DECORATIVE WINDMILLS 



ports may be fitted up as a playhouse for children, or 

 as a spacious tool-house or garden storehouse. Then 

 the decorative possibilities of the exterior call for 

 special ingenuity. It sometimes requires a touch 

 of genius to give character to the entire home sur- 

 roundings. Experienced architects claim that a 

 suburban home with a distinctive character of 

 its own is difficult to find. Among the hun- 

 dreds of houses that one sees in a day's travel 

 through the country, the great majority make 

 but slight impression they are seen and for- 

 gotten. Perhaps out of a hundred homes, ten will 

 catch the eye and impress one with their unusual 

 features, while -only one or two will appeal to us as 

 homes of real distinction homes in which the 

 dwelling house and all its grounds and accessories 

 are the result of a gradual, beautiful growth rather 

 than mere piles of brick and mortar, with the regula- 

 tion walks, shrubbery, trees, and garden buildings. 

 The majority of the windmills shown in the illustra- 

 tions are typical of distinctive thought in producing 

 an attractive whole, while utilizing all available 

 space required in their construction. 



Special flower planting about the base is a decora- 

 tive feature where the iron supports are not en- 

 closed. An attractive design shows the entire ground 

 floor planted with different varieties of Japanese 



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