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INDEX 



Labor and material bills 288 



Labor cheap 289, 296 



Labor contract 288, 296 



Laehenfeld cattle 15 



Ladders sheltered under ver- 

 anda floors 332 



Laddie's lotus-eating days 260 



Lady-bird, smug 93 



Lady-bird turtles ' 59 



Lagoon and curving waterway. 159 



Lake, inland 211 



Lake - protected dwellings of 



Switzerland 299 



Lamps, non-rusting metal 160 



Land-locked lagoon 204 



Land titles 287 



Landscape gardening 22 



Landscape gardening on paper. 339 



Landscaped villas 133 



Landscaping, expense of 292 



Landscaping keeping pace with 



building 296 



Lantern, cathedral 237 



Lantern, King Alfred's 237 



Lanterns, Paul Revere 281 



Lanterns suspended from gar- 

 goyles 281 



Lapsing to the antique 5 



Lares and penates 219 



Large rooms vs. small 252 



Last of thirty steps in building 161 

 Last plant to leave and bloom. . 101 

 Last stand against insect world 74 

 Last word in building is never 



spoken 330 



Latch-key, fighting for 289 



Latch of Colonial days 2.12 



Latch-string 28 



Latch-string, far cry to pulling 



the 160 



Latest bird callers 47 



Lath, galvanized wire 161, 281 



Lathe 63 



Lathe, electric 225 



Latitude in contracts 297 



Lattice, vine embowered 239 



Laurel, lamb-kill 84 



Lavatory 169 



Lavatory stolen from cellar.... 152 



Lawns, beautifying of 77 



Lawn contours ,31 



Lawn, lengthening of. 243 



Lawn motor 21 



Lawn ornaments 244 



Lawn, -preparation of 21 



Lawn seed 21 



Lawn, systematic rolling of.....; .21 



Lawn vista 243- 



Laze bugs 91 



Leader connections 9 



Leaf blight 5J5 



Leaf hopper 55, 91 



Leaf mansion of cherry twig tier 94 



Leaf-roller weevil 91 



Leaf tent miners ., 9-t 



Leaks thart mar. 318 



Leaks, their caiiae and remedy. 317 

 Leaks through in&idious avenues 303 



Learning plant names 91 



Leather injured by moisture. ... 2 

 Ledge barren of water courses. . 270 

 Ledge formation Interesting to 



geologist ~ 203 



Ledge, rough edged, lichen- 

 covered . 133 



Ledges 140 



Ledges, stone piled on 15 



Legal forms ...'. .-, 292 



Leghorns 



Leo. King of St. Bernards 27 



Lenidoptera, 50,000 species of, 91, 92 



Leprous black knot 83 



"Let God do His work" 124 



"Let the dead past bury its 



dead" 252 



Letting farm on shares 58 



Lexington 247 



Libby Prison 31 



Library 189, 219 



Library alcove in bayed tower. 154 



Library on north 212 



Library side wall of leaded 



glass 193 



Lichen-covered stone outcrop- 

 pings 115 



Lichen-rifted rock 100 



Lichens 21 



Lien laws of mechanics 289 



Life defenders and prolongers. 97 



Life-giving sap cut off 237 



Life in the open for ten months 239 



Life of a house 301 



Life saver or destroyer 88 



Lift, balanced 155, 194, 235 



Lifted above the turmoil of 



earth 315 



Light a good defense 237 



Light sandy soil best for early 



crops 338 



Light screened for horses 244 



Lighting, diffused 237 



Lighting fixtures 237 



Lighting house from the out- 

 side 237 



Lighting, indirect 237 



Lightning rod questionable pro- 

 tection 318 



Lightning rods 7 



Lightning, speed-crazed 26 



Lightning strikes Buena Vista's 



tiled tower 331 



Lights, electric 237 



Lilacs 57 



Limb breaker stair 254 



Lime efflorescence 213 



Lime, pock-marked 321 



Lime with sand 74 



Limestone disintegrates more 



or less japidly 307 



Limitations of unlimited wealth 3 



Line of succession 299 



Lin.en closet with Victorian 



. .. doors 228 



Linen drawers . 227 



Linen storage in French farm- 

 house 22/7 



Linings, -felt . . . 289 



Lintel, carved griffin 113 



Lintels, carved 154 



Lintels, -peaked' v. 2 



Lion rampant in- tiled floor 1 



Lions flanking' front door 160 



Little Minister 120 



Little Turk . ... 53 



Living and gala rooms made 



-.re impressive 307 



five centuries 65 



is serious business 28 / 



room 217. 251, 257 



iving room 'screened 27^ 



Living room, size of 277 



EMMyg. room, south and west.. 212 



Living- room, 35x45 183 



Living spring a travesty when 

 house is gridironed with 

 pipes connected with com- 

 munity reservoir 30 1 



Loam re-topping *| 



Lobster tank 28^ 



Location * J 



Location of kitchen 3 



Location vs. construction. ...... 212 



Lock and hinge, invisible. . .220, 228 



Lockers 230 



Locks, burglar-proof 



Locks, mortise ^ 5 



