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ie Sr et By ALT Boh Doe Ae 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 unusually 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 [179]
