Coral-stone and Palm , the Homes of Bermuda 
A GARRISON OFFICER’S RESIDENCE 
BERMUDA 
their living walls 
ot green. On the 
whole, there must be 
few places in the 
world where homes 
of dignified appear¬ 
ance, considerable 
space and a fair 
degree of comfort are 
so cheaply built or so 
numerous. Perhaps 
because Bermuda is a 
garrison post, where 
many officers of East 
Indian experience 
have built homes, 
many houses follow 
the bungalow type 
of construction, with 
one story over a 
capacious basement; 
and ot the two-story 
houses, some show 
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the influence of 
Indian bungalow 
forms, not always to 
their advantage. But 
if the severely plain 
structures of this 
type are anywhere 
appropriate, they are 
so here, shaded by 
luxuriant masses of 
foliage, their marble 
whiteness relieved 
by sharp contrasts 
of light and shade. 
No Bermudan has 
an excuse for not 
surrounding his 
home with garden 
beauty. Land is not 
expensive, and even 
upon small village 
plots, an infinite 
variety of planting is 
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