HOUSE AND GARDEN 
256 
October, 1912 
Evergreens as grown for specimens at Andorra Nurseries 
Plant for Immediate Effect 
NOT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS 
Start with the largest stock that can be secured! It takes over twenty years 
to grow such trees and Shrubs as we offer. 
We do the long waiting —thus enabling you to secure Trees and Shrubs that give 
an immediate effect. Spring price-list gives complete information. 
ANDORRA NURSERIES BOX emLA C DELemAj pa. , ll ’ 
WM. WARNER HARPER, Proprietor 
THE REALTHING 
Pure Bayberry Candles, made on Cape Cod, 
by Cape Cod people, from Cape Cod bay- 
berries. Price list on application. 
CAPE COD PRODUCTS CO., 
North Truro, Mass. 
Beautify Your Home with 
Choice Evergreens and Shrubbery 
Our methods of planting and conducting business en¬ 
able us to offer high-grade Ornamental Trees. Shrubs, 
Evergreens, Roses, Vines, Water-Lilies, Fruit Trees, 
Herbaceous Plants, etc., at prices which defy competition. 
Send for Illustrated Catalogue 
MONTROSE NURSERIES 
Montrose, Westchester County New York 
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’Tis Most Fascinating these Beautiful Autumn Days! 
I T is just the ideal resort to spend your belated, 
but well-earned vacation—nowhere else can 
you find such perfect facilities for rest or recrea¬ 
tion. Now is the time to enjoy the finest of 
fishing, motoring and driving. Golf and tennis 
and military manoevres to interest you by day 
■ — splendid dances give added charm to the even¬ 
ings. DeliciousSoutherncooking—a magnificent 
indoor deep-sea swimming poo!—the country’s 
finest tonic and medicinal baths — all at your command at 
this great and gayest, yet homelike and hospitable hotel. 
Located right on Hampton Roads at Fortress Monroe— 
easily and quickly accessible from all points by rail or sea. 
ilets, appl^ at any GEO. F. ADAMS, Manager 
I FORTRESS MONROE, VA. 
New York Office, 1122 Broadway 
indigo. Of “bric-a-brac” there was abso¬ 
lutely none. Again it must be repeated, 
elimination was the rule and extreme sim¬ 
plicity the result. In the whole room there 
was only one “ornament,” and even that 
was of use now and then—a large antique 
Chinese plate, whose blue decoration car¬ 
ried the note of blue onto the mantel. 
A few brass candlesticks, and brass and 
copper jars in actual use for flowers, gave 
touches of light here and there. The large 
writing-table had upon it a bronze copy 
of an antique sarcophagus, flanked by two 
tall candlesticks. The bronze box was put 
to the use (base, perhaps, wholly worthy) 
of concealing all the little necessary im¬ 
pediments of a working-desk. A copper 
tray for pens, and the ever present bowl 
or jar of flowers completed its burdens, 
leaving much wide space for real use of 
the table. 
The note of the room, as has been said, 
was simplicity. There was, perhaps, a 
measure of initial sacrifice in eliminating 
all the little odds and ends, each choice 
and beautiful in itself and many valued 
for association’s sake, but the effect was 
well worth while. Katherine Lord 
The One-Color \ S variety is the 
Scheme -Ti. spice of life, 
many people think that 
a house decorated throughout in different 
tones' of one color would be a very dull 
and tedious affair. If it were done badly 
they would be quite right, and it would 
also be very ugly. When this method is 
carried out artistically and correctly it is 
charming and restful in effect and adds 
the appearance of size to the interior of 
the house. 
The house which I take as an example 
to point my moral and adorn my tale is 
in the country, with plenty of light and 
air and surrounded by a charming garden. 
It is not an excessively large or expensive 
house, but it is comfortable and homelike 
and has an elastic hospitality about it 
which adds much to the joy of life. 
The architecture is Colonial, which gives 
the keynote for the decorations. The hall 
is wainscoted to the height of about thirty- 
eight inches, and all the woodwork is 
painted a very light soft gray, almost 
white in fact. The wall paper is a copy 
of an old-fashioned one, gay with birds 
and peonies, and the side-curtains, over 
white muslin which is also used through¬ 
out the house, are a soft deep rose-colored 
taffeta edged with narrow fringe of the 
same color, and a simple gathered valance. 
The furniture is all Chippendale, and con¬ 
sists of a gilt mirror with a card table 
used as a console table, and two chairs, 
one on each side of the table. Near the 
door is a small table for the card tray and 
pad and pencil. The rug is a plain deep 
rose-color. 
The drawing-room has a very light 
gray paper, and the woodwork is the same 
shade as the hall. The side curtains are 
lovely flowered cretonne with tones of 
pink and gray in it, chiefly pink. The 
furniture is Georgian or Colonial, and 
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