HOUSE AND GARDEN FOR JUNE 
“THE HOUSE OF SEVEN CHIMNEYS” 
A TWO part description of what is probably the most 
unique home in America will begin in the June issue 
under the above title. 
The house is a wooden one, so protected against fire 
in its construction that, although located in a town which has 
no fire department, the insurance rate is lower than that 
asked for brick dwellings in large cities. Can you fancy a 
house which has been made of three other houses and a barn, 
connected each to each ^ Would you like to have the privi¬ 
lege of looking out of 217 windows in one house and entering 
or leaving it through any one of seventeen doors, all front 
doors Think of having .seventy-two closets in a house, 
besides countless chests of drawers—cedar drawers at that— 
built into and actually a part of your home! The story is 
illustrated, and well illustrated, by photographs made ex¬ 
pressly for this article by the author, Mr. C. H. Claudy. 
It is hardly likely that anyone will ever duplicate this place 
in its entirety, but there are a thousand little things about it 
which can be absorbed with benefit by those about to build, 
and which can be incorporated into houses of other designs 
with profit to the builder. No one who is interested in build¬ 
ing houses that are designed to be homes—in every sense of 
the word—can afford to miss reading it. 
DISCARDED FAVORITES REINSTATED 
Fads and fashions are as noticeable in gardens as any¬ 
where else. A flower which to-day is held in great popular 
esteem, may to-morrow be relegated to less conspicuous 
places and finally drop out of notice. As the memory of it 
becomes misty with years, there arises in the heart of the 
grower a longing for the old familiar flower. Its beauty is 
recalled and its final re-entry into the front ranks again is 
hailed with rejoicing, by the same influences which through a 
former lack of full appreciation drove it into obscurity. 
Mr. Eben E. Rexford writes of several such reinstated favor¬ 
ites and tells how to grow and care for them. 
ENGLISH MANOR-HOUSES OF THE EARLY RENAISSANCE 
Mr. B. C. Elournoy presents a most interesting description 
of old country houses, a majority of which date from the 
great Elizabethan building epoch when the unprecedented 
prosperity in trade, and other causes gave such an impulse 
to the erection of fine houses, that the England of that period 
has been described as “one great Stone Mason’s yard.” 
The recital teems with interesting facts and historical inci¬ 
dents. It suggests architectural possibilities for to-day and 
artistic embellishments which are sure to be seized upon. 
THE ART OF PRUNING 
Mr. C. L. Meller points out that “Pruning” is an art learned 
only hy long study and careful practice. Trees are numer¬ 
ous,he says, that have been rendered permanently unsightly 
because the man with the saw lacked all knowledge of their 
nature or needs, and was unable to appreciate the difference 
between lumbering and pruning. 
Mr. Meller goes into details of why and how certain 
trees and shrubs should be pruned, and if only a few trees 
are saved from disfigurement by reason of this article its 
mission will have been accomplished. 
A CEMENT BLOCK HOUSE 
A very attractive house will be portrayed and described in 
the June issue which is built of cement blocks. Homer Kiess¬ 
ling is the architect and his description indicates a house of 
exceedingly livable qualities. He figures the cost of this 
form of construction to be cheaper than a framed stucco 
house, a shingled or a clap-boarded house, and possesses 
the advantage of being less inflammable than any of them. 
The description is accompanied by plans and views. 
WALLS AND THEIR COATINGS 
What is best for wall covering will always be a question 
for discussion. Wall-papers, tapestries or stufi:' coverings, 
oil paints and water-color tinting, each has its admirers 
and upholders. Claudia Q. Murphy in an article bearing 
the above caption advocates the tinted wall as being most 
sanitary and most artistic. Especially is this true, she claims, 
when the material used permits the wall to be carefully 
cleaned and requires no additional preparation for recoat¬ 
ing. The color or shade of tint on the walls has much to 
do with the comfort as well as actual health of the occupant 
of the room and scientific tests along this line seem to bear 
out this assertion. It is an interesting subject and deserves 
careful consideration. 
WINDOW BOXES 
What clearer index is there to the character of the dwellers 
within a house than the garden thereto Conditions of 
life in the congested districts of our cities make the 
desire to bring into the home the freshness and color of 
plants a difficult one to attain with full success. Neverthe¬ 
less the window box idea has grown into a factor of marked 
decorative importance. Whether, as the author Helen 
Lukens Gaut, writes, it is of pumpkin or tomato vines, grow¬ 
ing on the window ledges of the adobe houses of the Mexi¬ 
cans in the Southwest, or rare vines and exotics forming 
embellishments of costly houses on balconies, porches or 
window ledges; or scanty plants of sickly color in tiny pots 
and cans clinging to the sill of the window of the cramped 
quarters of the tenement house—each possesses artistic value 
proportionate to the means possible for its development. 
How to construct them and what to plant in them make 
the article timely and full of instructive information. 
A STABLE CONVERTIBLE INTO A GARAGE 
A. Raymond Ellis, Architect, presents drawings and 
description of a stable erected at Hartford, Conn., where 
the future conversion into a garage was part of the problem 
to be solved. How well this was done will be explained by 
the plans and the descriptive text. The harmonious blend¬ 
ing of the widely varying requirements of a stable and 
a garage has been skillfully encompassed. 
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