The Architectural League Exhibition 
classic ’that has been noted in the public 
buildings. The suburban and country resi¬ 
dences show, naturally, a greater freedom, 
and a closer relation to English traditions in 
contrast to the influence of the Continental 
than is seen in the more elaborate structures. 
It would be better to say that for this class 
of building, we have selected both. In avoid¬ 
ing the astonishing maisons de campagne of 
stone, brick and multi-colored tile character¬ 
istic of French suburbs, we do not neglect 
the lessons to be learned in Europe in the 
arrangement of gardens. We cannot, it is 
true, expect to see reproduced in a moment 
the secular trees, the massive hedges, the 
smooth lawns and the weather-worn balus¬ 
trades and terraces that surround the chateaux 
of France and the villas of Italy ; but the 
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