May 
1917 
13 
I T is possible to live like a cave man 
in the garden. Few do it. The most 
of us who take to the garden in 
summer want to make that outdoor 
living-room livable. V\^e don’t have to 
bother about the ceiling—the blue 
sky attends to that. Nor do the walls 
have to be painted, for Nature looks 
to them in tree and bush and the 
purpling horizon. All we have to do 
is to set out the furniture and see 
that the floor is all right. 
So we have assembled an issue for 
June which is devoted to furnishing 
this garden living-room. Here are 
pages of tables and chairs especially 
designed for that lovesome spot; here 
are shown new garden statuary, gar¬ 
den walls and fountains, pools and 
ponds. The floor of our living-room 
is considered in articles on lawns and 
tennis courts—practical articles that 
tell how each is made. Two experts have chosen the best white 
flowers and the best yellow roses to adorn this room. Garden¬ 
ers will be interested, too, in hearing how Washington is helping 
the farmer win the battle; it is a thrilling story, and an inspir¬ 
ing one, especially in view of the pres¬ 
ent national conditions. 
Of course, the outdoor living-room 
is not the only thing that comes in 
for attention. Sleeping porches and 
country house water systems, for ex¬ 
ample, find their places here. Mili¬ 
tants and collectors will also find 
Gardner Teall’s article on Japanese 
sword-guards vitally interesting. 
Continuing the transition from the 
outdoors to the in, you come to the 
first of a series of articles on the 
Colonial house; to iMr. Eberlein’s 
study of Italian furniture; to some 
more good little devices for the 
house; to the best and latest books on 
interior decorating; and by no means 
least, to the three pages of rooms 
which make up the Little Portfolio 
of Good Interiors. 
In these forecasts we don’t often 
say much about the poem on the editorial page, but “Out of 
Town,” the one we have chosen for the June issue, is a so wholly 
delightful little lyric that we really can’t help telling you its title, 
at least. 
The Stvartley residence at Great Neck, L. I. 
is among the country houses in the June issue 
House ^iGarden 
Cover Design by George Brandt 
Frontispiece—Flowers That Humanize Furniture. 14 
Wilson Eyre & Mcllvaine, Architects 
When Syringas Turn to Lilacs. 15 
Grace Tabor 
The Residence of W. S. Webb, Jr., Esq., Manhasset, L. I.. 17 
Crojj & Cross, Architects 
In Praise of Breakfast Rooms. 18 
David Scott 
The Gay and Radiant Ladies of French Prints. 20 
Peyton Bosivell 
Editorial . 22 
Lines In a Guest Book, by H. P. Riano 
The Story Behind Stone. 23 
Ralph W. Gray, Architect 
Patriotic Prints of Bygone Days. 25 
Gardner Teall 
The Surest Flowers for This Summer’s Bloom. 26 
F. F. Rockwell 
“The Tocsin of the Soul—The Dinner Bell”. 27 
The Country House Dining Table in Negligee. 28 
Mountain Gardens in Lowland Sites. 30 
Dr. E. Bade 
Two Sm.\ll Suburban Homes at Hartsdale, N. Y. 32 
Mann & MacNeille, Architects 
Copyright, 1917, by 
Midway Between House and Garden. 34 
Agnes Foster 
Summer Wall Papers. 36 
When Pierrot Spilled the Whitewash. 37 
Lainson N. Ethridge 
And the Moral Is— Ribs for Trees. 38 
A Little Portfolio of Good Interiors. 39 
Early Italian Tables and Seating Furniture. 43 
H. D. Eberlein and Abbot McClure 
Summer House Furniture. 44 
The Culture of Trailing Arbutus. 46 
0. M. Bertram 
Mobilizing Sister Susie. 47 
The Possibilities of a Small Formal Garden. 48 
Elise Morris and M. IV. Caldwell 
The Gardener’s Kalendar. 50 
The Second Call for Warm Weather Fabrics. 51 
Seen in the Shops. 52 
How Your Garden Grows This Year. 54 
D. R. Edson 
Convenient Devices for the House.. . 55 
Constructing Log Cabins and Camps. 56 
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