House and Garden 
with the arbor-vitae, planted freely in those 
beds which form a structural part of the de¬ 
sign thus preserving the architectural spirit 
of the garden throughout the year. Spanish 
bayonets and other southern shrubs carry the 
mass of garden foliage up against the veranda, 
while in the distance a background for the 
garden is being obtained by means of young 
trees—gingkos,cedars and others—which have 
been planted outside the terra-cotta balustrade. 
This wild space can be surveyed from the 
outer walk of the garden and also from the 
porticoes at the ends of the new wings. 
The spirit of a southern latitude is present 
in the entire scheme, and the free extension 
of the buildings over a considerable area 
gives the openness and consequent circula¬ 
tion of air so necessary in the warm and ge¬ 
nial climate of Aiken. In such a locality 
the Colonial type of country dwelling has 
long seemed so especially appropriate that it 
would probably have been selected for these 
additions even had not the original building 
pointed the way in that direction. 
The property was thus developed by the 
late William C. Whitney, whose purpose 
was to have a kind of bungalow or hunting 
lodge for the resort of himself and friends 
when outdoor life should become disagreeable 
in the North. 
TWO PROPOSED ENTRANCES TO 
CENTRAL PARK, N. Y. 
A Memorial to Andrew H. Green, designed by Albert Randolph Ross 
A Monumental Entrance from the Plaza, designed by Bradford Lee Gilbert 
W HILE some temporary confusion of 
purposes has resulted from the general 
desire that a fitting monument be erected to 
the memory of Andrew H. Green, “the 
Father of Greater New York,” only two 
suggestions have so far received serious con¬ 
sideration. One was that the memorial 
should take the form of a municipal mu¬ 
seum, devoted strictly to local subjects, such 
as the City of Paris maintains in the Carna- 
valet Museum. The work of this museum 
would cross the lines, while extending them, 
laid down by the New York Historical So¬ 
ciety. To that extent it would not be wholly 
a proposed entrance to central park 
From the Plasza, Fifth Avenue and Fifty-ninth Street 
Designed by Bradford Lee Gilbert as a Cross-over for Pedestrians and for a Memorial to the Heroes of the Army and Navy 
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