[ August, 1911 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
135 
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mend it to the casual eye. Built perhaps 
sixty years ago on semi-colonial lines, the 
interior was found with the exception of 
the wing to be in fairly good condition. 
The wing was entirely remodeled. 
The dining-room, which was the most 
dismal feature of the house, is now the 
most attractive. It extends across the 
wing and has windows at both ends of the 
room, east and west. 
Back of the dining-room is a butler's 
pantry, kitchen and storeroom and at the 
The small Colonial entrance porch was 
joined to the veranda and the household 
comfort was thereby greatly increased 
rear of the kitchen is a screened porch 
which serves as work room and also din¬ 
ing-room much of the summer. 
The small windows in the upper story 
were cut down and reach nearly to the 
floor. They give plenty of air and ventila¬ 
tion. The front door opened on to the 
customary small porch, which had neither 
dignity nor comfort. It was replaced by 
the veranda, as is shown in the picture. 
To the present occupants of the house it 
is the most enjoyable part of it. An un¬ 
kept yard and a berry patch have given 
place to a lawn, shrubbery and a garden— 
but that is another story. 
Mary E. Dodge 
The Best Food for Ferns 
F)OT ferns in old, rotten stump dirt, if it 
•F is possible to obtain it from the 
woods, for this is their natural soil. Keep 
them damp most of the time, leaving them 
continuously in a place where they get no 
wind and but little direct sunlight. Then 
about once in two or three weeks water 
with this solution: A half-teaspoonful of 
niter of potash dissolved in a gallon of 
water. (A smaller quantity may be made 
in the same proportion.) Put this around 
the roots rather than on the green fronds 
as it would scald them if too strong. This 
is the solution used in greenhouses, and 
nothing is better, according to florists. 
An Oversight 
TY UE to a mistake, no appropriate credit 
was given Mr. Lawrence Visher 
Boyd, the architect of the “House in the 
Peach Orchard,” which began the July 
number. Mr. Boyd’s work has appeared 
in House & Garden from time to time, 
and we regret that readers were not ap¬ 
prised of the fact that this house was also 
his work. 
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Please give particulars 
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