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Your Woodland Annex 
( Continued, from page 84) 
vistas to the outside do not exist, it 
is often desirable to make them, as 
an occasional glimpse of some beau¬ 
tiful portion of the outside world is 
always welcomed. Such vistas should 
appear as though accidental and not 
a straight gash cut through the 
woods. The woods should not be cut 
up too much with drives. Other parts 
can be reached by trails or mere 
paths which require comparatively 
little work to build. 
Intelligent Forestry 
The average woodland will be in 
need of some clearing. Such dead 
timber, dying trees and debris as 
make the place unsightly or add to 
the fire hazard should be removed. 
The leaves, old rotting logs, and 
smaller litter, should usually remain 
to add to the richness of the soil and 
protect the vegetation. If brush is 
burned in the woods it should be at 
a time when there is no danger of 
the fire spreading, for even light sur¬ 
face fires are destructive. If bird- 
houses are constructed, they should 
be of a rustic design that will blend 
into the general scheme without 
prominence. 
Many woodland owners dislike the 
idea of cutting any of their trees, and 
yet the skilful use of the axe is often 
the only way to attain good results. 
Large spreading old trees may be 
wholly obscured by a dense growth 
of young saplings, which must be 
sacrificed to bring the old tree into 
prominence. The forester whose ob¬ 
ject is utilitarian would cut these 
spreading “wolf-trees,” as he calls 
them, to give the young growth a 
chance. Which method is right de¬ 
pends upon the purpose of the owner. 
Even in a woodland where beauty 
is the prime objective, a considerable 
portion can be managed along scien¬ 
tific forestry lines. Dense young 
stands need to be thinned at inter¬ 
vals, otherwise the trees will grow 
tall and spindling and kill one an¬ 
other in their struggle for existence. 
Thinning them out gradually im¬ 
proves the appearance of the stand 
and leaves the remaining trees in bet¬ 
ter condition for growth. In these 
thinnings the finest specimens are al¬ 
ways favored. The stumps should be 
cut low and the brush removed if it 
is unsightly or a fire menace. In 
making a thinning the idea should 
be to get an equalization of the crown 
space and not uniform distribution 
of the trees on the ground. 
In all work of this nature it is a 
good plan to make haste slowly. 
The sudden opening of the dense 
woods may result in the death of the 
trees it was aimed to stimulate. 
Thinnings should be made gradually 
to give the trees a chance to become 
accustomed to the changed condi- | 
tions. Again, if openings are too I 
large the growth of grass is stimu¬ 
lated, which is inimical to the forest 
vegetation. Grass should be con¬ 
fined to the meadows and glades. 
With Much Taste and Little Money 
(Continued from page 21) 
lengths that would reach from floor 
to ceiling, and using it on the walls. 
The cloth was dipped in water and 
wrung out by being twisted into a 
tight rope, in which condition it was 
allowed to remain for an hour; it was 
then shaken out, tacked in soft 
folds along the top of the walls and 
then drawn taut to the bottom of the 
baseboard. In the bedrooms the tacks 
at the top were covered by a 3" 
frieze of chintz, matching that used 
on the dressing-tables and beds; 
those at the bottom were hidden by a 
strip of quarter-round moulding 
painted white. In the living-room 
moulding was used at both top and 
bottom of the walls and in the dining¬ 
room a frieze of blue and white 
checked chintz matched the trimming 
on the curtains. By soaking and 
then twisting the cheesecloth a soft 
crape-like effect was obtained that 
was really charming. 
The sash curtains were of cross- 
barred muslin, and for the other cur¬ 
tains and valances, hung on double 
rods. Chintz was used in some of the 
rooms, but in the dining-room white 
Indian Head cotton, trimmed with 
checked chintz. A golden oak dining- 
table, too ugly to use and too good 
to throw away, was painted in dark 
blue enamel paint with a design of 
conventionalized flowers in orange 
and green, and a plate-glass top pre¬ 
served the decoration and permitted 
the absence of tablecloths. The 
chairs were wooden, straight-backed, 
but good in line; they were bought 
in an unfinished condition from the 
manufacturer and painted to match 
the table, blue, with a little flower 
decoration across the top, and striped 
in green. The couch was covered 
in green denim piped with white and 
piled with orange and blue cushions, 
while two blue and white plates and 
a copper tray on the little shelf com¬ 
pleted the decoration and added the 
final touch to this charming room. 
And what was the cost of these 
improvements which changed a 
laborer’s cottage into one which has 
proved perfectly comfortable for a 
woman of simple tastes? A very 
small one, compared with the results, 
because the owner possessed both 
taste and ingenuity. The cost of the 
repairs to the foundations, etc., was 
$158.16. A bill for $215.53 covered 
the lumber and labor necessary for 
the building of the little addition, 
and the elementary plumbing used 
for the little bathroom cost $18, the 
tub and washstand having been 
bought second-hand. Inside the 
house inexpensive materials were 
used. The sash-curtains of cross- 
barred muslin cost about 20 cents a 
yard and the outer white ones were 
made of Indian Head cotton at about 
18 cents, while the blue and white 
chintz with which they were trimmed I 
cost 65 cents. The plate glass top 
to the dining-table, probably the most 
expensive thing in the cottage, cost 
$8.50 and has vindicated its price over 
and over again by its beauty and use¬ 
fulness. Paint was used freely both 
inside and outside the house, the bill 
for it amounting to $39.10, but never 
was money better spent. 
The work was done by the village 
carpenter on the basis of day’s labor. 
By this method the contractor’s prof¬ 
its were eliminated and in this case 
the plan worked well, as the car¬ 
penter was glad of the job and did his 
best to give satisfaction The owner 
did not leave everything to him but 
was often in the village and when 
there, constantly at the cottage, work¬ 
ing herself and overseeing things 
generally. The results obtained in 
this little cottage should encourage 
any woman to feel that a summer 
home of her own is mot beyond the 
range of possibilities even should her 
bank account not be plethoric. 
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