PRACTICAL BOOK OF GARDEN ARCHITECTURE 



ming with a crowd of boys probably the greatest 

 delight of childhood was the stolen and forbidden 

 pleasure of my youth ; and I resolved that one of the 

 features of an estate of my own should be a big, 

 roomy swimming pool, with a convenient bath house 

 and dressing rooms, where boys could enjoy to the 

 full the sport which I was not enabled to enjoy dur- 

 ing my own boyhood." 



With the garden bath house, girls as well as boys 

 may become proficient in water sports; and every 

 member of the family will be benefited by the open- 

 air bathing. The structure need not be an elaborate 

 affair to have it extremely decorative. Eough cedar 

 posts and bark-covered walls, with rustic stairs, 

 will be most appropriate for the garden lake near a 

 woodland or garden grove. With a roof only slightly 

 sloping and covered with one of the rubberoids or 

 tar paper, and with a high railing of rustic work, 

 a dainty roof garden may be established where on- 

 lookers may watch the sports of the swimmers. Rus- 

 tic seats should be built around the roof inside of 

 the railing, and a level floor of slats, an inch or two 

 above the roof, will provide a dry floor and keep the 

 roof from being injured. 



A combination of bath house, tea room, and per- 

 gola forms a decorative feature on many beautiful 

 estates. The cost need not be excessive. The genius 



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