H ouse & Garden 
AN OLD DUTCH GARDEN PARTERRES OF AN OLD GARDEN IN VLAANDERN 
sessions is surely justified, since so much of 
the expensive and ornate work of to-dav 
falls far short in artistic merit and solidity of 
the simpler yet rich designs of these earlier 
times. 
The same quiet simplicity of the houses 
was reflected in the daily life of their in¬ 
mates. To the Hollander, although very 
hospitable, his home was a holy place, the 
sanctum sanctorum of his heart. Here all 
his best and finest qualities came uppermost, 
and here all the virtues of the family life 
with all the dear home traditions were fos¬ 
tered and propagated. 
BESIDE A DUTCH CANAL. From a pencil sketch by J. G. Veldheer 
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