American estates and gardens . THE GARDEN OF MOSES TAYLOR, ESQ.—THE THE GARDEN OF MOSES TAYLOR, ESQ.—THE FORMAL GARDEN. 294] AMERICAN ESTATES AND GARDENS The terrace is very beautiful. It has been wisely planned on the simplest lines—a mereopen space among the tree tops, whose size is enhanced by its situation and by the great treeswhich immediateh- surround it. The stately balustrade is properly broken and supported bypedestals and piers, and the single vases appropriately mark off the borders of the spacetoward the house. It is an excellent example of good results accomplished by d
American estates and gardens . THE GARDEN OF MOSES TAYLOR, ESQ.—THE THE GARDEN OF MOSES TAYLOR, ESQ.—THE FORMAL GARDEN. 294] AMERICAN ESTATES AND GARDENS The terrace is very beautiful. It has been wisely planned on the simplest lines—a mereopen space among the tree tops, whose size is enhanced by its situation and by the great treeswhich immediateh- surround it. The stately balustrade is properly broken and supported bypedestals and piers, and the single vases appropriately mark off the borders of the spacetoward the house. It is an excellent example of good results accomplished by direct meansand in the most direct way. The Garden of Alfred Nathan, Esq., Elberon, New Jersey. The garden of Alfred Nathan, Esq., at Elberon, New Jersey, is, in a quite literal sense,a garden by the sea. The entrance driveway describes a circle before the house, and enclosesa fountain—a beautiful circular pool, with a gracefvtl little figure of a bo}^ embracing a seats are placed at intervals in the path around the fountain. The formal garden, onthe right
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