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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
July, 1912 
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other things which are naturally shy 
growers are already almost exterminated 
from the country side. There are dealers 
in native wild flowers who furnish plants 
that will become established far more 
readily than the actually wild denizen of 
nature’s own growth, and many things 
will be better for being raised from the 
seed just where they are to grow per¬ 
manently. 
Wild gardens may have garden shelters 
if they are desired, providing they are 
made as inconspicuous as birds’ nests 
among the trees, but it is rare to find a 
structure that may actually be hidden and 
seem a part of the wilderness. Low, 
broad lines rather than much elevation, 
and thatch for the roof, are the two means 
best calculated to accomplish this end; 
and afterwards a literal burying in vine 
growth and shrubbery. Where stones or 
rocks are much in evidence in the garden 
they may be introduced into the work 
with good effect, if they are not laid con¬ 
spicuously with mortar. All freak forms 
should be shunned, and the one end of fur¬ 
nishing a retreat that shall positively be 
unsuspected ought to be constantly in 
mind in designing or building anything, 
be it summer house, bird house or seat, if 
the ideal is to be achieved. 
Of the so-called wild gardens which 
boast all kinds of flowers and plants, 
growing as if they were native to the 
spot, there does not, after all, seem to be 
much to say. Such are not wild as before 
pointed out; they are, more properly 
speaking, naturalistic gardens; and they 
are in many cases decidedly lovely and 
well worth while. But where general con¬ 
ditions not only permit but seem to de¬ 
mand the wilderness, gardens of merely 
naturalistic tendencies do not provide the 
perfection of harmony which we have a 
right to expect in our own and other peo¬ 
ple’s gardens. 
Reclaiming Old Houses 
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duced the knob below the latch; a turn of 
the former operating the latter by means 
of a lever. A small latch similar to the 
form, but differing in that the knob was 
placed directly on the latch as a lift, was 
used for cupboards. This of course was 
fitted with no device to operate the latch 
from the inside. This reminds us of a 
very important consideration growing out 
of the above conditions and also those at¬ 
tending the use of the button. As an in¬ 
variable rule, always fit a door to a closet 
cupboard or recess, into which there is the 
slightest possibility that a human being 
can squeeze, with a device for opening it 
from the inside. In so doing not only 
awkward but perhaps fatal consequences 
may be avoided. Children will be children 
as long as the world shall last; it is best 
therefore not to provide any traps for 
them in your house. 
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