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THE BELBER 
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Price, $37.50 
To open trunk, unlock, 
and turn lock upward . 
as shown. To lock 
trunk, turn lock down 
and the trunk is locked 
in four places at one 
time. 
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If a hall is fairly large it should contain a comfortable chair 
and table in addition to the formal console and mirror. 
Courtesy of William A. French & Company 
Grouping Furniture 
(Continued from page 98) 
dressing table must be placed near a 
window, between windows or in a 
bay window. This with its attendant 
stool or chair and possibly a small 
table at one side forms one of the 
main groups in a woman’s bedroom. 
Another will consist of the bed and 
a small night table. If the bed stands 
out in the room a small commode on 
either side holding matching lamps will 
form a nicely balanced arrangement. 
Every bedroom should contain a 
chaise longue or comfortable sofa as 
there are many moments when one 
wants to rest without the trouble of 
disturbing the bed. This is effective 
placed at the foot of twin beds or a 
double bed, but if there is only one 
bed a chaise longue will look better 
in a corner near a window. A small 
table with a lamp on it will complete 
this group. If the bedroom has a 
fireplace the arrangement around the 
hearth can follow that of the living 
room only here the pieces will be 
smaller in scale. "A chest of drawers or 
cabinet with an easy chair and straight 
chair will form another group. Lastly 
a bedroom or boudoir will be more 
complete and thoroughly comfortable 
if it contains a small desk. No matter 
how spacious the one in the living 
room, every woman should have a desk 
in her bedroom. This and its atten¬ 
dant small chair complete the layout 
of furniture for the room. 
Rock Gardens for Sunny Slopes 
(Continued from page 70) 
ing for the rock work, using native 
evergreens and deciduous semi-dwarf 
spring-flowering trees and shrubs. 
Within this green, substantial frame 
which is left open on the side of the 
main view and approach from the 
house, the rockery along a slope 
should appear a unit and, as such, a 
distinct feature of beauty. 
On larger areas a careful interspers¬ 
ing of strictly dwarf-growing trees 
and shrubs is of advantage. In the 
Middle Atlantic States it is a necessity, 
especially on south and southwesterly 
slopes. We are, for climatical reasons, 
obliged to exclude quite a number of 
very attractive alpines. Some of the 
less delicate species we occasionally 
succeed with when, during the hottest 
hours of the day, we have them 
shaded by low mountain trees and 
shrubs. Andromedas hardy azaleas, 
daphnes, mountain laurels and Coton- 
easter horizontalis, aside from their 
beauty of bloom and foliage, aid in 
giving life to the winter appearance 
of our rock gardens. We also very 
soon notice that the dark vivid green 
of creeping Junipers and the low com¬ 
pact growing, form of the mugho 
pine, when thrown in contrast with 
the bright and brilliant color sheets 
of many herbaceous mountain plants, 
immensely enhances the singular charm 
of rock garden effects. 
Looking at a large canvas of a 
beautiful landscape, painted by a 
master artist, we observe a remark¬ 
able variety of light effects. Never¬ 
theless, these seem insignificant when 
compared with the wonderful varia¬ 
tion in aspects of a rock garden during 
the circling hours of the day. The 
rock garden illustrated here has a 
southwesterly exposure, the most try¬ 
ing of all in the matter of excessive 
summer heat. For charming contrasts 
of light and shade, however, it has 
proved one of the best. Along a 
southwesterly incline the sunlight does 
not strike objects at the right angle 
until after midday. During the morn¬ 
ing hours, the vegetation, dew-fresh, 
always appears most beautiful; ‘the 
light is soft, the shaded part of the 
evergreens darker; hence the contrast¬ 
ing effects remain longer and are su¬ 
perior to any other part of the day. 
We should accept the beauty of an 
American rock garden along the sunny 
slope as a cheerful greeting from dis¬ 
tant hillsides. For that particular 
beauty is something of a message out 
of the clear and invigorating atmos¬ 
phere of high altitudes where, as a 
recompense for the short blooming 
period of vegetation, nature scatters 
flowers bountifully. 
