THE COUNTRY YARD 



pies we used to live in, back in 1820, and the 

 early English castles — of granite, sometimes, 

 and stucco at others — that were popular among 

 the rich in 1850. The mission style really needs 

 room, just as does the Greek and the Gothic. 

 Still, in the Southwest, where they continue to 

 use adobe, and agreeably follow the Spanish tra- 

 ditions in their building, a mission residence 

 would not seem affected or out of place on an 

 ordinary suburban lot; and a yard given to grass, 

 with a well, fountain or pool in the center, and 

 an oblong or oval walk about it, is a delightful 

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