HOUSE AND GARDEN 
March, 1910 
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meantime they make a beautiful and effectual 
screen for the garden against the houses op¬ 
posite. Near the stone wall are grouped the 
tallest flowers, forming a background for the rest 
of the garden. Hollyhocks grow outside the 
wall and Canterbury bells, larkspur, foxglove 
and cockscomb are just inside. In the beds an¬ 
nuals are planted every summer to fill in be¬ 
tween the perennials and keep a succession of 
bloom. Armfuls of flowers are picked in the 
garden every day until frost comes and even 
then hardy chrysanthemums continue to blos¬ 
som. Columbine, hardy phlox, blue and white 
heliotrope, blue flax, nicotiana, salpiglossis, 
poppies, marigolds, platycodon and pompon 
sun-flowers are among the plants that fill the 
beds. Grass borders are used next the paths, 
and white flowers mingle with the varying colors 
in beds and borders in order to harmonize 
them. The bulbs, first comers in the main gar¬ 
den, grow in the flower border beside the main 
path, and include red tulips, narcissus and iris. 
Later, the border, like the beds, is filled in with 
The plan and profile of the lot shows an extraordinarily successful 
utilization of the comparatively small space 
annuals. Two borders are planned for the coming season, one 
on either side of the path. 
On the slope extending from the front entrance to the large 
porch is the wild garden. Many wild growing 
things of the region have been dug up and 
brought to this tiny plot. Maidenhair and other 
ferns, myrtle, bloodroot, trillium, spring beauty, 
hepatica, wild columbine, lady’s slipper and wild 
roses grow thickly on the bank. Little blue 
spruce trees were also brought from the woods, 
and rocks are planted with the flowers to dupli¬ 
cate wood conditions as far as possible. 
Roadside shrubs were transplanted to the 
garden from country highways and lanes. In 
front of the lot are cornus, hawthorn, sumac, 
Japanese barberry (the only hot-house pro¬ 
duct) and elder. Near the large porch is a 
big bush of thimbleberry, extremely decorative 
with its glossy fruit and leaves, and elderberry 
and sumac grow nearby. 
The first floor, as will be seen by the plan, 
has a central hall of small dimensions, with a 
winding stairway. On one side is a small re¬ 
ception room, on the other a flight of three steps 
leads down to the large living-room, made 
higher than the smaller rooms by a greater ex¬ 
cavation under the floor level. One end of this 
room is used as a dining-room. A recess holds 
the sideboard. Two other recesses, opposite each 
other, contain, one a large brick fireplace, the other, built-in 
bookshelves and desk. Two French windows with divided half 
doors open upon the porch. 
On the second floor are four large bedrooms, one of them 
provided with a fireplace. Built-in window seats are in nearly 
all •the rooms. The space behind the winding stairway has the 
effect of a gallery, and with its bay-window, seat and cupboards, 
makes a pleasant reading nook. 
On the basement floor are a laundry and workroom, as yet 
unfinished, and the usual cool-room, coal-bins and furnace room. 
On the third floor is the maid’s room and an unfinished attic. 
The plan is unusually well adapted to the needs of an average 
family, and although the house would be classed as small, the 
rooms are large. 
The interior wood trim throughout is whitewood. In the 
living-room this is stained a light brown, except for the doors, 
which are painted a creamy white. In the kitchen the woodwork 
is painted a dull green. Throughout the rest of the house the 
From the living-room and the adjacent main porch the view is over the garden, 
towards the hills, rather than out upon a dusty street 
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The living-room, which measures 14 ft. 8 in. by 28 ft. 3 in., gives up a part of its 
floor space for dining use. A light brown stain finishes the wood trim 
