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House &■ Garden's 



Good architecture always 

 takes into account the ex- 

 isting features of the site. 

 and if those features happen 

 to be noble trees, then half 

 the beauty of the finished 

 picture is already accom- 

 plished. At times it is even 

 advisable to change the plans 

 of a house altogether rather 

 than destro\ the trees 



TREES AND 

 THE HOUSE 



How Trees 

 Make The Setthig 



The house illustrating this 

 point is a dignified inter- 

 pretation of Southern Colon- 

 ial, a type that requires the 

 immediate presence of large 

 trees and the approach of 

 broad lawns. It is the resi- 

 dence of Dr. Harold Spring- 

 er, at Centerville, near Wil- 

 mington, Delaware. Brown 

 & Whiteside, architects 



