House <y Garden 
FRONT VIEWS 
OF THE HOUSE 
A SMALL NEW HAMPSHIRE 
GARDEN. 
T HE country place of Mr. Herbert Croly 
is situated in western New Hampshire, 
about ten miles north of Claremont, and not 
far from the Connecticut River. It is cut off 
from the river valley by the first of several 
low lines of hills that 
run north and south, 
and the landscape to 
which it belongs has 
only a suggestion ol 
the broad publicity 
of the valley itself. 
The immediate site 
of the house is a 
small plateau in an 
amphitheatre of low 
hills. Toward the 
north, these hills 
come down close to 
the house; toward 
the east and south, 
the rise begins 
gradually some half 
a mile away ; while to 
the west and south¬ 
west, there is a break 
in the enclosure which 
affords a fu 11 view 
of Mount Ascutney 
about ten miles dis¬ 
tant, and a glimpse 
of the valley itself. 
Thus the location of 
the house is sheltered 
without being shut the plan 
in, private, but well connected with the 
main-traveled roads. 
The plateau on which the house is built 
is surrounded by a pasture, of which it 
once formed a part, and the grounds are 
reached by means of a private road with 
gates at both ends. It is only the land in 
the immediate vicinity of the house which 
has been planted and 
cultivated; all the 
rest is as unkempt as 
the original pasture. 
As may be seen 
from the plan, the 
driveway approaches 
the house from the 
north. None of the 
illustrations give 
the appearance of 
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cornish an- tr¬ 
ap peara nee 
the house as one 
approaches by the 
road, but some 
idea of it may be 
obtained partly from 
the plan, and partly 
from the picture 
which shows the 
front door and the 
terrace. The kitchen 
entrance is situated 
on the short side 
of the house, as 
seen in this illus¬ 
tration, and is 
screened by a lattice, 
overgrown with 
clematis and wood¬ 
bine, and by masses 
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