Stratford Lodge 
outside of the house; but it is the way all 
these are disposed that marks the hand of 
the designer. The long sweep of the roof, 
the deep shadow beneath the broadly over¬ 
hanging eaves, the picturesque freedom of 
the low part jutting out at an angle at the 
back, all these speak of strong individuality 
of thought. An unconventional perform¬ 
ance truly; an outgrowth of the needs of 
the people who were to live in it; a using of 
the materials at hand ; a complete ignoring 
ot the most cherished dicta of the schools, 
axial arrangemements set at nought; formal 
planning carried to its utmost limit, yet kept 
within the bounds of reason and good taste : 
in short a very comfortable, sensible, unpre¬ 
tending house. 
With the garden it is a different matter. 
Local tradition seems to have had nothing to 
do with it. No Pennsylvania farmhouse 
ever had a garden that looked like this one. 
Still, environment has played its part. That 
the conditions of the site have dominated its 
plan, is evident. Beside the house is a level 
stretch, suggesting a well ordered arrange¬ 
ment ; and from the two porches straight 
paths lead out, tying the garden and the 
house together in a way that firmly marks 
the oneness that ought always to exist 
between them. The paths run beneath per¬ 
golas, and enclose a rectangular space with a 
well-curb in the midst of it, and an exedra 
at its farther end. From the side of this 
upper garden the hill falls steeply off to a 
level space many feet below, beside which 
runs the unruly creek that turned the wheels 
for the Welsh millers. If the upper garden 
did not suffice, it was obvious that to increase 
THE LOWER GARDEN 
STRATFORD LODGE 
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