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House & Garden 
Pargetry Inside the House 
(Continued jrom page 62) 
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consistency be violated, the spell is 
broken. 
Although the warm cream tone and 
the low relief of parge are beautiful in 
themselves, the enhancement of color 
and gilding may be added with perfect 
propriety, both in actual effect and in 
strict accord with historical precedent, 
if it be desired. When color or color 
and parcel gilding are used they should, 
of course, be confined to the raised 
decoration and no shading should be 
employed, as the relief is sufficient to 
give the necessary gradations of light 
and shade, and a delicate use of shading 
would appear artificial and finicky. 
Parge work may be appropriately 
used in conjunction with oak or deal 
panelling, or with stone. It is a sturdy, 
full-bodied, vigorous-textured substance 
and accords with these materials. It is 
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A Bit of Normandy on the North Shore 
(Continued jrom page 45) 
The main house is at one corner of 
the square and the stables and horse 
stalls on the other. Each building is 
designed for a special purpose and har¬ 
monizes with the others. 
One of the central features of the 
courtyard is the large vine-clad well. 
The well curb is of rough stone evenly 
set in mortar, and the roof over it is 
supported by four stout columns of 
masonry. There is a welcome invitation 
and an atmosphere of homelikeness in 
the very presence of vines’ foliage. 
The bareness of the stone and the 
somewhat heavy architecture of the 
buildings is relieved by a profusion of 
ivy and woodbine. Vines are not used 
to cover up or conceal the architecture, 
but the house needs their softening and 
toning effect. 
On the highest part of the land, across 
the road from the farm colony, is the 
main house, one of the largest and most 
beautiful of the North Shore residences. 
This also was planned by Mr. White- 
house with the assistance of Arthur 
Heun of Chicago. 
The house is English in feeling, built 
of concrete and showing half-timber fin¬ 
ish, with big sloping gambrels from 
which rise chimneys of more than ordi¬ 
nary size, attractive loggias and bay 
windows with small, diamond shaped 
panes. Massive stone pillars support 
the main entrance and porte-cochere. 
Over the house the tendrils of soft cling¬ 
ing vines creep upward, lending color to 
the rough exterior. Window boxes add 
much to the picturesque beauty of the 
whole. 
The garden also is English, containing 
features most harmonious with the rough 
landscape. Tall arrow-like trees which 
have been left in their natural state 
form a windbreak for the tender plants. 
All underbrush has been cleared away 
and wood paths lead in every direction, 
a delight to the botanist from the time 
of the first blue-eyed violet to the late 
glow of the goldenrod. 
Within the box borders is an infinite 
variety of plants, the tiny bluebell, state¬ 
ly hollyhock and soft tinted roses, each 
adding its particular charm. In the cen¬ 
ter is a circular basin surrounded by 
graceful lilies, and dotted here and there 
with water lilies. Jets of water from 
the fountain splash softly into it. Rus¬ 
tic masonry is shown in the steps at the 
extreme right which lead to a lower 
terrace. Here is cunningly tucked away 
one of the most attractive of tea houses, 
thoroughly in tune with the natural sur¬ 
roundings. 
It is an unusual estate, even among 
the many effective grounds found today 
along the North Shore. Its simplicity 
and marked novelty have been brought 
about through careful study of natural 
environment and a site which offers 
superb views of rocky headland, ocean 
and extensive woodlands. 
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their roots pruned while in a dormant 
state. However, it is well not to do 
this without the advice and assistance 
of a good nurseryman, as it is rather 
heroic treatment. The best soil for 
dwarfs is rich and contains plenty of 
ground bone, muriate of potash and 
guano. About 400 pounds each of the 
bone and potash, and 100 pounds of 
guano, are the right amounts for the 
average acre. 
The delicious English Morello cherry 
grows particularly well when trained 
fan-shaped against the sunny side of a 
wall, while peaches do well also on the 
south side of a brick wall, as this re¬ 
tains the heat of the sun for some time 
after nightfall. Cherries grown on glass 
walls have long been a feature of gar¬ 
dening de luxe in Germany. 
Instead of hiding your drying yard 
with ornamental vines, you might try 
a screen of plum trees trained to a sin¬ 
gle stem or cordon and planted close 
together. It will serve the two purposes 
of a screen and a source of delicious 
lruit for the table or preserving. Many 
other practical places for these little 
trees will suggest themselves. 
If you wish to grow dwarf fruit trees 
for ornamental use principally, there are 
no limits to the fanciful shapes which 
may be evolved by training the cordons 
on a flat surface. The most wonderful 
urns, animals and geometrical designs 
are seen in the large estate gardens of 
Europe. Any decorative scheme is 
within the reach of the amateur gar¬ 
dener if he will use patience, retarding 
the growth of the strong branches to 
enable the weaker ones to catch up 
suppressing useless buds on strong parts 
and encouraging them on the weak. 
Depriving the too strong parts of light 
and removing fruit from the weak 
shoots to stimulate their growth will 
help in guiding the development of the 
tree. 
There are endless interest and won¬ 
derful results to be had from this form 
of fruit culture. It is suitable for the 
humblest as well as the richest, and it 
becomes almost a duty in this era of 
shortage and high prices. 
