24 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
room there are china 
cabinets built in, with glass 
doors, and there is also a 
baywindow with paneled 
seats. 
The butler’s pantry is 
fitted with drawers, dress- 
ers and sink, and also a 
dumb-waiter, which con- 
nects with the kitchen, 
placed in the basement. 
The site being a sloping 
one, it permits of making 
the building three stories 
high in the front, while in 
the rear it is four stories 
in height; therefore a well 
lighted kitchen is provided 
in the basement, besides a 
laundry, furnace - room, 
fuel-room, storage-room, 
etc. 
The second story is 
treated with white painted 
trim, and contains the 
owner's suite, consisting of 
sleeping-room, bath and 
nursery, besides a large 
sewing-room, two guest- 
rooms and bath. The 
owner’s room has an ingle- 
nook with fireplace and 
seats. The bathrooms are 
tiled and each have por- 
celain fixtures and exposed 
nickelplated plumbing. 
There isa large studio 
built on the third floor 
which has an unique treat- 
ment and fireplace; this 
floor also contains the 
trunk-room and servants’ 
rooms. 
Messrs. Janes & Leo, 
architects, 124 West 45th 
Street, New York. 
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The Balcony over the Doorway is a Clever Device for Avoiding an 
Entrance Porch and Providing Shelter 
January, 1906 
House Flowers 
SIMPLICITY in arrange- 
ment is the chief rule for 
household flowers as it is 
for most good things in 
the house. Beautiful as 
flowers are, an overcrowd- 
ing is quite easily possible, 
and is very certain to lead 
to unsatisfactory results. 
Flowers, even in abun- 
dance, have a true place in 
the house, but the dwelling 
should never be turned 
into a conservatory. 
The household plants 
will require frequent 
changes. Few plants will 
long survive the exacting 
and dificult conditions of 
the average housewmee 
dying or decaying plant is 
an unpleasant eyesore, be- 
cause it is a sure indication 
of neglect or of inatten- 
tion. Cut flowers are even 
more distressful when they 
have begun to fade, and 
should always be thrown 
out as soon as they begin 
to wither. These, of 
course, are commonplace 
suggestions, but they are 
matters that are frequently 
unheeded. Moreover, it 
is well to keep in mind the 
essential fact that decora- 
tive plants seldom last a 
season out, and will re- 
quire several renewals and 
changes during the winter. 
The ever-present rubber 
plant is difficult to injure, 
but even this strong plant 
will suffer from neglect. 
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