House and Garden 
AN ELEVATION OF THE SOUTHEAST END OF THE GARDEN 
The Roman fountain having been substituted for the axial feature at the right 
instead, one must find content in admiration 
through the ground glass of the camera. 
Not only does “ Fairacres ” owe much of 
its charm to architecture proper but to its 
architectural ornament as it is found in old 
fragments and in decorative jars old and new. 
If there is such a thing as a stage whisper, 
there is a garden whisper also ; and it is this 
that an owner’s voice becomes when he re¬ 
lates to you in the last reaches of confidence 
how yonder beautiful composite capitals were 
saved from the wreck of a famous city land¬ 
THE WALK CONNECTING THE GAZEBOS 
mark razed in the path of improvements, 
bought for a song, but transported for sev¬ 
eral songs. The four capitals in the par¬ 
terres at “ Fairacres ” were saved from the 
beautiful portico of a well-known Philadel¬ 
phia bank recently torn down. How suitable 
a fate for our own native work, which if not 
thus saved is doomed to damage or destruc¬ 
tion in a stoneyard ! 
Large flower pots, especially designed for 
“ Fairacres ” by the architect, support bay 
trees in important positions. Vases of rich 
“FAIRACRES” 
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