American estates and gardens . o QOO CO < U< JJ O m < [30] AMERICAN ESTATES AND GARDENS with a hea\-ih- carved railing; from the ceihng of the uppermost story hangs a great bronzelamp—a late Renaissance masterpiece. On the right is the dining-room, with ])antries andkitchen beyond—the latter in a separate wing—and the billiard-room; on the left are thelibrar} and the white drawing-room. The library walls have a high paneled dado of polished wood below a covering of greenstripes. Rare tapestries cover much of the wall space; above is a coved cornice pi polishedwood. There is much furni

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American estates and gardens . o QOO CO < U< JJ O m < [30] AMERICAN ESTATES AND GARDENS with a hea\-ih- carved railing; from the ceihng of the uppermost story hangs a great bronzelamp—a late Renaissance masterpiece. On the right is the dining-room, with ])antries andkitchen beyond—the latter in a separate wing—and the billiard-room; on the left are thelibrar} and the white drawing-room. The library walls have a high paneled dado of polished wood below a covering of greenstripes. Rare tapestries cover much of the wall space; above is a coved cornice pi polishedwood. There is much furniture in the room—a piano in one corner, a fine old Ffench tablenear the fireplace, desks and tables, tables with lamps and tables with bric-a-brac, anda veritable garden of plants and palms. The whole room is surrounded with growing plants;great garden vases filled with fine specimens stand before two of the windows; mammothBoston ferns, palms in the corners and by the windows; and yet the room is so largethat there is

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