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House & Garden 
Gillies 
WHEN A HOUSE LIVES INTIMATELY WITH TREES 
A house is in its proper setting when it lives intimately with 
trees. They may be close at hand or at a distance, according 
to the structure of the house itself, but they are necessary 
if the picture is to be complete. In this view, which is of 
the residence of W. T. Grant, Esq., at Pelham, N. Y.. a ter¬ 
race connects the house and the grounds, making the ap¬ 
proach to each a gradual progress, an easy transition with¬ 
out jarring interruption. Howard Major, architect 
