The evening times., 1900-04-03
Plans for villa Grounds.

serve them.
! Plans for villa Grounds
Let US suppose man has garden of
I from fifteen to twenty acres in extent. and
he sets oat. say, twenty statues The en-
tire twenty would not cost him more than
! SlO0,0 ,000. Supposing he did net care to have
an Italian garden, such as surrounds the
! Villa L,nti, in Italy. but preferred a nat
ural garden, like Chatswolth. and he pie
ferred 10 have his statues scattered about
, as they are in that garden. For 81 coo he
could have a storehouse built in which he
could place for the four winter months It's
! tn enty statues at a cost not to exceed s.
apiece.
The entire expense OF taking in and
again setting out all his statues a year
would not be more than $500 or $3OC. His
orange trees, palm trees, and other val
/, uable shrubs he now stores in hothouses
! during the winter season. Why not his
statues II is as easy to move a statue as
an orange tree. | would like nothing better
! than 10 have the contracts from score Of
landlords 10 take care of twenty statues for
each at the rate of $500 a year for each
estate. And ! would guarantee not 10 break
a finger of any of them. The fact is give
me horse and two men and an inexpen-
sive special truck, and would rather move
200 statues than 260 palm trees and rose
bushes
Now, supposing our millionaire had the
good taste to desire a walled-in formal
garden. like those one sees in Italy France,
and Hoilsrd-say. about 2GO feet square or
more-and he did not care to move his
statues he could leave them in place the
year around. All he would have to do
would be to use a simple system of sec
tional glass roofing, which would reach
from wall to wall over his garden. This
would keep out the rain and frost snow
and sleet and protect his statues and trees
and flowers, and turn his summer garden
into winter garden. usable ali the winter
through. These sections of glass roofing
could be taken down in the spring and
stored away in special house in corner
of his place"
Interior of Homes.
Mr.. Ruckstuh was followed by Charles
r. Lamb. one of the vice presidents of
the society. who spoke on the subject Of
the interior decorations of homes and the
possibility of enrichment by the use of
sculpture
Interior views Of houses designed by
George B. Post, McKim, Mead & White.
Richard NJ. Hunt, and Bruce Price were
shown TO illustrate elaborate and expen-
sive effects. and these were followed by a
number of examples of simple treatments
from the work of c. A. Platt and the
studios or homes of J. Scott Hartley. DAN
iel C. French. Frederick s. Lamb. H. X.
Bush Brown, and others
Mr.. Lamb in making a definite plea fo1
the use of sculpture in the home did so
on the distinct lines that il should be in
dividual for the particular owner of the |
building, and have distinct place in the |
room In which il is placed Nothing could |
be more unsatisfactory" he said. mo |
matter how much ability was expended in |
the production of the portrait bust or the |
ideal figure, than to have ii placed on a |
pedestal, isolated from any artistic sur |
roundings,, and thus become simply one |
more piece of so-called bricabrac Each |
room should be treated individually The |
fireplace could become the family tree by |
placing the pictures of the children there |
The library, the music reom the dining |
room, the children's playroom. each in its |
turn could become suggestive of the ideas
TO be embodied by the artists in collabora-
ton with the owner"
Answering the possible objection that |
the house is not always owned by the per-
son living in it. Mr.. Lambs suggestions |
were to have q temporary construction |
made, an inner wall which could be easily |
removed. In changing from one house TO
another any art work desired, whSther /
simple or elaborate, could be erected and
as easily moved to its new environment. |
He spoke for simplicity as against eIab-
orateness in any case, and for plaster re-
plicas of good originals when such orig |
inals could not be readily secured.
He showed some especially prepareJ
plans for the treatment of gardens, show
ing how these could be made a source of
pleasure and recreation during the winter
months. By a system of sectional glass
roofs supported by columns, the entire gar
den space is enclosed A large central room /
was to be permanent feature, but all the