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INDEX 



Crippling- is best cross-herring- 

 boned 315 



Criticism of architect 129 



Croftleigh 134 



Cromlech stone 129, 150 



Crop succession 74 



Crops, triple 73 



Crossways 273 



Crotchets of comfort not always 



expensive 295 



Croton, giant 87 



Crow 43 



Crow nest 138 



Crow walks 55 



Crow's nest in hemlocks 134 



Crude beginning and mature 



development 157 



Cuckoo, nest-stealing 37, 47 



Cuckoo, parasitical 45 



Cuckoo type of man 47 



Cuckoos of insect tribe 91 



Cuirass 218 



Cupboards, urn-crowned 5 



Cup-shaped tulip tree 84 



Curbing 213 



Curculio 53, 93 



Currants, black, white, red 55 



Current short circuited 237 



Curtailment and addition of 



help 297 



Curtain, metal, for bookcases.. 219 

 Curving lines often a luxury.. 327 

 Cut nails prolong life of a roof 313 



Cut stone 214 



Cut worm 93 



Cuthbert raspberry 47 



Cutting for plumber and steam 



fitter 292 



Cyclones 288 



Cypress a fine weather wood... 306 

 Cypress, for frame, sash, belt 



course, soffit and trim 306 



Cypress gutter V-shaped to pre- 

 vent ice splitting 317 



Cypress, spraddling, prostrate.. 22 



Dachshund andirons 173 



Dado and frieze scheme 5 



Daguerres 251 



Dairy income 15 



Dairy records 63 



Dais, bed 227 



Damage by thawing water pipes 229 

 Damage loss vs. money penalty. 288 

 Dame Nature's hearth-stone.... 221 



Damming the river 



Damp cellars an entirely 



unnecessary evil 324 



Damp course of moisture-proof 



slate or blue stone essential 308 



Damsel flies 93 



Damson plums 55 



Dan 26 



Dangerous lode stones 302 



"Darlings of the forest" 103 



Davenport, Abraham 124 



Davenport with inset table.... 218 



Davenports 234 



Dawdling habit contagious.... 294 



Day vs. contract job 294 



Dead-lights 230 



Deadening along fireproof lines 309 

 Deadening floors with asbestos, 



seaweed, paper, hair, felt.. 308 

 Deadening floors with mixture 



of cement, sawdust and 



ashes 309 



Deadening of walls and floors 



in servants' quarters 197 



Deadly sewer gas 13 



Death by over-salting 19 



Death-dealing moisture . . . 303 



Death-dealing Triumvirate .... 58 



Death eggs oviposited 93 



Death hour in animal life 35 



Death of Angora Aurea 27 



Death of the bees 91 



Death of sheep 31 



Death of tree 83 



Decadence of the dignified 



Colonial 300 



Deciduous trees and shrubs.... 77 

 Decorating the billiard room... 122 



Decoration 240, 242, 252 



Decoration, rococo 241 



Decorations, mural 234 



Decorative composition to con- 

 ceal architectural errors... 304 

 Deeds, maps and contracts for 



filing 303 



Deer 67 



Defects discovered before plas- 

 tering 296 



Defoliation 39 



Delivery pipe of ram 9 



Delivery wagon 17 



Deliquescent trees 80 



Den alcove 234 



Den, fireproof 220 



Depopulating the earth 94 



Design and construction lasting 



forever 299 



Design, heraldic, molded in 



Caen stone cement mantel. 189 

 Destroyer lurking in closed 



house 241 



Destruction of cement, stone 



and iron 302 



Destructive attrition, vibration 



and electrolysis 302 



Details of the building of Sea 



Boulders 275 



Developing concentration 34 



Developing room 229 



Developing vistas 77 



Development 75 



Devil's bit a cure for quinsy... 97 



Devil's riding horse 90 



Devil wagon 338 



Devon cattle 17 



Dewberries 55 



Diagonal boarding of under 

 floor lessens chance of 

 buckling after upper floor 



is laid 317 



Dies for tool making 63 



Dietetic poultry food values ... 33 

 Difference in floor levels, advan- 

 tage and disadvantage of.. 307 



Digger wasps 93 



Dilemma, horn of 289 



Dillaway place in Berkshires.. 211 

 Diminutive house copy of large 



house a mistake 305 



Dinghy's painter 261 



Dining room 187, 189, 220 



Dining- room, circular 133 



Dining room, Colonial 144 



Dining room elliptical 1?.3 



Dining room on new lines .... 130 

 Dining room, outdoor porch ... 277 



Dining room, round 133 



Dining room, 16 feet high.. 130, 134 



Dining room, 16-foot stud 130 



Dining room skylight 325 



Dining room, southeast 212 



Dining room, summer 152 



Dining room, telescopic 270 



Dining room, winter 152 



Dining rooms, awninged, out- 

 door 138 



Dirt costs so much per yard to 



remove 291 



Dirt-holding roots 22 



Discounting the farmer's three 



years' wait for asparagus.. 340 



