Rouse £5? Garden 
LeNotre and Blondel, with hedges of horn¬ 
beam, rows of trees and plots of grass cut 
in geometrical shapes. On ascending two 
flights of steps from the drive, one is 
not surprised to find a pavilion after the 
style which the French borrowed from 
the Italian. The pure whiteness of the 
Ionic order contrasts with the dark green 
of the foliage and the unfailing blue of 
the sky. One here finds himself looking 
down upon a sunk garden, with its fountain 
and balustrade and an agreeable vista of 
cultivated lands stretching to the purple 
mountains far beyond. 
The house, about eighty by seventy-five 
feet, is made only for habitation of the 
owner’s immediate family—the guest-rooms 
being in a detached building—while the ser¬ 
vants are lodged in another one contiguous 
to it. The drawing-room is large and sur¬ 
rounded by French windows, which give an 
unobstructed view of the garden and furnish 
easy access to it. 
The owner has been a careful student 
of antique furniture. His dining-room is 
designed in the style of Louis XVI, finished in 
white and gold, and most of the other rooms 
contain the old, or perfect reproductions of 
the chairs, tables, fixtures and hangings of 
the time of Louis XIV, XV and XVI. The 
intention has been to observe as much unity 
in style as was consistent with comfort; and 
the grounds, no less than the furniture, are 
one in spirit. Henry Russell JVray. 
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