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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  December, 
  190,7 
  

  

  A 
  Due 
  Proportion 
  Between 
  Piers 
  and 
  Gates 
  Is 
  Essential 
  

  

  to 
  it 
  soon 
  looks 
  as 
  unkempt 
  as 
  the 
  man 
  who 
  forgets 
  to 
  shave. 
  

   Those 
  who 
  can 
  afford 
  to 
  keep 
  a 
  gardener 
  get 
  abundant 
  satis- 
  

   faction 
  from 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  rich 
  green 
  hedges, 
  but 
  the 
  man 
  of 
  

   lesser 
  circumstances, 
  unless 
  he 
  finds 
  recreation 
  in 
  puttering 
  

   around 
  his 
  garden 
  after 
  business 
  hours, 
  finds 
  it 
  a 
  kind 
  of 
  washes, 
  and 
  are 
  less 
  expensive 
  than 
  any 
  other 
  kind 
  of 
  rock. 
  

  

  best. 
  This 
  filling 
  gives 
  

   strength 
  and 
  durability. 
  

  

  Another 
  kind 
  of 
  ma- 
  

   sonry 
  that 
  is 
  popular 
  for 
  

   fence 
  posts 
  and 
  entrance 
  

   monuments 
  is 
  that 
  known 
  

   as 
  "rubble-stone.'' 
  It 
  is 
  

   made 
  up 
  of 
  stones 
  of 
  all 
  

   kinds 
  and 
  sizes, 
  and 
  there 
  

   is 
  a 
  freedom 
  and 
  careless- 
  

   ness 
  about 
  it 
  that 
  is 
  excep- 
  

   tionally 
  pleasing. 
  A 
  most 
  

   attractive 
  example 
  of 
  this 
  

   style 
  of 
  work 
  is 
  shown 
  in 
  

   one 
  of 
  the 
  accompanying 
  

   illustrations. 
  On 
  the 
  street 
  

   line 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  monument 
  

   showing 
  immense 
  irregular 
  

   boulders 
  at 
  the 
  wide 
  base 
  

   and 
  smaller 
  ones 
  at 
  the 
  top. 
  

   From 
  this 
  a 
  quaint 
  tiled 
  

   roof 
  extends 
  across 
  the 
  

   walk, 
  being 
  supported 
  on 
  

   the 
  opposite 
  side 
  by 
  a 
  

   smaller 
  rubble-stone 
  monu- 
  

   ment. 
  An 
  iron 
  gate 
  of 
  

   simple 
  design 
  completes 
  the 
  

   happy 
  ensemble. 
  

   In 
  Southern 
  California 
  cobblestones 
  are 
  used 
  extensively 
  

   for 
  walls, 
  as 
  supports 
  for 
  heavy 
  fence 
  rails, 
  and 
  for 
  street 
  

   pillars. 
  The 
  effects 
  obtained 
  with 
  them 
  are 
  often 
  striking. 
  

   They 
  are 
  easily 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  dry 
  beds 
  of 
  arroyos 
  and 
  

  

  "bugbear." 
  

  

  Fences 
  and 
  gates 
  of 
  timberwork 
  can 
  be 
  made 
  attractive 
  

   with 
  but 
  little 
  expense 
  and 
  labor. 
  Wooden 
  posts, 
  six 
  or 
  

   eight 
  inches 
  square, 
  with 
  either 
  square 
  or 
  fancy 
  caps, 
  form 
  

   the 
  simple 
  foundation 
  of 
  a 
  gate, 
  either 
  single 
  or 
  double 
  — 
  -for 
  

   path 
  or 
  carriage. 
  This 
  wooden 
  gate 
  can 
  be 
  made 
  in 
  any 
  de- 
  

   sign, 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  notions 
  of 
  the 
  builder. 
  Two 
  espe- 
  

   cially 
  attractive 
  designs 
  are 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  illustrations. 
  Some- 
  

   times 
  rough 
  lumber 
  is 
  used 
  

   in 
  construction, 
  sometimes 
  

   that 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  planed 
  

   and 
  put 
  through 
  a 
  lathe. 
  

   If 
  made 
  of 
  rough 
  material, 
  

   wood-stain 
  is 
  used 
  for 
  a 
  

   finish; 
  if 
  of 
  smooth, 
  regu- 
  

   lation 
  house 
  paint. 
  

  

  Brick 
  pillars 
  are 
  best 
  

   suited 
  for 
  marking 
  the 
  

   street 
  entrances 
  to 
  preten- 
  

   tious 
  country 
  places, 
  to 
  pub- 
  

   lic 
  buildings 
  or 
  parks. 
  The 
  

   one 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  illustra- 
  

   tion 
  reflects 
  the 
  Japanese 
  

   motif 
  which 
  predominates 
  

   in 
  the 
  residence 
  on 
  the 
  

   grounds. 
  The 
  huge 
  black 
  

   Japanese 
  lantern 
  that 
  caps 
  

   the 
  masonry 
  is 
  most 
  effec- 
  

   tive, 
  giving 
  a 
  brisk 
  touch 
  of 
  

   both 
  character 
  and 
  style. 
  

   In 
  building 
  these 
  brick 
  pil- 
  

   lars 
  the 
  walls 
  are 
  first 
  made 
  

   with 
  single 
  thickness 
  of 
  

   brick, 
  after 
  which 
  the 
  in- 
  

   terior 
  is 
  filled 
  with 
  cement 
  

   — 
  a 
  poor 
  quality 
  will 
  answer 
  

   for 
  this 
  quite 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  ground 
  they 
  are 
  worth 
  from 
  twenty-five 
  to 
  fifty 
  cents 
  

   a 
  load, 
  while 
  teamsters 
  charge 
  from 
  two 
  dollars 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  

   to 
  three 
  dollars 
  for 
  hauling. 
  

  

  The 
  street 
  entrance 
  leading 
  to 
  a 
  plastered 
  "Mission" 
  

   house, 
  to 
  be 
  in 
  harmony 
  with 
  the 
  scheme, 
  should 
  be 
  accented 
  

   by 
  plastered 
  monuments 
  with 
  caps 
  of 
  red 
  tile. 
  The 
  frame- 
  

   work 
  for 
  these 
  monuments 
  consists 
  of 
  two-by-four 
  scantlings 
  

   sheathed 
  with 
  one-inch 
  boards 
  with 
  metal 
  lath 
  and 
  plaster. 
  

  

  Elaborate 
  Designs 
  in 
  Wrought 
  Iron 
  Are 
  often 
  Effective 
  

  

  