May 
19 21 
29 
House & Garden 
CONDE NAST, Publisher 
RICHARDSON WRIGHT, Editor 
R. S. LEMMON, Managing Editor 
GARDEN 
FURNISHING 
NEXT MONTH 
T HERE isn’t much use having a garden unless 
you can sit in it, and the only way to sit 
in a garden is to sit comfortably in some 
shady bower placed at a vantage point that com¬ 
mands the range of the garden. Because this is 
so necessary an enjoyment we devote an issue 
each year to the things that go into a garden to 
make sitting there a pleasant pastime, to make 
the view from your coign of vantage a constant 
vision to delight the eye. 
Among the things you see are garden paths, 
and in this issue quite a number of different types 
are shown, with flowers planted in them or beside 
them. Another thing you may see are delightful 
oil jars, such as are used in Italian gardens. They 
are becoming quite popular here. Consequently 
we have an article on them. There are also dove¬ 
cotes and a page of unusual garden furniture, a 
page of garden statuary by Paul Manship and a 
garden by Ralph M. Weinrichter in which some 
unusual problems of landscaping have been solved. 
To open this issue we have a play to be given 
in a garden. It is by Clarence Stratton, well- 
known for his one-act plays, and is written espe¬ 
cially for House & Garden. The costuming and 
casting is such that it can be given by a local 
One of the garden walks, with 
flowers growing in the interstices 
among its stones, which will be 
shown in the June number 
garden club in connection with its midsummer 
show. 
Continuing our policy of having authoritative 
articles on flower species, the gladiolus is chosen 
this month. A constantly increasing interest in 
the “glad glads” makes this timely. 
Since we cannot be always in the garden, just 
a little of this issue turns to the house. Ruby 
Ross Goodnow writes delightfully on white rooms. 
Miss Northend writes on mirrors. There is an 
article on the two elements of hospitality, and a 
page of card tables and games. The niche in dec¬ 
oration is also considered, illustrated with some 
unusual examples. To complete the interior we 
have two pages of tiles for the decoration of the 
terrace and loggia. 
Six houses are shown in this number. One is the 
home of the president of Smith and in the group 
of small houses are five of varying sizes and types 
of architecture, all livable and all built. Apropos 
of this you may have noticed that House & Gar¬ 
den almost invariably shows photographs of 
houses that have been executed. We feel that 
this is fairer to our readers. The sketch of the 
projected houses carries less conviction and is 
often deceiving in its pretty promises. 
Contents for May, 1921 . 
Cover Design by Lurelle Guild 
The Room as a Still Life. 30 
Water Gardens and Their Making. 31 
Amelia L. Hill 
A Georgian House at Greenwich, Conn. 34 
John Russell Pope, Architect 
The Closet Complex. 36 
The Landscape Picture . 37 
Ralph M. Weinrichter, Landscape Architect 
The Romance of Point de Venise. 39 
Gardner Teall 
Books for the Guest Room... 40 
Montrose J. Moses 
The Garden of H. G. Dalton, Cleveland, Ohio. 42 
Abram Garfield, Architect 
Porches Inside the House and Out. 44 
Ellery Johnston 
In the Door is Crystallized the Architecture. 46 
A Little Portfolio of Good Interiors.. 47 
Fabrics for Country House Curtains. SO 
Inside an Italian Courtyard. 51 
Volume XXXIX, No. Five 
A Remodeled House in the Cotswolds. 52 
H. D. Eberlein 
Furnishing the Summer Farmhouse. 54 
Weymer Mills 
The Garden of George B. Agnew, South Salem, N. Y. 56 
Charles D. Lay, Landscape Architect 
The Natural Positions for Furniture. 57 
Edward T. Larkins 
The Painting and Staining of Floors. 58 
Charles Wolfe 
For the Summer Window Box. 60 
A Group of Four Small Houses. 61 
The Passing of the Ice Man. 64 
Ethel R. Peyser 
The Care and Propagation of Conifers. 65 
E. Bade 
Baskets for Spring Flowers. 66 
My Garden in Midsummer. 67 
Mrs. Francis King 
Willow and Wicker for the Summer Porch. 68 
The Gardener’s Calender. 70 
Subscribers are notified that no change of address can 
be effected in less than one month. . 
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