ILLUSTRATIONS 



A Lake House at "Erdenheim" in the Whitemarsh Valley 66 



A Charming Lake Pavilion at " Swastika," the Matheson Estate, 



Southern Florida 71 



A Pool with the Intake End Bordered with a High Rim of Concrete 76 



A Pool Screened by a Tall Privet Hedge 76 



A Pool with Good Planting at Garden City, New York 79 



A Pool with High Coping Keeping the Surrounding Soil Free from 



Dampness 79 



A Rustic Bath House with Railed Roof 88 



An Attractive Bath House Set among Large Trees at the Pool's 



Edge 88 



A Bath House Well Situated and Reflected in the Pool 95 



A Long Bath House with Six Dressing Rooms at "Spring Dell 



Farm" in the Whitemarsh Valley 95 



The Famous Water Tower on the Aldrich Estate, Rocky Point, 



Rhode Island 98 



A Bermuda Watershed, Cistern, and Tower 98 



Water Tower at "Rose Valley Farm," the Home of Mr. Charles T. 



Schoen, Moylan, Pennsylvania Ill 



Tower with Winding Stone Stairway a Quaint Feature hi Southern 



Florida 112 



A Massive Water Tower on the Matheson Estate at Cocoanut 



Grove, Florida 112 



A Quaint Holland Windmill on a Rotterdam Dyke 116 



A Charming Play House for the Children Built at the Base of a 



Windmill 116 



Thatched Windmill with Spacious Rooms and Porch, "Lyndan- 



walt," Abington, Pennsylvania 119 



Dutch Windmill at Rotterdam 119 



A Crow's-nest Extending from Tree to Tree with Cosy Landings. . 124 

 A Two-story Tree House Serving as a Commodious Play House 



for the Children 126 



A Tree Room with Vine-clad Stairway 129 



A Crow's-nest Built by Boys near Baltimore 129 



A Pleached Arch over a Garden Seat at Garden City, New York.. 132 

 A Succession of Arches Leading through the Garden from Front 



to Back Entrance 135 



A Series of Rose Arches Forming a Continuous Bower 135 



A Bird Box Forming an Appropriate Apex to a Summer-house . . . 138 



A High-placed Bird House in the Chicago Suburbs 145 



A Keg Bird House with Thatched Roof and Circular Platform.. . . 145 



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