House & Garden 
THE PLAN 
A row of tall trees encloses the space and 
the brook crosses the northern end. The 
view in this direction is closed by the green¬ 
house, but it is opened beyond by a formal 
garden. The parterres comprise a square, 
but the few curves which are to be found 
upon an otherwise rectilinear plan are 
introduced into them. Walks, forming 
an enclosing rectangle, surround the garden ; 
and a pergola, joining two summer-houses 
or gazebos, is being built across the northern 
end. The vegetable gardens are con¬ 
tiguous to this formal garden upon the 
north and east. 
There is another formal garden upon the 
rear of the farmer’s house. It has square 
parterres, and is enclosed on the side oppo¬ 
site the house by a hennery. Beside one of 
A FARMSTEAD ON A LAKE 
the walks extending to the eastward are the 
kennels and their yards, and numerous other 
paths are carried outward into the thick 
woods, which surround the place on three 
sides. The studied terminations of these 
walks give a finish and beauty to the plan. 
Little architectural ornament, such as elabo¬ 
rate stairways, sculptures or balustrades, is 
contemplated for the gardens or grounds, 
but trellised arbors, fountains and bridges 
will supplement the structural work. At the 
present time the stables have been finished 
and the avenues have been laid out. Privet 
hedges have been set and many hydrangeas 
and rhododendrons have been planted. T he 
farmer’s house and its garden are being built 
and the greenhouses will be completed by 
the end of the summer. 
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