old World Garden, Westmoreland, England 
of Mount Vernon, Virginia 
The Gardens and Grounds 
iflThe unusually large page used affords opportunity for the use of half tones of remarkable beauty. 
272 pages, 330. pictures upon the finest paper, superbly printed. The book is beautifully bound in cloth 
with cover design in green and gold. 
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(Continued from page 386) 
ware, the standing woodwork of the li¬ 
brary corresponding in color with the 
bookcases. 
In the entrance hall, its walls ivory- 
tinted, French gray is again used for all 
the woodwork, excepting the handrail of 
the staircase, which, to accord with the 
antique furniture, is of mahogany. 
The color scheme of the dining-room 
is equally effective, the wall covering be¬ 
ing of robin's-egg blue and the woodwork 
ivory-white — a happy selection for the 
sun-lit room and a desirable setting for 
the mahogany furniture. The dining¬ 
room fireplace is likewise very simple in 
character, and its intimate relation to the 
bow-window is especially commendable, 
as in many houses one would infer that 
the architect had entirely failed to realize 
that his clients might desire to read and 
still enjoy the warmth and cheer of an 
open fire. During the winter months, too, 
the bow-window provides an attractive 
flower-nook, its exposure being ideal for 
this purpose. 
The service portion of the first floor, 
very complete in its equipment, is suffi¬ 
ciently isolated to avoid any of the domes¬ 
tic machinery encroaching upon the fam¬ 
ily living-room, yet being at the same 
time conveniently accessible—a large pan¬ 
try affording the sole means of communi¬ 
cation between the two departments of 
the house. 
On the second floor, connected by a 
long gallery, are two suites, each consist¬ 
ing of two bedrooms and a bathroom— 
the owner’s room, generous in its propor¬ 
tions, occupying the southwestern end of 
the house. It has a large fireplace as a 
central point of interest and the additional 
attraction of windows on three sides, 
from which may be had the charming vis¬ 
tas of the park land in the valley and, to 
the northwest, an outlook over the garden. 
On the third floor, opening from a 
long hall, are a bathroom and two large 
bedrooms, the latter hung with dimity pa¬ 
pers—a type chosen for all the chambers 
in varying tints. The entire woodwork 
of the two upper floors is ivory-white, 
with an egg-shell finish. 
The three bathrooms, tile-floored, are 
very complete in their appointments, one 
having the added merit of a shower-bath 
equipment, while the house has been 
planned to include also a liberal allotment 
of clothes-closets. 
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