HOUSE AND GARDEN 
July, 
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The laundry yard is a narrow space between the garage and 
the lattice screen of the flower garden. The auto run, with an 
exit to the back street, is a pleasant tunnel under maple and 
fruit trees and arch overhead. The turn-around, or court, is 
bounded by hedges and high 
fences completely hidden 
under rampant honeysuckle 
vines. 
The so-called orchard has 
four dwarf apple trees and 
one dwarf pear tree, which, 
with several fruit trees in the 
vegetable garden, yield a very 
presentable harvest for a 
small place and a small family. 
Its space has other uses: it 
has trial ground for rose¬ 
growing, and a swing and im¬ 
provised tent show the nucleus 
of a playground. A clipped 
hedge separates it from the 
flower border. Tbe east and 
south sides are enclosed by 
shrubbery borders. The 
shrubs are planted in straight 
rows, but the difference in 
their habits of growth and in 
the spread of their branches 
gives the appearance of an irregular plantation. On the west 
side a lattice divides the orchard from the lawn. Many might 
omit this dividing line and lose thereby an interesting effect. 
The open gate in the lattice provides a little view of the lawn 
enclosed by the trees of the street boundary. This little vista, 
this tiny glimpse into the lawn, excites a curiosity to see what 
there is of interest outside the direct line of vision. 
The flower garden consists of narrow flower beds bordering a 
brick path. It is the simplest kind of a flower garden. The 
lattice on the north side (which was designed to continue the 
full length of the garden instead of the poor iron substitute) 
and the hedge on the south 
side form backgrounds which, 
in time, will make it into a 
secluded garden walk. 
It is a modern requirement 
of a garden that it be placed 
in close connection with the 
living portion of the house. 
Sometimes the living-room 
windows open upon the gar¬ 
den, sometimes the garden 
centers on the doorway of a 
central hall, sometimes, as in 
this case, it is a continuation 
of a small living-porch at the 
back of the house. A garden 
so placed becomes a necessary 
and integral part of the home. 
With the development of a 
garden in such close relation¬ 
ship with the house will come 
also a better understanding 
of the fact that the back 
or garden faqade of the 
house is worthy of better designing. 
Unfortunately for the picture, various misfortunes, especially 
the hard winter of 1913, make the garden look bare. It is one 
of the prime requisites of a small perennial border that it is 
crowded with plants. In a small garden it is well to remember 
several points in making a choice of flowers. Plants should be 
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The contrast here between the decorative lattice and its poor iron substitute, which 
screen the garage, shows a false note that only a good vine growth can overcome 
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Between the front lawn and the orchard stands this screen. The effect is interesting. Through the open gate can be caught a glimpse of the dwarf fruit trees, rose 
garden and playground. A clipped hedge separates, in turn, the orchard from the flower-bordered path 
