HOUSE AND GARDEN 
March, 1915 
193 
and gladioli showed their colors. There 
were beds, too, filled with anchusa in its 
pretty shades of blue; hardy larkspurs, 
monkshood and Sweet William, and when 
the fall came this garden was brilliant with 
asters, cactus, dahlias, chrysanthemums 
and zinnias. 
Where the cornfield and chicken yard 
had been I found a beautiful lawn, at the 
north line of which was an occasional bush 
or tree and another birds’ bath out in the 
sunshine away from bushes and danger. 
On a little trellis over the woodshed door 
grew the matrimony vine, and the south 
fence — a little wire fence — was covered 
with the vines of woodbine and bitter¬ 
sweet. Loving hands and much thought 
had been given to the task of making this 
garden spot a pleasing one. Joy had come 
to those who did the work and to those 
who came to enjoy it. 
No one but the German gardener looked 
on with a thought of criticism. He, with 
a wry face and a shrug of his shoulders, 
would say: “Oh, ya, it is good — but nod- 
ding’s to eat in dis garten! Should be, 
anyway, strawberries or somedings,” and 
a kindly Scotch neighbor was, perhaps, of 
the same opinion, when he came modestlv 
asking: “Might I be allowed to set out a 
few lettuce heads in the corner by the 
barn ?” 
I left Oldham and this garden late in 
the fall full of regret, but at the same 
time convinced that nothing in the way of 
transformation is impossible to the one 
who really loves and studies a garden. 
Dining-Rooms of Distinction 
(Continued from page 156) 
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give a refined appearance and silhouette 
beautifully against the wall. In such a 
room a corner cupboard for old china 
looks well, or better still, a pair of such 
cupboards. The door of the cupboard can 
be made attractive by removing the top 
panels and filling the frame with small 
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In many dining-rooms in the country 
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with white wainscoting and trim, stnall- 
paned windows, a cheery, old-fashioned 
chintz on the windows and begonias — for 
begonias grow beautifully in a north room. 
Thus a dismal, north room can be con¬ 
verted into a cheery place. A piece or 
two of well-polished brass helps out the 
effect in such a room. For the table, an 
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