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admit air and sunlight to the four dressing rooms on 

 this side, and the ventilating openings in the doors 

 at the ends of the house are of the same pattern. 

 The entire back of the building is attractively 

 trellised, the luxuriant growth of green climbers con- 

 trasting well with the white lattice work. The long 

 pergola extensions at each end are so closely 

 screened with ornamental planting that these also 

 make ideal tea rooms. The suggestion of gracious 

 hospitality, the delight of water sports, and the con- 

 veniences of modern equipment in dressing rooms, 

 make this entire conception an ideal feature for 

 garden ornamentation. 



There is a similar combination, including per- 

 golas, tea room, bath house, and well-furnished 

 dressing rooms, at "Bippowan," the country place 

 of Mr. Jonathan Bulkley, at Eidgefield, Connecticut. 

 The arrangement presents another idea, however, 

 and one that readily can be carried out in many gar- 

 dens. The pool, which is of spacious dimensions, 

 with a slope of three feet deep at one end to ten at 

 the other, is placed in a splendid garden court, 

 screened on each side with tall trees and its archi- 

 tectural embellishments. At one end is the com- 

 bination bath house and tea room, and extending 

 along both sides of the pool are the long pergolas, 

 similar in design, and forming an ornamental wall for 



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