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House & Garden 
curtain your windows? 
This booklet is full of valuable information 
on decorative matters 
“Color Harmony in Window Draperies,” 
prepared by a New York decorator, tells you the 
latest and most attractive way to decorate win¬ 
dows of different types. It deals authoritatively 
with color schemes, modes of decoration and the 
selection of materials. Clearly and completely 
it covers the subject of draping windows. Many 
of its illustrations of charming window, door 
and bed treatments are in full color. It shows 
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Evolving A House Plan 
(Continued from page 122) 
knows how to overcome structural dif¬ 
ficulties, and, if he is a good architect, 
he can create, from your rough ideas, 
a house you will be proud to live in. 
The four houses illustrated here rep¬ 
resent four distinct and popular types, 
each of them good architecturally and 
suitable to the needs of the American 
family. 
Red brick, stone or wood trim and 
shingle or slate roofing would be requis¬ 
ite for the Georgian design. The ele¬ 
vation shows a balanced grouping of 
windows with an ornamental doorway. 
A wrought iron railing each side of the 
entrance steps adds to the dignity of 
the portico. On one side is a porch, 
and on the other an extension. This 
extension may serve for kitchen, or for 
a breakfast porch when the kitchen 
is housed in a rear wing. The two 
chimney stacks surmounted by pictur¬ 
esque chimney pots carry out the bal¬ 
ance of the design. A string course, 
or line of projecting bricks, between the 
first and second floor, affords a reliev¬ 
ing shadow to the facade. Shadows are 
also supplied by the detail of the en¬ 
trance, the depth of the eaves, and the 
coigning of the corners and by the 
dormers. 
For the Spanish type stucco is the 
accepted material in wall finish—stucco 
over hollow tile, or over frame bonded 
by lath or expanded metal lath. This 
can be finished any color desired. The 
roof would preferably be of red tile. 
The pergola, which forms one side of 
the patio and runs along the full front 
of the house, may be roofed with rough 
cedar poles lashed together, making a 
picturesque foundation for vines. The 
windows of the two wings are quite 
simple in outline, although they may 
be given a protecting grille of wrought 
iron. The architectural feature is found 
in the treatment of the living room 
wall that faces the patio. Here the 
wall is broken by a simple door on 
each side and between them the space 
is divided into three arches in relief, 
in the middle of each arch a French 
door is placed. At regular intervals 
along this wall the ceiling beams are 
extended in the style of the adobe 
house, and form little catches for 
vines. Above the living room there are 
two decorative ventilators and further 
ventilation is afforded by openings up 
in the wall directly beneath the eaves. 
Shingle, clapboard, red or white¬ 
washed brick and stone can all be used 
for the Dutch Colonial house. One 
might even consider stucco over the 
bases suggested for the Spanish house. 
The roof would be slate or shingle. In 
this design it will be noticed that the 
main body of the house is repeated in 
a smaller and modified form as a 
kitchen extension. If one desired a 
larger house, perfect balance could be 
obtained by erecting a similar extension 
on the other end. This would serve 
for library or sun room. While there 
are many variations of the angle of the 
Dutch Colonial roof, this design, which 
affords for a slight flare at the eaves, 
is the most pleasing. 
The Dutch Colonial is a deservedly 
popular type of house. It rests com¬ 
fortably on the ground. It has long 
low lines. Although the second story 
is necessarily cut into by the slope of 
the roof, the dormers compensate for 
this reduction in bedroom space. 
For the fourth type the English cot¬ 
tage is chosen. It can be built of brick 
with a slate roof and stucco with 
shingle. It offers a variety of roof 
lines which are not possible in the three 
other types. This irregularity in plan 
does not affect the windows, however; 
they are casements arranged in groups. 
The entrance is placed in the corner 
at the meeting of the living and dining 
room extensions. Two variations of 
the plan are suggested; both are livable 
and both show an economy of space. 
Uncommon Hardy Shrubs For The Border 
(Continued from page 116) 
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orative as it is displayed on long droop¬ 
ing stems. The flowers are fragrant al¬ 
though inconspicuous, and appear in 
May. This is a very hardy shrub, and 
is native from Canada through New 
England, and southwards. Any well 
drained soil. 
Snowdrop Tree ( Halesia tetraptera): 
A small flowering tree which has a 
graceful spreading habit, and abundant 
white flowers in late May before the 
leaves appear. It is the most conspicu¬ 
ous tree of this season. Its texture is 
coarse, but it is excellent in the shrub 
border. It has a twiggy and pendu¬ 
lous growth. Should be pruned in sum¬ 
mer when only the old wood should be 
removed. Thrives in any soil as far 
north as Massachusetts. 
Salt Tree ( Halimodendron aregntium) 
A deciduous shrub which grows from 
six to ten feet high. It is of great value 
in seaside planting or any white alka¬ 
line soil, where it seems to thrive. It 
has a graceful habit, is fine textured, 
and in late June has attractive rose col¬ 
ored flowers among its silvery foliage. 
Japanese Witch Hazel ( Hamamelis jap- 
onica ): 
An extremely hardy shrub which 
grows from ten to fifteen feet high, 
and has a compact and bushy habit. 
It has interesting orange and red flowers 
in February, even while there is snow 
on the ground. Later it has a hand- 
1 some foliage which makes it very de¬ 
sirable in the border plantings where it 
serves as a good filler and a background 
for other flowering shrubs. In the 
autumn it has a brilliant foliage of yel¬ 
low, orange and purple. It prefers a 
moist, peaty and sandy soil, but will 
thrive in any well drained and rather 
moist place. 
Golden St. Johnswort ( Hypericum au- 
reum ): 
A shrub with a compact and stiff 
dense habit which grows from two to 
five feet in height. It has an effective 
gray-green foliage and in late July and 
early August it has large terminal clus¬ 
ters of yellow flowers which bloom 
late in September. It serves admir¬ 
ably in the foreground of shrub masses 
or as spots of bright color in partially 
shaded places. It is native to the Caro- 
linas but is hardly as far north as 
Massachusetts in any good loamy soil 
Buckley’s St. Johnswort ( Hypericum 
buckleyii ): 
This is another variety which is more 
dwarf, growing in thick mats about a 
foot high. But it has an attractive foli¬ 
age in the fall of bright scarlet, and is 
excellent for the edges of the border or 
for rock gardens. 
Shrubby St. Johnswort ( Hypericum 
prolificum): 
Is still another of this interesting 
family. It grows to six feet in height 
and makes a dense graceful mass of 
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