House & Garden 
THE ENTRANCE AND LODGE 
EE LLE FONTAINE 
reveal the great size of 
the properties. Acres 
of closely clipped lawn 
skirted by hemlock 
hedgesand asphalt walks 
extend far out from the 
village and obtrude 
themselves upon a rural 
landscape. 
With too much eager¬ 
ness perhaps have we 
set out country homes 
near the skylines of our 
lands. The pleasure we 
have in a wide prospect 
tempts us to extend the 
view as far around the 
circle as possible. The 
result is frequently a 
restless and needless in¬ 
terruption to the natural 
scenery. Where this has 
not been done and where 
architecture instead of 
THE END OF THE AVENUE 
breaking rudely in upon 
Nature has only added 
a new beauty to it, we 
see in the house and 
graceful avenues of 
Bellefontaine. Before 
this monumental home 
is a broad gently rising 
upland continuing to a 
wood and then on to 
the hills of the village. 
Just before the wood 
stands the house. The 
wide fapade and lateral 
lines of trees lying at 
right angles with the 
public road send the 
visitor on where he may 
look back and see at one 
view the stately and dig¬ 
nified whole. 
A wide foreground of 
meadow becomes a clip¬ 
ped lawn sloping up to 
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