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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
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The Secret of Durable Stucco 
(Continued from page 84.) 
by means of a straight edge. Texture and 
color are necessary if artistic results are 
to follow. By using the suggestions above 
outlined, the architect or owner is privi¬ 
leged to select the aggregates from which 
the stucco is made and has in fact as 
great play in the planning of the color, 
tone and texture as has the artist in mix¬ 
ing the paints on his palette. 
As to the merits of the finished work, 
little need be added. The wall is imper¬ 
vious to moisture, hence free from the 
decay that must of necessity overtake all 
wooden structures. A stucco wall needs 
no paint as does the house built of clap¬ 
boards, a fact that should be taken into 
consideration with the slightly greater first 
cost of a stucco wall over a wooden one. 
Few building materials give such a har¬ 
monious background and support for 
clinging vines, and contrast so pleasingly 
with the surrounding green of trees, 
shrubbery and the brilliant colors of 
flowers. 
Stenciling Fabrics 
(Continued from page 87.) 
the dining-room by having heavy dull 
gold Japanese leather paper stretched on a 
screen frame and then stenciled in some 
stunning design, say of peacocks and 
peonies in rich low colors. A screen that 
is to be covered with paper should first 
have unbleached muslin stretched on it, 
and the paper pasted on that just as if it 
were the wall. The edges may be covered 
with narrow bands of leather tacked on 
with large-headed dull brass tacks. Grass- 
cloth also makes an attractive screen, and 
there are many other fabrics that may be 
used. 
The small accessories of any room can 
come under the sway of the stencil brush, 
and, if done well, add a personal touch 
that is most taking. Lamp-shades, can¬ 
dle-shades, desk sets, bags of different 
kinds, bureau sets—these are only a few 
of the articles that may be decorated by 
the clever home craftsman. 
Although stenciling is rapid work com¬ 
pared to painting or embroidery, one must 
not expect to accomplish the next to im¬ 
possible, and finish a whole set of curtains 
in a day. The kind of design chosen of 
course makes a deal of difference in 
the amount to be done, but it is steady 
work, and to be successful must be care¬ 
fully done. The result well repays one 
for the trouble taken. 
Plant Evergreens Now 
(Continued from page 80.) 
Korean Pine, Blue Japan Cypress, White 
Spruce, Englemann’s Spruce and Al- 
cock’s Spruce, Variegated: Such Coni¬ 
fers as the Japanese Juniper, Juniperus 
Virginiana, var. alba spica, and Irish Yew 
(Taxus Hibernica, var. argentia varie¬ 
gate), take on, more or less, a variegated 
color. 
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