keeping with the setting of the grounds. The main
house is at the front and has been kept in practically the same general
style as when purchased. The entire rear portion of the house has been
added a little at a time, until now it is most complete in each and
every detail.

[Illustration: The Front of the House]

[Illustration: The House from the Terrace]

Dormer windows have been let into the roof in order to give better
lighting, and the wide verandas have been railed in, to provide an
up-stairs living-room, from which one gets the best views of the garden.
The lower veranda is furnished with well-chosen willow furniture, each
piece being carefully selected so that there are no two alike. It has
been given a setting of ornamental bay-trees in green tubs and huge
pottery vases filled with masses of bloom. The most attractive part of
the veranda is at one side of the house, where it is paved with brick
and lined on the one side with evergreen trees and on the other with
scarlet geraniums.

[Illustration: The Pergola-Porch]

[Illustration: The Hall]

The hall or morning-room was a part of the original house. It is
entered directly from the veranda and has been so treated as to present
a different series of pictures from the time one enters the door until
one leaves, each room which opens out of it being carefully designed for
harmonious effects.

[Illustration: The Alcove in the Living Room]

At the left of the room is the staircase which leads to the second-story
floor. The low mahogany risers and treads contrast with the white
balusters which are topped with a highly polished mahogany rail. Doors
have been removed so that the adjoining rooms are glimpsed as one enters
from the veranda. This room is hung with a Colonial paper showing
delicately tinted red flowers against a gray background, and its beauty
is heightened by the leaded glass windows of the china closet at the
right and the simple fireplace with its brass accessories. Every bit of
furniture here is old Colonial and is upholstered in green to match the
color of the hangings. A long French window opens on to the veranda and
gives glimpses of the beautiful gardens. The upper portions of the old
cupboards that were in the house have been glassed in. The floors have
had to be re-laid.

[Illustration: The Den]

Particularly noticeable is the den which is at the left of the hallway.
Here the color scheme is green, the walls being covered with textile