HOUSE AND GARDEN 
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June, 19 
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a structure—vines that would leave a 
large proportion of the lattice work vis¬ 
ible and whose huge and very symmetrical 
leaves would supply whatever convention¬ 
ality was lacking in the woodwork. The 
moon vine, therefore, or the gourd, or the 
masses of clematis or wistaria would be 
appropriate, while the more tangled sweet 
briar or honeysuckle would lend them¬ 
selves better to a rustic structure. Flag¬ 
stones or herring bone brick floors are 
demanded for our old-fashioned shelters 
and are specially effective if the arbor is 
bordered by hydrangeas or some other 
formal plant in tubs. Lately there has 
been a tendency to supplant this old type 
of floor by crushed stone, but the innova¬ 
tion detracts from rather than adds to the 
character of the work. 
Even where the garden architecture is 
to be handed over to an architect, a client 
with an intelligent understanding of the 
matter is a more satisfactory person to 
deal with than one who has strong lean¬ 
ings to certain freakish forms, simply be¬ 
cause he “knows nothing about art, but 
he knows what he likes.” It is to be 
borne in mind that the little summer-house 
may make or mar the whole garden. 
The Formal Garden 
(Continued from page 21) 
total of 50 by 100 — a study of the location 
of entrances, walks and house entrances 
should be made, on paper, drawn to scale. 
This puts the entire place at once under 
the eye, and it becomes the framework and 
foundation of a picture or a design, pre¬ 
senting what designers would call the con¬ 
struction lines. Certain spots or points 
in it, more prominent than others, will 
furnish motifs and suggest this or that 
treatment, according to the circumstances, 
and possibly some of the lines already es¬ 
tablished will prove to be so out of keep¬ 
ing with the quality of good design that 
a new arrangement will have to be made. 
A walk may have to be changed or porch 
steps will require shifting; bear in mind, 
however, that absolute symmetry is not 
the essential thing, but that proper bal¬ 
ance is, along with occasional sharp em¬ 
phasis. 
Some of the old dooryards of New Eng¬ 
land towns offer suggestions that are in¬ 
valuable to the owner of the small place, 
for many of these old houses stood within 
ten feet of the sidewalk — even closer 
sometimes — yet they had boxwood beds 
and bordered walks behind their prim 
picket fences, and an air of immaculate 
serenity rests over them to this day. 
It is not possible of course to give very 
definite directions for designing a formal 
treatment either great or small. The 
study of good designs and the gradual 
development of a feeling for design 
through such study, is better than pages 
of written rules could possibly be. Cul- 
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Prei/ents 
Country Club Road, Greenville, S. C. 
What the Government 
Found Out About Tarvia 
T he Office of Gooci Roads, Department of 
Agriculture, built an experimental road 
at the country club at Greenville, S. C.. in 
1909, following very closely our specifica¬ 
tions for two-coat penetration work, using 
“Tarvia X.” 
After two years the above photo of the road 
was taken at a point where it adjoins a stretch 
of plain macadam. The intention of the 
Department was to find out just how much 
difference the tarvia treatment made. 
The picture tells the storj’. The plain mac¬ 
adam in the foreground is worn out. The tar- 
viated surface is in perfect condition and the 
difference is so great that a clear division line 
is seen in the above photograph. 
This is a typical instance of the success of 
Tarvia as a road binder. A tarviated road is 
automobile proof, waterproof, dustless and 
mudless. It is so much cheaper to maintain 
that the cost of using Tarvia in the construc¬ 
tion is more than compensated for. 
Tarvia is made in three grades: 
“Tarvia X” for use in constructing roads 
and pavaments. 
“Tarvia A" for hot surface applications. 
“Tarvia B" (applied cold) for dust pre¬ 
vention and road preservation. 
Tarvia booklet mailed free to anyone inter¬ 
ested. Address our nearest office. 
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