The Ellicott House 
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PLAN OF THE GROUNDS 
to yield their fullest beauty in tangles formed by 
Nature. 
Every pains has been taken to leave a bit of wild 
woodland to tell its own story and to contrast with 
the formal gardens on the upper levels and the results 
have been a never-ceasing delight to its owners and 
an apparently constant surprise and pleasure to 
visitors. 
I he only innovation has been to plant irregular but 
close groups of white pines and hemlocks along the 
boundaries of the lot in order to secure seclusion; 
these evergreens are flourishing under the tall forest 
trees and are rapidly becoming an attractive screen 
and a background for the dogwood. 
At the risk of prolixity, its designers would say, 
save your wild bits, fertilize them and give them 
every encouragement and let Nature and art contrast 
harmoniously. 
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