A NOVEL GROUPING OF GREENHOUSES 
DESIGNED BY FRANK MILES DAY & BROTHER 
W HATEVER 
may be said 
against formality in 
the design of house 
grounds or gardens 
must change from 
condemnation into 
praise at any orderly 
arrangement of the 
utilitarian buildings 
upon a country estate. 
If such an arrange¬ 
ment succeed in trans¬ 
forming objects which 
are usually unsightly 
into attractive features 
of the place, serving 
at once the two ends 
of utility and beauty, 
those responsible for 
the work may con¬ 
gratulate themselves 
at having made im¬ 
portant progress. 
Care and money are 
spent upon a house 
and its immediate sur¬ 
roundings ; the en¬ 
trance gate, the drives 
and perhaps a formal 
garden have received 
attention the result 
of which draws admi¬ 
ration from all visit¬ 
ors. Perhaps a pre¬ 
tentious greenhouse 
stands conspicuously 
upon the lawn, a sat¬ 
isfactory sight at least 
to the owner of the 
various structural 
patents which have 
made its erection pos¬ 
sible, but it is rarely 
a thing of beauty. 
How different from 
this — the reception 
room of the estate — 
is the portion of the 
grounds that one dis- 
A VIEW OF THE GREENHOUSES WHEN COMF1.ETED 
From a water color drawing made by the architects , Frank Aliles Day & Brother 
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