“HOMEPARK” LODGE, MAGILL. 
THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
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bs ; : THE RESIDENCE OF MR. REGINALD W. WRIGHT. 
The name of this estate is aptly descrip- 
tive in’ so far as the “home” is concerned. 
No poet has even tuned his musings to a 
truer note than that which is the dominant 
tone of this home. Happiness, laughter, 
merriment, and abundance of all good 
things are to be found here. The joyous- 
ness of healthy, happy children, and the 
general content of those whose youth seems 
perennial, defying the cares of time, all 
combine in the declaration that ‘Home 
Park” is rightly designated. The Park, 
however, gets its glory in a reflected 
fashion from the surroundings that are 
part of an adjoining estate, which was the 
original site of the house and the birth- 
place of Mr. Wright. It is now the 
centre of extensive vineyards which have 
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Mr. Wright’s Fernhouse. 
grown upon the erstwhile park surround- 
ings. Mr. Wright was born in the vine- 
yard business, and has continued in it up 
‘to the present time, with much success and 
glowing satisfaction to himself, as his well- 
nurtured personality amply testifies. 
Home Park Lodge is situated at the foot 
of the hills at Magill commanding a 
superb view of the city to the sea, and in 
the coastline to the well-known Hummocks 
‘at the head of the Gulf of St. Vincent. This 
is only one of the many charming land- 
scapes to be seen from the foot of the 
Mount Lofty Ranges overlooking the. 
Adelaide Plains. On a clear day the view 
is worth a long journey to see; the sunsets 
are such as would delight the eye of an 
artist, who fain would transfer them in pig- 
ment to canvas, and as the clouds of dark- 
ness stretch over the city below-the lights 
of Adelaide twinkle and shimmer like a 
thousand diamonds. So that in. daylight 
.or dark, fair weather or storm, the growing 
green of winter and spring, or the changes 
to brown, under the summer sun, all give a 
variation of scenery that ever makes Home 
Park Lodge a pleasant rendezvous to visi- 
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The house of considerable proportions, 
built under the artistic skill of modernised 
architecture, is surrounded by a large area 
of vineyard, and orange and lemon groves. 
Flower gardening is not a strong feature of 
_ the home surroundings, although the beds 
around a very spacious lawn are filled with 
a good selection of flowers, and some. fine 
