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House & Garden 
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tfjT Gathered together in this interesting 
^|J establishment, for more than two-score 
years devoted exclusively to the fine in¬ 
dustrial arts, are many such groups and odd 
bits of Furniture, as well as unusual decora¬ 
tive objects, which are not elsewhere re¬ 
tailed, yet are available here at no prohibi¬ 
tive cost. 
tf]T In these Galleries oiie may select those 
Tu appointments, en suite or singly, which 
will impart to all the rooms of the modern 
dwelling decorative distinction and that 
sense of livableness typical of the well con¬ 
sidered American home of today. 
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Grand Rapids Rirniture Company 
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34~36West 32^ Street 
New^brk City 
French filet forms the table cover here, comple7nenting the 
Normandy lace of the lamp shade. Bright silk of a color 
to harmonize with the lamp itself underlies the Normandy 
Lace in Interior Decoration 
(Continued from page 51) 
suitable for this purpose. A very fine 
Irish crochet with soft tone silk under¬ 
neath is attractive in a bedroom. 
A final word of advice—the indiscrim¬ 
inate use of a number of small white 
lace pieces in a room tends to give it 
a spotty appearance. Use lace more 
generally in the house, but use it with 
thoughtful regard for its color and de¬ 
sign. In a delicate bedroom with fine 
Colonial furniture, do not use crash and 
a coarse lace; use instead the finer varie¬ 
ties and the softer, smoother linens. In 
a living or dining room do not use fine 
white linen and Valenciennes or Irish 
crochet that is suggestive of lingerie. 
As in all other phases of decoration, 
suitability should guide us in the use of 
laces, however and wherever they may 
be employed in our rooms. 
Oaks and the Lawn 
(Continued from page 66) 
The Spanish oak is effective as an or¬ 
namental tree. The shaft is tall and 
straight and the crest open, broad and 
round topped. Its range appears at 
present to be limited to the Atlantic 
slope. The trunks of mature Spanish 
oaks look very stalwart and fine; but 
they are evidently not as strong as they 
appear, as in exposed positions they are 
sometimes blown down. 
The laurel oak, known also as the 
water oak, shingle oak and jack oak, is 
a comparatively small tree, and is there¬ 
fore especially adapted to planting on 
lawns of limited extent. It is one of the 
most beautiful of all ornamental trees. 
It thrives best in rich, moist situations, 
and in bottom lands it attains a con¬ 
siderable stature. During the early years 
of its growth its shape is pyramidal and 
closed, and its beautiful lateral branches 
often gracefully sweep the ground. The 
range of the laurel oak is in the eastern 
and central regions. It grows rapidly 
and is not hard to transplant. 
The willow oak may be distinguished 
by its peculiarly long, slender, willow¬ 
like leaves. It is distributed locally 
throughout the South, East and Middle 
West. This tree may attain a height of 
80' and a diameter of 4', but usually 
it is much smaller. Its crown has the 
shape of a pyramid, but it is round 
topped. The willow oak may be readily 
transplanted; and while the average ob¬ 
server would not recognize it as an oak, 
it is an attractive tree for the lawn. 
The English oak, the best of the im¬ 
ported varieties, is a beautiful tree with 
a clean dark trunk. Throughout the 
spring and early summer its foliage is 
a vivid green, but it turns much darker 
on maturing. This tree has an appear¬ 
ance of sturdy vigor, and attains mas¬ 
sive proportions. 
. The question of grouping oaks on the 
lawn is one to be decided, of course, 
largely by individual taste. In general, 
oaks of decidedly different forms of 
growth cannot be grouped successfully. 
For example, the Spanish oak with its 
long shaft and high crest, cannot be ef¬ 
fectively placed with the scarlet oak, 
whose pendulous branches sweep the 
ground. White oaks planted together 
in a close stand make a beautiful group, 
but probably more successful are group¬ 
ings of pin oaks, of scarlet oaks, and of 
post oaks. The larger species seem to- 
deserve a solitary position. The bur 
oak, the yellow oak and the red oak, 
which will probably become great trees, 
should be afforded ample opportunity 
for their truly noble development. 
The appearance of oaks on the lawn, 
is always attractive. They radiate clean 
strength and abundant vitality. Their 
young foliage is peculiarly delicate, ten¬ 
derly beautiful. Their summer foliage 
is rich and heavy, and conveys an im¬ 
pression of the stalwart vigor of the 
trees. In the autumn the coloration of 
the oaks is gorgeous; and the gradual 
changing from brilliant tints of one hue 
to tints just as brilliant of another is 
one of the miracles of nature. The poet 
who wrote of “the fiery funeral of foli¬ 
age old” must have been looking at 
autumnal oaks. Even in winter the 
appearance of oaks is attractive. Their 
limbs are bare and clean and strong. 
They impress the beholder with a sense 
of their patient, tolerant strength, which 
is in no way dismayed by the long, bit¬ 
ter months; they speak eloquently of the 
valiant hardihood of their character 
