INDEX 



383 



Columns, architrave and coat of 

 arms framing a door be- 

 speaking- welcome 311 



Columns, cement 214 



Columns inset with ornaments. 218 

 Columns, Ionic capped ....144, 193 



Columns, 24-inch diameter 113 



Comma butterfly 94 



Commission merchant's charges 49 



Comfort, ideal 234 



Commonizing hair cloth sofa... 251 



Common sense hygiene 213 



Common sense in building best 



guiding rudder 330 



Commutation, interest, repairs, 

 insurance and improve- 

 ments 341 



Compass points considered in 



planning 304 



Compassing the fourth compass 



point 135 



Compressed air tanks 9 



Concentration 34 



Concord grape success 51, 55 



Concord stoves 217 



Concrete ford 71 



Concrete mixture 309 



Concrete platform outlasts wood 321 



Condemned yacht 282 



Cone-shaped hats 51 



Conflict with canons of good 



taste 301 



Coniferous tree eater 39 



Conn-ecticut as a bird field 35 



Connecticut as a plant field.... 35 



Connecticut Capri 201 



Connecticut Continental 261 



Connecticut stony pasture land 152 



Conning tower 226 



Conning- tower of a Norman 



castle 335 



Conservatory 121, 154, 295 



Conserva.tory doors of plate 



glass 154 



Conservatory, double decker. . . 133 



Conservatory, fountained 193 



Conservatory, second story. 295, 320 



Conservatory, steel arched 247 



Conservatory, U-bar 247 



Conservatory, white tiled ... 219 

 Conservatory, wooden roofed... 193 



Construction details 306 



Construction shed filled with 



cement, brick and lime.... 306 



Contract, breaking of 291 



Contract claims 290 



Contract, heating 292 



Contract, labor ... 292 



Contract of manager cancelled. 292 



Contract, restudying of ?9fi 



Contract, restudying of 296 



Contract system, special 282 



Contract, written ratification of 288 

 Contracting power of metal... 302 



Contractor, bonding of 288 



Contractor, honest, promises of 280 



Contractor, individual 295 



Contractor in your debt 291 



Contractors' excuses 290 



Contractors, irresponsible 289 



Contractors, weak-kneed 289 



Contracts, electric wiring .... 294 



Contracts, heating 294 



Contracts, one-sided 292 



Contracts, plumbing 294 



Control of tide levels 208 



Convex copper hood 233 



Cooking galley 282, 251 



Cooking table on casters 2 



Cooking table with soapstone 



top 222 



Copper 213 



Copper boiler advantages 223 



Copper bronzing walls and ceil- 

 ing 241 



Copper, disintegration of 282 



Copper flashing under and over 



windows and on balconies.. 315 

 Copper gutters as lightning rods .318 



Copper house in the west 303 



Copper in roof and boiler and 



brass pipes tempt thieves.. 314 

 Copper paint and rusty nails... 208 



Copper plant labels 95 



Copper roofs, ridge seamed 314 



Copper sulphate 55 



Copperas disinfectant 11 



Copyist of past generations.... 302 



Cordon-grown trees 53 



Cork flooring eases feet of cook 

 and takes the chill and slip 

 out of a bathroom floor... 317 



Cork rugs and runners 85 



Corn and hay fields 140 



Corn and potato fields vs. land 



values as land 337 



Corn raising for silo 104 



Corner beads, acorn tipped, 



relegated to the past 321 



Corner cove and ceiling cove.. 329 

 Corner-stone of accomplishment 219 



Cornering elusive time 297 



Corolla 79 



Corpse plant 98 



Corraling the sun all day 304 



Corridor-like room 122 



Corridor of palms, one story... 296 



Corridor, palm-decorated 10.' 



Corridor, second story beamed.. 193 

 Corridors arched and pillared.. 225 

 Cost, approximate adjustment of 289 

 Cost as elastic as requirements 



of vacillating owner 294 



Cost, method of figuring 294 



Cost of building increased 294 



Cost of house doubled 292 



Cost of house, maximum 293 



Cost of labor two or three times 



that of material 294 



Cost of new house, counting... 287 



Cost of plastering per yd 292 



Cost, ten to twenty cents cu. ft. 294 



Cost, $3 to $8 sq. ft. area 294 



Cosy corner divaned and draped 122 



Cot, The 61 



Cottage of 100 years ago 251 



Cottage, one story 251 



Cottage, rose porched 217 



Couches in pairs 227 



Counting house efforts 96 



Country house craze 299 



Country life underlying all 



342 



Country "living," 'difficulties of. . 120 

 Country living, joy and utility ^ 



Country 'living, lure of 287 



Country villas 



County fair 91 8 



Court-yard centre ^ io 



Cowl - capped, zinc - sniveled 



chimney pot 



Cows alphabetically named 61 



Crab apple 7 | 



Crag and boulder ' * 



r<T-a fra Gvl- 



^lclg 1 ~o OO1 977 



Crane 1(2 > 221 > 2 ?J 



Crane inset when building is an 



advantage ^ 



Crater garden 1 s 



Crepuscular goatsucker o 



Crippling z 



Crippling, extra aid in hanging 



heavy pictures ^ 



