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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
June, 1913 
Kno-Burn Metal Lath 
as used in this house at 
os Angeles, California 
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937 Old Colony Building CHICAGO 
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Lawns’that are distinctive; rich, velvety greens of 
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( Continued from page 522) 
is accustomed to sleeping out of doors or 
intends to do it regularly. At other times 
I have seen three or four cots set upon it 
for boys when crowded for chamber space. 
The cellar may be put to many uses, if 
on a slope a portion of the cellar will be 
out of the ground, well lighted, and so it 
can be entered from the level — there is a 
good plan for a shower and dressing-room 
for the seashore cottage, but each guest 
must be provided with a bathrobe. In the 
country house I have seen a swimming 
pool built in the cellar and extended part 
way under the piazza and lighted by glass 
set in the floor. If the cellar or piazza is 
high at one end it can be made to answer 
for a garage; this is practical as I have 
done it. 
While I do not advise built-in furniture 
or features in the formal house when some 
particular style is being carried out, there 
are places in the summer cottage where its 
use is permissible. Probably built-in 
shelves for books, with drawers below, 
are the most practical; another good thing 
is a closet with deep, shallow trays for 
doilies or bars to hang them over; serving 
trays should be racked. 
Plan a place for everything that requires 
being put away. If you like built-in seats, 
see that they are long and wide enough to 
be useful, and use the inside for boots, 
shoes or firewood. The built-in desk 
makes a handy place for limited writing 
or a place for house bills, stationery, etc. 
Instead of providing a place to nest away 
pots and pans I should provide near the 
cook stove a series of hooks to hang them 
on and keep them clean and polished ready 
for instant use. The icebox should be 
built-in. There is no doubt that built-in 
furniture eliminates the heavy movable 
pieces, saves floor space and prevents dust 
from collecting in back and underneath. 
Chests of drawers can be built under the 
eaves and many little nooks turned into 
cupboards. Wardrobes are more econom¬ 
ical than closets, and are very attractive 
with their paneled doors. 
The photographs show buildings that 
exemplify the ideas expressed here about 
structure. The plans on page 457 illustrate 
various ways of obtaining the desirable 
room arrangements suggested. 
How to Make the Garden Yield 
With Little Cost 
U SING the prepared inorganic fertil¬ 
izers alone will not make the garden 
plot independently productive; that is, you 
will have to keep right on using them over 
and over each year to get results. They 
are expensive, too, and this kind of treat¬ 
ment is not the best for your soil—you 
may find that you have to increase the 
quantity each season. But to have a gar¬ 
den that is really more fertile each year, 
that can be done only by following Na¬ 
ture’s way, by getting some living matter 
turned into the soil where it will ferment 
and feed the bacteria that should be there. 
(Continued on page 526) 
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M You select the color—we’ll make 
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Order through your furnisher. 
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