﻿May, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  181 
  

  

  3 
  — 
  The 
  Tea 
  Cart 
  Has 
  a 
  Special 
  Usefulness 
  in 
  the 
  Porch 
  Dining-room 
  

  

  gleam 
  of 
  yellow 
  to 
  give 
  de- 
  

   light 
  to 
  the 
  eye. 
  

  

  Although 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  en- 
  

   trance 
  to 
  a 
  somewhat 
  mod- 
  

   est 
  home, 
  yet 
  the 
  arrange- 
  

   ment 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  formal 
  

   than 
  our 
  other 
  examples. 
  

  

  A 
  cosy 
  little 
  nook, 
  which 
  

   speaks 
  for 
  itself, 
  appears 
  as 
  

   No. 
  5. 
  A 
  pretty 
  effect 
  is 
  

   gained 
  by 
  the 
  flower 
  beds 
  

   leading 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  low 
  

   stone 
  wall. 
  

  

  Many 
  country 
  homes 
  are 
  

   now 
  supplied 
  with 
  a 
  separate 
  

   veranda 
  that 
  is 
  used 
  for 
  a 
  

   breakfast-room. 
  Indeed, 
  

   there 
  is 
  no 
  more 
  delightful 
  

   way 
  of 
  beginning 
  the 
  day 
  

   than 
  by 
  having 
  your 
  first 
  

   meal 
  in 
  the 
  open 
  air 
  with 
  

   the 
  birds 
  singing 
  around 
  you 
  

   and 
  glimpses 
  of 
  blue 
  sky 
  and 
  

   golden 
  green 
  stretches 
  of 
  

   lawn 
  through 
  the 
  waving 
  

   trees. 
  At 
  first 
  a 
  fad 
  and 
  

   fancy, 
  the 
  veranda 
  breakfast 
  

   is 
  now 
  almost 
  a 
  necessity. 
  

   The 
  suburbanite 
  now 
  enjoys 
  

   this 
  reposeful 
  meal 
  as 
  long 
  

  

  tremely 
  tasteful 
  furnishings 
  ; 
  in 
  simpler 
  

   homes 
  of 
  wealth 
  and 
  fashion 
  it 
  is 
  often 
  both 
  

   correctly 
  and 
  attractively 
  arranged; 
  while, 
  

   again, 
  in 
  more 
  modest 
  cottages 
  and 
  villas 
  

   it 
  is 
  frequently 
  bright 
  and 
  cosy. 
  But 
  in 
  any 
  

   shape 
  the 
  veranda 
  is 
  a 
  welcome 
  addition, 
  and 
  

   can 
  be 
  as 
  charming 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  useful. 
  

  

  Take, 
  for 
  example, 
  Nos. 
  1, 
  2, 
  and 
  7 
  of 
  

   the 
  accompanying 
  illustrations, 
  which 
  are 
  

   not 
  beyond 
  the 
  reach 
  of 
  the 
  ordinary 
  af- 
  

   fluent 
  pocketbook. 
  No. 
  1 
  would 
  be 
  more 
  

   attractive 
  if 
  it 
  were 
  supplied 
  with 
  a 
  balus- 
  

   trade 
  to 
  give 
  a 
  sense 
  of 
  security 
  and 
  cosi- 
  

   ness; 
  but 
  this 
  defect 
  is 
  in 
  a 
  measure 
  remedied 
  

   when 
  the 
  bamboo 
  curtains 
  are 
  dropped. 
  

   The 
  rug, 
  tables, 
  chairs, 
  and 
  potted 
  plants 
  

   render 
  this 
  a 
  very 
  homelike 
  retreat. 
  

  

  No. 
  2, 
  from 
  a 
  house 
  at 
  Atlantic 
  High- 
  

   lands, 
  is 
  more 
  elaborate. 
  It 
  is 
  both 
  spacious 
  

   and 
  cosy, 
  making 
  one 
  long 
  to 
  lounge 
  in 
  one 
  

   of 
  the 
  easy 
  chairs 
  idly 
  gazing 
  across 
  the 
  sea, 
  

   or, 
  still 
  better, 
  to 
  dream 
  away 
  the 
  starry 
  

   summer 
  night. 
  

  

  No. 
  7, 
  perched 
  high 
  above 
  a 
  beautiful 
  

   landscape 
  of 
  rolling 
  hills, 
  is 
  securely 
  framed 
  

   in 
  by 
  a 
  stone 
  balustrade 
  adorned 
  with 
  potted 
  

   plants 
  and 
  creepers. 
  The 
  long 
  bench 
  below 
  

   the 
  window 
  is 
  plentifully 
  supplied 
  with 
  

   cushions, 
  and 
  an 
  electric 
  bulb 
  furnishes 
  light 
  

   when 
  needed. 
  

  

  No. 
  6 
  is 
  very 
  pleasing, 
  not 
  only 
  on 
  ac- 
  

   count 
  of 
  its 
  proportions, 
  but 
  its 
  floral 
  adorn- 
  

   ment. 
  The 
  long 
  boxes 
  contain 
  masses 
  of 
  

   blossoms, 
  and 
  are 
  kept 
  filled 
  with 
  seasonable 
  

   flowers. 
  We 
  are 
  beginning 
  to 
  appreciate 
  

   what 
  beautiful 
  effects 
  can 
  be 
  produced 
  by 
  the 
  

   simplest 
  garden 
  flowers 
  when 
  arranged 
  in 
  

   masses 
  — 
  a 
  blaze 
  of 
  red, 
  a 
  mist 
  of 
  blue, 
  or 
  a 
  

  

  4 
  — 
  A 
  Double 
  Veranda, 
  the 
  Inner 
  Part 
  Enclosed 
  Within 
  Doors 
  and 
  Screens, 
  the 
  Outer 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  Usual 
  Type 
  

  

  