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that anything so beautiful 
and original could be built 
on such simple lines. 
Whenever it is possible so 
to construct it, the bungalow 
should seem to spring from 
its environment; in a word, 
as if it were the natural out- 
come of its surroundings. In 
the Far West I have seen a 
house built of discarded rail- 
road ties that was full of 
charm and was a model for 
comfort and _ convenience. 
Under its rare cluster of 
cottonwood trees, its one 
link with civilization stretch- 
ing away in glistening lines 
of steel to east and west, the 
little bungalow fitted as per- 
fectly into its surroundings 
and was as much a part of 
them as this little cobble- 
stone house on the edge of 
an arroya. 
Under the shade of New 
England elms, smooth con- 
crete with beams or the 
broken stone and rubble in 
which the country abounds 
would seem to be the mate- 
rial from which to build a 
bungalow. 
A breath of old Mexico 
comes from the concrete 
house shown in another il- 
lustration. Its low roof of 
pink tiles, its jalouse, its lat- 
tice-work and iron grilling, 
AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
A California bungalow of adobe and plaster. 
September, 1911 
all lend it the charm which 
pertains to the houses of 
tropical countries. Its floors 
are flagstones or red terra- 
cotta. In winter these are 
overlaid with rich rugs. Its 
windows are casements, and 
many of them are leaded. It 
is built around a court in 
which are planted all of the 
tropical growths that attain 
perfection in Southern Cali- 
fornia. 
The red roofs of Spain, 
the green shutters and case- 
ment windows of Italy and 
Germany, the iron balconies 
and grills of all continental 
Europe, are necessary to turn 
the concrete house into a de- 
lightful home. 
Stone-flagged courts, per- 
golas, well-heads and foun- 
tains, and concrete garden- 
walls hung with vines, all 
lend themselves to the 
scheme which fits the bunga- 
low. This unmistakable out- 
come of our modern Ameri- 
can architecture may suggest 
the Spanish adobe of Mex- 
ico, the stucco farmhouse of 
Italy, the quaint thatched 
cottage of Tyrol, the Swiss 
chalet, or it may look as if 
it belonged beneath the 
cherry trees of Japan, and 
yet remain distinctly and 
definitely a bungalow. 
The roof is built of red tiles 
