1914 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
is brought indoors during the winter, it 
escapes the worst storms. Green seems 
to be an appropriate color for garden 
furniture and wood flower tubs, but 
there is grave danger that it will quarrel 
with the varied natural greens near it. 
That peculiar green hue of the best pot¬ 
tery seems to be impossible to obtain 
with paints. White is probably prefer¬ 
able, though it looks rather glaring un¬ 
less care has been taken to provide a 
constant succession of brilliant flowers 
nearby to relieve it. Oak or cypress un¬ 
treated and allowed to take on the silvery 
gray which exposure to weather will give 
are, on the whole, the best for an open- 
air room. Such pieces are especially 
charming and unobtrusive with natural 
stone walls and paving. 
If there be a garden house, greater 
latitude is permissible. Because of the 
sheltering roof it may be furnished like a 
piazza if desired, with willow, wicker, 
reed or Canton chairs and grass or wool 
rugs, of which the variety at low cost is 
ver y great. 
As to the number and arrangement of 
furniture pieces for an outdoor room, the 
principles of interior furnishing hold. A 
table takes the central position, two set¬ 
tees may well flank opposite sides, with 
another at the back, unless that place be 
occupied by a pool, fountain, arbor or 
wall seat, and two to four chairs com¬ 
plete the picture. 
A garden living-room embodying some 
of the foregoing suggestions, where 
friends may be entertained informally, 
and into which the home life may be 
carried without fear of intrusion, should 
prove a never-ending source of pleasure 
and comfort to its owner, making for 
better, health of the entire family and 
fostering an intimate knowledge and love 
of all growing things. 
The Problem of the Sleeping Porch 
(Continued from page 464) 
deeply grooved crosswise at frequent in¬ 
tervals to allow water to drain off under 
the tracks. Even with this precaution, 
the sash are apt to freeze in place after 
wet snow has fallen. This type is not as 
weather-proof as some of the others, but 
is usually easy to operate if accurately 
and carefully installed. 
There seems to be no reason why the 
sash could not be hung from overhead 
track, and guided by metal lugs attached 
to the sill in the manner sometimes used 
for street car doors, but the method first 
described is the one commonly used. 
• (7) The “casement” type (hinged at 
side to swing in). This will give fairly 
good results with narrow sash, but if as 
Gazing Globe and Pedestal 
For large estate, formal garden or small 
old fashioned garden. The silvered glass 
globe reflects the surroundings in all their 
beautiful colors. An object of wonder and 
delight. The octagonal pedestal of cement 
in a warm gray tone has a pleasing design. 
Globe 10 inches in diameter; Pedestal 39 
inches high. Shipped ready to put in 
place and guaranteed against climatic 
changes. Freight prepaid to any U. S. 
railroad station. 
East of the Mississippi... . $30. 
West “ “ " .... 35. 
We submit designs for all garden furni¬ 
ture and solicit special orders. 
THE GARDEN STUDIO 
194 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass. 
A Department of the House of 
L. HABERSTROH & SON, Decorators 
Established 1848 
Garden Furniture 
& Decorations 
BIRD BATHS, FOUNTAINS, 
BENCHES, 
SUNDIALS, VASES, ETC. 
Made of 
Reinforced 
Cast Stone 
J. C. KRAUS 
CAST STONE 
WORKS, Inc. 
157 West 32d St., N. Y. 
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