House and Garden 
THE HOUSE AND FORECOURT FROM THE GROVE 
house which appears on page 151, for in 
the wall of the court opposite the entrance 
to the house is a fountain so recessed that a 
narrow stair mounts almost unseen to the 
ground above. From this high viewpoint, 
too, may be best seen the relation of the 
forecourt and formal garden to the house. 
A gate leads into the spacious formal gar¬ 
den all aglow with 
flowers; and one’s first 
steps are taken in the 
corner known as “The 
Children’s Garden,” 
for here the two little 
girls whose home is 
“Maxwell Court” are 
free to pick johnny- 
jump-ups, forget-me- 
nots, heliotrope and 
other sweet - scented 
flowers which grow 
close to the walk in 
front of azalea mollis 
and cannas. Looking 
up the path here is 
the view occupying the 
upper portion of page 
153. The pergola be¬ 
yond terminates the 
garden in a hemicycle 
and the promenade 
between its piers re¬ 
turns along the 
southern side 
of the parterres 
to the house, 
arriving there 
at the center of 
a portico upon 
which the life 
of the draw¬ 
ing-room may, 
in mild weath¬ 
er, overflow. 
Thus are house 
and garden 
firmly bound 
together, as 
they should be 
bound in any 
formal scheme, 
and particu¬ 
larly in such a 
design as this, echoing as it does, the most 
formal and architectural garden-craft the 
world has seen, the Italian. 
H ere in this walled enclosure is the order 
and grace of architecture carried with a nicety 
beyond the walls of the nominal habitation, 
inviting that habitation to extend its mean¬ 
ing and to expand to an outdoor realm 
THE UPPER TERRACE FROM THE EAST 
