American country houses of to-day; an illustrated account of some excellent houses built and gardens planted during the last few years, showing unmistakable influence of the modern trend in ideals architectural (1915)
Howe, Samuel, 1854- · New York Architectural Book Pub. Co. P. Wenzel and M. Krakow · leaf 157
near the water. The accompanying sketch of the r)riginal condition of the shore frontshows the grove of trees upon the easterly side, the general character of thelayout, the ragged water edge and the irregular bank, the diversified natureof tlie woods, the westerly boundary of Lombardy ])oplars.… … line is determined by the lofty elm trees. Those at the outer edge of thebank have evidently received for many years the full force of the wind,being gaunt in limb and stripped of foliage. Such, in brief, was the condi-tion of the projjerty when the architect formulated his plan for the…
Architecture, Domestic · Landscape gardening
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