INDEX 



Tennis court, seats, balustrades, 



terraces, etc., 250, 251 

 Terrace retaining walls, 42 



walls of logs, 43 



of sod and trailers, 43 

 Thatched roofs, best materials, 277 



' ' combing ' ' and trimming, 

 281 



of England, Holland, and 

 Japan, 277 



finishing peaks and ridges, 

 282, 283 



fire precautions, 287 



heather-covered roofs of old 

 world gardens, 286 



home-made mallets and 

 needles, 279 



methods of laying, 280 



old world methods, 278 



pine thatching, 285 



practical features, 278 



treatment of eaves, 282 

 Tree house construction, 125 



in Catskill Mountains, 126 



roofing, 128 



vine-draped stairs, 130 

 Tree rooms, wall finish, 128 

 "Thorn hedge" espaliers, 253 



wall fountain, 234 



woods garden, 191 

 Transforming old houses, a charm- 

 ing studio, 165 



"antique" doorway, 164 



Colonial designs, 165 



treatment of interior, 164 



various uses, 161 



Walk paving, common forms, 20 

 gravel, brick and concrete, 

 24,25 



Walk, layout, 19 



picturesque treatment, 26 

 ramping, 27 

 rustic logs, 27 



Wall fountains in concrete, 236 

 duplicates of Italian designs, 



235 



inexpensive installation, 237 

 in series of basins, 239 

 practical features, 238 

 Wall plants, succulents and al- 



pines, 45,46 



with decorative foliage, 46 

 Walls, buttresses and pilasters, 



40,41 



of cobbles and fieldstone, 36 

 earth pockets for plants, 45 

 of historic Haddonfield, 38 

 stone and brick, 35 

 Water-falls, artificial introduction 



of water, 207 

 and dams in Blue Ridge 



Mountains, 208 

 dam gates, 213 

 log dams, 209 

 making the most of the water 



supply, 205, 206 

 providing the charm of vigor, 



211 

 the serviceable spillway, 211, 



212 



treatment of leaky dams, 210 

 utilitarian features, 214 

 Water fowl, 61 

 Water summer house, 66 

 Water supply by electric motor, 



102 



by gas engine, 103 

 by gasoline engine, 103 

 by gravitation, 100 



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