PRACTICAL BOOK OF GARDEN ARCHITECTURE 



it is not unusual to find these little private bath 

 houses made a very decorative feature of ocean- 

 front homes; though the swimming pool, in this in- 

 stance, is the great sea. Where strips of woodland 

 reach down to the water's edge, quaint little struc- 

 tures of logs provide the needed privacy for the 

 bathers and fill every requirement, though the dress- 

 ing rooms may be crude affairs, built at little cost. 



Whether we study the fascinations of the Ber- 

 mudian bath houses, the ornate structures of famous 

 Italian gardens, or the types of recent construction 

 along our coast lines, we find them, when appro- 

 priately built, teaching the same lesson of harmony 

 with their surroundings, and making the most of the 

 material at hand for their construction. 



Until recent years the bath house as a garden 

 feature has been unknown in this country. It is 

 only among the coast resorts and seaside homes that 

 we find them in general use. Even the swimming 

 pool has not been so generally introduced among the 

 water features of the garden and enjoyed as it 

 should have been. We have not been slow in in- 

 stalling methods of enlivening and beautifying the 

 home grounds with water; our efforts have been 

 directed most frequently towards shallow lakes and 

 ponds for growing water plants, rather than towards 



the deep pool intended for swimming. When finally 



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