HOUSE AND GARDEN 
C 
102 
August, 1911 
In the linen closet sliding shelves have 
been built rather close together to hold 
napkins and doilies 
small frocks and suits full length 
without folding. The charming effect 
of white paneled spaces given by this 
wall treatment is shown in our illus¬ 
tration of the owner’s room. Wide 
window-seats with box space be¬ 
neath are also built in some of the 
sleeping-rooms. 
The linen closet on the second 
floor is a roomy one with a wide 
ledge, drawers below it, and above 
shelves and cubby holes for quilts 
and bed-linen. A trap door in the 
ceiling and a pulley and tackle pro¬ 
vide for the hoisting of trunks to the 
store room above, without injury to 
stairs or tempers. 
From the cellar with its preserve 
cupboards to the attic with its fur- 
closet lined with tar paper, the cata¬ 
logue of closets is a complete one. 
Each has its distinctive use, and is 
skilfully adapted to it. The size of 
rooms is increased by the utilization 
of waste space, and a comparatively 
small house, costing $8,500. has the 
value and efficiency of a much larger 
place, as well as a decidedly indi¬ 
vidual quality. 
Besides this, the furniture is of the 
greatest utility, combining all the 
special requirements of the owner’s 
taste and particular fancy. 
A very small portion of the dining-rcrom china closet 
was taken to form a music closet and architec¬ 
tural feature in the living-room 
The Arrangement of Cut Flowers 
THE PART PLAYED IN THE DECORATIVE SCHEME BY COMBINATIONS OF CUT 
FLOWERS—THE ELEMENTS WHICH GO TOWARD PRODUCING THE BEST EFFECTS 
By Laura Balch Carpenter 
Photographs by the Author 
Poppies and candytuft in 
good arrangement 
S OME time ago, a beautiful 
flower arrangement of hardy 
hydrangea and clematis, paniculata, 
remarkably well placed, excited 
my admiration. It set me think¬ 
ing how seldom we see different 
flowers put together, and what 
chance there is to enlarge on the 
roses and heliotrope, and daisies 
and buttercups of our dear grand¬ 
mothers. 
The governing factor in select¬ 
ing one flower to be shown with 
another, is contrast of growth. 
Contrast of color often plays a 
part, but not an essential part. 
For example, in the hydrangea 
and clematis arrangement before 
mentioned, the prettiness of the 
combination consisted in the con¬ 
trast between the large close 
packed racemes of the hydrangea, 
and the loose, airily constructed, finer clematis. Difference of 
color had nothing to do with it for both were white — the hydran¬ 
gea was picked before any pink tint showed. 
The photograph of white petunia and achillea affords another 
illustration of two plants of different growth and the same color 
placed together. It is necessary that one flower be more massive 
than the other so that the secondary flower is a kind of foil for 
the heavier one. There is more lattitude when just foliage is 
chosen to put with a flower, but even then we instinctively choose 
a growth which contrasts pleasantly with the blossom’s own leaves. 
Poppies and candytuft, salvia and wild carrot, honeysuckle and 
white phlox, roses and pansies, are merely a few of the successful 
combinations that can be made. Wild carrot is charming with 
many garden plants that bloom at the same time. It is also 
usually easily obtained and can be made a garden feature. In a 
very large garden last summer at Lake George I saw a strip of it 
being cultivated for its own lacelike beauty. 
In an arrangement of two or three different varieties of 
flowers, after a decision has been reached as to what subordinate 
will best show off the primary, there is a question of the disposal 
in the vase. Study the growth of the plants for your directions. 
A flower chosen for the secondary one, that is of low growth. 
