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wine-cellar and the fat-cellar, the latter used for the storage of
meats.
But it is in the wide lawn and old-fashioned garden that one
realizes the real charm of the place. The brick walk is edged on
either side by large boxwood, and a sun dial has been placed on the
original column in the center of the box circle to mark the time as
one did nearly a hundred years ago. Shading the sun dial is an un¬
usually large mimosa tree, its glory of bloom in summer attracting
many humming-birds which add glints of color to the already
beautiful spot.
Conspicuous among the garden trees is an old magnolia with
a circumference of more than twelve feet. This was somewhat
the appearance of an English oak and is unusually handsome. There
is a story that the boxwood, that once adorned the terraces, was
taken to form a maze in a neighboring county.
The wide lawn has a remarkable variety of old-fashioned
shrubs and trees. Magnolias, wonderfully suited to the climate,
are there in their glory, also lindens, elms, tulip, poplars, white
pine, and many other trees, including English walnuts and pecans.
One of the latter stands with a spread of more than a hundred feet.
This interesting collection testifies to the love and care bestowed
by the founders of the home nearly a céntury ago.
As was the custom in those days, the family graveyard is near
the house. It lies in a secluded corner of the lawn, surrounded by
a low brick wall. There rests the only son and heir. His death at
the age of twelve years was the tragedy of the hopeful parents and
caused the home built with such care to descend to a collateral
branch of the Webb family.
Ihe present owners of the place have planted the old enclosure
as a little rose garden with the time-worn tombstones resting
among the flowers.
Not far from the terraced garden, and standing between it and
the house, is the chimney of the original outside kitchen. This
chimney, with its two Dutch ovens, is in size eight by fourteen feet
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