HOUSE AND GARDEN 
July, 
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The House in Summer Negligee 
( Continued from page 17) 
In place of holland covers, which give 
a room such a transitory appearance, 
chintz covers are advisable. Chintz is bet¬ 
ter than linen, as linen crushes and creases 
easily. Using the winter furniture with 
chintz covers and with the addition of a 
few pieces of wicker, a room is completely 
transformed. There is an endless variety 
of wicker, willow and rattan furniture, 
and, whereas at one time it was relegated 
to the porch, it is now used the year round 
in all rooms. 
Shabby, old furniture, with the super¬ 
fluous gew-gaws removed and a few coats 
of paint-enamel applied, comes well into 
use as summer furniture. Those who are 
not sufficiently artistic to decorate furni¬ 
ture can use some of the pretty, simple 
stencil patterns — little bouquets and bas¬ 
kets — charming in their very simplicity. 
English cottage furniture in oak and 
walnut is suitable for the living- and 
dining-room. The lines are straight and 
simple and the construction serviceable. 
Italian and Tyrolean peasant painted fur¬ 
niture is very much in vogue. It is also, 
alas, expensive. 
No one piece is more serviceable for 
summer than a chaise longue. It is the 
embodiment of cool comfort. One of 
wicker comes into two parts, one part 
forming a comfortable chair when sep¬ 
arated, the other a large footstool. Cov¬ 
ered with vari-flowered chintz to match 
the hangings of the room this one piece 
will alter more than anything else, per¬ 
haps, the appearance of our summer 
quarters. 
Making a Garden for Cut Flowers 
(Continued from page 19) 
the asters are saved that reward is suf¬ 
ficient. Together with the pink tulips in 
this bed is rock cress, Arabis Albida, the 
double variety which blooms a little later 
than the single Alpina, but is far prettier 
and lasts twice as long. The colors of this 
south bed are, for the most part, yellow 
and white. Gaillardias and anthemis 
bloom all summer, and the white feverfew 
—another perennial that needs only a 
straw or leaf mulch—looks well with them. 
The cosmos I cut back, which makes them 
shorter and stronger and produces more 
flowers. 
In the corner bed the row of white bol- 
tonias bloom for Labor Day, and I fill all 
the large vases in the house with them. 
In front of these, you will notice, are 
planted pink and white peonies. The snap¬ 
dragon, an annual which comes in won¬ 
derful colors, blooms until a heavy frost 
and lasts many days in water. This cor¬ 
ner bed is edged with petunias. Once 
started in June, they are always in bloom. 
I tried the pink Rosy Morn, but could 
not keep out the magenta strain, so I now 
have only white. 
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