INDEX 



377 



Balustrade, hand carved 181 



Balustrade of metal 326 



Banishing- the funnel stairway. 171 



Bank loans 340 



Banner shrub 81 



Banquet halls for bees 100 



Bantams 31 



Barbaric architecture 302 



Barbarity of wire barb 69 



Barberries 55 



Bark abrasion, prevention of. . . 96 



Bark colored insects 93 



Bark-hidden lairs 57 



Bark slabs 257 



Barn, cattle 15 



Barn cupola 33 



Barn, hay 15 



Barn owl 45 



Barnum, P. T 17 



Barnyard refuse 9 



Baroness Burdett-Coutts 29 



Baronial house 142 



Barrel a long hall ceiling. .322, 329 



Barreled ceiling 189 



Barrier wall 203 



Barriers head high, shutting off 



views of the country 335 



Barriers must harmonize with 



the new house 334 



Barriers of famous architects.. 335 



Barrier riven criss-cross rail.. 335 



Barriers worth best thought... 335 



Bartlett pears 47 



Bas-relief, copper 169 



Bas-relief, stone 189 



Bas-reliefs, terra cotta 153 



Base, corbeled 213 



Base plugs 237 



Base, sanitary 229, 282 



Base trim high to cover plugs.. 237 



Baseboard set on under floor... 235 



Basement above ground 194 



Basement bee-hive 225 



Basement calcimined and deco- 

 rated 197 



Basement enameled and spar 



varnished 



Basement ground air-proof 155 



Basement lavatory with shower 331 



Basement rooms 224 



Basement, unhealthy 224 



Basement, wooden floored 224 



Basins, set 281 



Bastile lock 221 



Bath cabinet, electric 231 



Bath closet 230 



Bath, comfy of 230 



Bath houses 281 



Bath, Pompeiian 199 



Bath tub, enameled steel vs. 



solid porcelain 230 



Bath tub for children 231 



Bath tub railed in 230 



Bath tub set in floor 230 



Bath tub six feet long 230 



Bath tubs 199 



Bathing beach, steps to serv- 

 ants' 281 



Bathing houses 203 



Bathing in Sound at midnight.. 203 



Bathing pool 160 



Bathroom, barreled ceiling 231 



Bathroom fixtures, gold-plated. 231 



Bathroom fixtures, nickel plated 282 

 Bathroom floored and walled 



with glass 155 



Bathroom hardware, nickel 



plated 282 



Bathroom hardware to match 



plumbing 231 



Bathroom, salt water 194, 282 



Bathroom, sun 227 



Bathroom tiled to ceiling. . .122, 316 



Bathroom water heater 223 



Bathroom with canopy of elec- 

 tric lights 231 



Bathroom with fireplace ven- 

 tilation 231 



Bathroom with low porcelain 



flush tank 236 



Bathroom with white glass sides 231 



Bathrooms 3, 200, 230 



Bathrooms, furred down 316 



Batrachians 100 



Bats '. ' ' 45 



Batten board the site 327 



Battens with one side nailing.. 142 



Batteries, chemical 257 



Battle for independence, selec- 

 tion important matter 340 



Battle royal 74 



Bayberries ....'. 57 



Bay trees ' ' 62 



Bay window addition '.'.'. 153 



Bay window eighteen feet wide 189 



Bays and projections 227 



Bays at time of building are 

 inexpensive and often a 

 fifty per cent, improvement 327 



Beacons and reef-buoys 281 



Beams at side walls omitted 



for a cove 325 



Beams, cambered 281 



Beams, ebonized 184 



Beams, hewn 221 



Beams, large, give sturdy 

 strength unknown in a cut 

 up, costly, paneled ceiling.. 325 

 Beams, plaster ribbed and deco- 

 rated 325 



Beams reinforced by cement... 219 



Beams, roof framing 219 



Beams set to leave a larger 



centre 325 



Beams spaced to leave ceiling 



in shape for decoration.... 325 

 Beams, veranda ceiling, 9-inch. 281 



Bean galls 93 



Beaver board with its limita- 

 tions useful in the bunga- 

 low realm 321 



Bed draperies 197 



Bed linen 97 



Bed steps 5 



Bedding, air-bathed 7 



Bedding plants 248 



Bedroom, outdoor balcony 270 



Bedrooms 197, 105 



Bedrooms, bunked 251 



Bedrooms, masters' 227 



Bedrooms, outdoor 7, 228 



Bedrooms, south and west 227 



Beds not to face a window 311 



Beds set north and south 311 



Bee-hive in attic window 34 



Bee life 84 



Beef and dairy types 17 



Bees 34 



Bees, particular 91 



Beetle hunting 93 



Beetle, long horned 93 



Beetle, water 93 



Beetle, whirligig 93 



Before the cellar is dug know 



your house 328 



Beggar ticks 98 



Bellerica 157 



Belvedere 133, 208, 214 



Belvedere adds more than cost 312 

 Belvedere overlooking maze.... 244 

 Berkshire contribution to house 154 



Berkshires 244 



Berries 35 



Berry-bearing plants 101 



Bess 26 



