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INDEX 



Arboreal pearl oyster 45 



Arbored summer house 314 



Arboretum 73 



Arboretum planting scheme and 



record 77 



Arboretum record book 96 



Arboretum, scope of 86 



Arbors 217 



Arbors, arched 55 



Arbre-arched foot gates 218 



Arbutus from Mt. Mansfield... 103 

 Arbutus, the standard of fra- 

 grance 103 



Arcadian living 69 



Arch beneath stair 189 



Arch, first known 226 



Arch, iron 172 



Arch, Moorish, 15 feet wide.... 155 



Arch of uniform spring 189 



Arch, round-headed Roman. ... 226 



Arch, single and double 226 



Arch substitute of the Incas... 226 

 Arched gate to clothes yard... 239 



Arched under house 307 



Arches, framing for 293 



Arches of wood, except as 



decorative, are impracticable 310 

 Archetype of the new house in 



plaster, wood, or cardboard 328 

 Architect and builder experi- 

 mentally inclined 330 



Architect and builder often non- 

 plussed over the outcome of 



the new house 328 



Architect, lapses of. 240 



Architect, makeshift 289 



Architect, mood of 251 



Architect's advice and guid- 

 ance 304 



Architect's bias for unbroken 



roof contours 330 



Architect's cash certificates.... 289 

 Architect's conception tying 

 hall, door, window, stair, 



fireplace 326 



Architect's dilemma 302 



Architect's fee 292 



Architectural feast 214 



Architecture, aggressive 152 



Architecture, country 152 



Architecture, new American.... 213 

 Architecture, semi-Oriental .... 157 



Architecture still sisterless 302 



Architecture transformed 78 



Architrave, entablature and 



column 303 



Archway 213, 214 



Area brick drained 144 



Areas, self-draining blind ditch 221 



Arid summers 245 



Arm of Sound dammed and 



water-gated 273 



Armoire 221 



Armor, ancient 173 



Armored knight stair guard... 173 



Armored knights 242 



Arrow, copper 241 



Arrow sawed from brass plate 274 



Art, the most valuable 339 



Artificial pool 245 



Artificial rapids and waterfall. 245 

 Artificial reinforced stone in 



quoin, sill, and lintel 302 



Artistic solecism 243 



Asbestos 236 



Asbestos and cement shingles.. 214 



Asbolt 218 



Ash flue 233 



Ash flue outlets must be 

 guarded; our worst fire 

 from an unguarded ash flue. 319 



Ash pit 233 



Ashing for yellows 55 



Asparagus 243 



Asparagus beetle 57 



Asparagus growing 340 



Asparagus, trade marks of 



freshness 340 



Asphalt expansion joints 310 



Assassin caught red-handed.... 100 



Asteria, yellow 94 



Astronomical chart, key to 228 



Attic lift 155 



Attic rooms 234 



Attic stair, unrailed 2 



Attic stair window 270 



Attic stairway closed 2 



Attic-stored heirlooms 62 



Attic studio 237 



Attic windows, north, south, 



east and west 274 



Aurelian calls 90 



Ausable Chasm, Jr 133 



Autographs 7 



Automobile necessary to the 



farmer 339 



Autopsy by veterinary '.. 23 



Autumn-leaved varnish tree.... 102 



Avarium 90 



Avian tribe 47 



Aviary 295 



Aviary, unbarred 243 



Avoid buiding too close to road- 

 way 330 



Avoid shutting off future road- 

 ways and views 339 



Awkward halls changed to 

 bayed and settled window 



nooks 326 



Awninged platform 239 



Awnings 234, *240 



Axe a staunch friend 120 



Axis and motif essential in 



house building 305 



Ba,ck-aired piping 323 



Back hall well hole 232 



Back lane 63 



Back log for a mill 296 



Back plastering 281 



Back stairs, a full flight in a 



good house 326 



Bacteria septic tanks 13 



Baffle boards 277 



Bag-worm 53 



Balanced lift 194 



Balanced plant growth 94 



Balanced world 193 



Balancing lights and shadows in 



a room 325 



Balconies 226 



Balconies against chimney 281 



Balconies, canvas covered .. 115, 146 



Balconies carelessly constructed 330 



Balconies, leaking 115 



Balconies with steep pitch to 



door sill 315 



Balcony, hanging 146 



Balcony, musicians' 135 



Balcony, overhanging 183 



Balcony, projecting 146 



Balcony rooms 254 



Balcony, screened minstrels'.... 152 



Balcony sills sloped 115 



Baldwins 49 



Ball bearing casters 2 



Balloon construction with ledger 



board supports notched in 



studding 316 



Baltimore heater 3 



Baltimore oriole 39 



Baluster, carved Jacobean 326 



Baluster, Colonial 326 



Balusters 183 



Balustrade for coolness 320 



