The Garden Magazine, May, 1921 
173 
WHEN THE LILACS BLOOM 
Mattie Edwards Hewitt , Photo. 
The airy freshness of treatment which characterizes this sun porch throughout seems well epitomized in the Lilacs on either 
hand — a freshness happily retained long after lilac-time is past. Residence of Mr. Harold 1. Pratt, Locust Valley, L. 1. 
the garden seem literally to trans- 
port the garden within. 
Conceive the loveliness of such 
a room when its latticed windows 
look out on a garden in bloom, and 
its latticed and mirrored walls 
catch and hold all that glowing 
color! 
It is important in a room of this 
character to use plain fabrics, or, at 
best, those of a simple and incon- 
spicuous design, and to depend on 
beauty of tone and of line for ef- 
fect. Be chary of patterned fab- 
rics and of decorated walls. The 
sun porch is intended primarily to 
bring the atmosphere of the garden 
into the house; therefore let plants, 
bowls of Laurel and cut flowers 
furnish the decorative motif, and 
do not confuse this idea and lessen 
the charm of these growing things 
by using curtains of flowered 
chintz and cushions of futurist 
pattern. 
It is, 1 am aware, difficult under 
THE LATTICE-FRAMED MIRROR 
Attractively framed as here in lattice or, if preferred, by 
merely a simple moulding, the mirror is a porch device 
worth attention. It catches all sorts of delightful reflec- 
tions and, perhaps more important, adds a feeling of space 
all conditions to keep growing 
plants, and flowers are sometimes 
quite out of the question. Still, 
there is a wealth of green always 
to be found, and how lovely it is 
if we would only look for it! The 
indispensable note was supplied 
in one sun room I know of by 
various kinds of Evergreens. We 
commonly associate Evergreens 
with Christmas decoration only; 
yet why limit them to one use 
when they are valuable for so 
many? In this particular sola- 
rium the long window boxes were 
filled with feathery sprays of Pine, 
the wall baskets with Cedar, the 
high urns and flower-stands with 
Spruce and Laurel which kept fresh 
and green throughout the winter 
season. 
With the coming of spring the 
difficulty solves itself, and a host 
of new plants invade the sun 
porch making it more than ever 
a delightful indoor garden. 
