A BUNGALOW COTTAGE AT HONOLULU, T. H. 
Designed by C. W. DICKEY, Architect 
I I' may he 
presume d 
that to our new 
possessions we 
are to give su- 
perior ideas 
upon the com¬ 
forts of living 
rather than to 
receive them, (a 
blessedness at 
least which may 
appropriately 
wrap a few imperialistic ambitions). 
THE ELAN OF THE COTTAGE AND GROUNDS 
the 
case at hand, it is an American architect who 
has cleverly seized upon the rocks and semi- 
tropical plants of a Pacific isle, has brought 
them together and made an extremely pic¬ 
turesque and comfortable dwelling as well as 
an example by which other residents of the 
Hawaiian Islands may profit. It is only 
upon seashore or mountain sites that we, at 
home, are likely to make use of the rugged¬ 
ness of our grounds. On the contrary, we 
usually ignore it, and set out to destroy it 
with the pride that will brook no such rough 
aspect of our own lot where neighbors have 
smoothed out theirs. This property, how¬ 
ever, is within the City of Honolulu, and the 
view we have 
of it on this 
page is alto¬ 
gether to its ad¬ 
vantage when 
compared with 
other houses 
surrounding it. 
A natural 
ledge of rocks 
has been aug- 
m e n t e d by 
stone walls ; a 
place has been 
cleared for the 
cement en¬ 
trance steps 
THE COTTAGE FROM THE STREET 
which wind up¬ 
ward to the rus¬ 
tic cottage, 
perched well 
above the 
street; and the 
spaces between 
the natural out- 
croppings of 
lichen -covered 
rocks have 
been filled with 
ferns, tropical 
plants and bits of lawn. Over the entrance 
to the house trails a huge Mexican creeper 
whose pink sprays contrast beautifully with 
the rich brown shingles of the walls and the 
white columns and beams of the entrance 
porch. A little white balcony over the 
driveway entrance overflows with trailing ivy, 
amid which are geraniums, whose pink 
blossoms echo the color of the creeper. 
Similar geraniums trail along the rocks at 
each side of the drive. Over the stone wall 
which runs across the front of the lot hang 
masses of night-blooming cereus, whose 
huge, fragrant, white blossoms give a richness 
to the place during their season. 
Thus has the stiff effect of a property 
bounded by 
straight lines 
been over¬ 
come. The 
house has been 
set squarely 
across the rec¬ 
tangle and the 
owner has paid 
due honor to 
the street. It 
is entirely his 
own affair how 
he cares to treat 
his remaining 
ground. This 
you may reach 
