HOUSE AND GARDEN 
J 
UNE, 1912 
or a full rink (fours) 
only two are neces¬ 
sary. A regulation 
bowling green should 
be one hundred and 
twenty feet square. 
The playing space 
should be on a tough, 
springy sod that is so 
well drained under¬ 
neath that it will dry 
out quickly. It should 
be 'as level as it is 
possible to make it, 
and immediately sur¬ 
rounding it should be 
what is called a 
“ditch,” a space one 
foot and one-half 
wide sunk six inches 
below the playing 
surface. The playing 
space should be bound by some sort of retaining wall, flush with 
the surface, to prevent sloping the ground towards the ditch 
when rolling. 
To effect the proper drainage the ground where a green is to 
be located should be dug out three feet and a foundation of 
rough stones laid. Over these stones engine cinders should be 
placed and rolled and watered until a solid, springy level surface 
results and then a six-inch top of the best loam that can be found 
should be spread. 
In the matter of choice of grass seed many kinds and combina¬ 
tions would give good results but red fescue will be found to an¬ 
swer all I'equirements. Prepare the surface by raking fine and 
then sow the seed evenly, roll and water if necessary. The roller 
plays an important part in the upkeep of a green and only a heavy 
one should be used 
for subsequent roll¬ 
ings during the sea¬ 
son. 
In the early spring 
a liberal dressing of 
fine sand will ma¬ 
terially help in keep¬ 
ing the surface dry 
and fast and will not 
at all injure the grass, 
but on the contrary 
help it. Coarse sand 
is very apt to grind 
out the knives on the 
lawnmower. A green 
should be divided into 
“rinks.” Rinks are 
simply places marked 
oft' across the green 
from 19 to 21 feet 
wide and in each of 
these a game can be played. Each rink has a marker with a number 
on it placed at either end and the “heads” are played back and forth. 
To keep the sward in the best condition, the rinks should be 
shifted from time to time, that is, rolling should be followed in 
one direction for a certain period and then at right angle to this 
course. This reduces the wear and tear on the playing surface. 
For the rest, merely general precautions are necessary. When 
the ground is moist no leather heeled shoes should be worn in 
passing over the green. The care is much the same as of a lawn- 
tennis court, and if a great degree of expertness is to be obtained, 
the condition of the rinks must be at an extremely high point. 
Nevertheless, for the ordinary game a few slight irregularities 
will not detract from the pleasure. 
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An English place has provided a sunken green overlooked by sloping terraces. This may 
be used for either tennis or bowls 
Cottage Furniture 
A TYPE OF GOOD DESIGN AND FINE WORKMANSHIP THAT IS IDEAL FOR 
THE SUMMER HOME AND VALUABLE IN THE YEAR-ROUND HOUSE AS WELL 
BY Tuchy Las Casas 
A fter the many energetic, 
almost hysterical, attempts 
that have been made to revolu¬ 
tionize the world of furniture 
during the last twenty years, it 
is highly satisfactory tc note 
that a calm and reasonable style 
has at last been developed. 
From the somewhat barbaric and 
unsympathetic archaism which 
came with the first attempts to 
achieve simplicity, to the twirls 
and affectations of the Conti¬ 
nental school of “the new art” 
there have been many disap¬ 
pointments. Between these two 
ineffective expressions of Brt lie 
a thousand ephemeral vanities of 
style that have come and gone 
before our eyes during the last 
A gate-legged table with the beauty of old lines, made in hard 
wood unpolished 
decade or two. But, in the so- 
called cottage furniture to-day 
we find at last something per¬ 
fectly adaptable to its purpose 
,and really beautiful and grace¬ 
ful, a striking contrast to the 
shoddy, ornate, badly-made stuff 
that has been flooding the mar¬ 
ket for some years, and which 
threatened to destroy any genu¬ 
ine artistic feeling that existed. 
Such furniture is not only prac¬ 
tical but it lends an atmosphere 
of repose and charm which is 
vastly more desirable than an 
environment of over-decorated 
and pretentious objects, which 
tend to stimulate insincerity. 
This simple, carefully con¬ 
structed furniture has another 
