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Identifier: americancookery19unse_4 (find matches)
Title: American cookery
Year: 1914 (1910s)
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Publisher: New York (etc.) : Whitney Publications (etc.)
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
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arden furnishing, are reallywater-garden accessories and possibly donot fall within the province of an outdoorliving room. Quick growing vines and annuals mustbe used, if the grounds have not beenpreviously planted. By far the bettertype is the perennial garden where certaincombination of plants and vines give im-mediate effect, at the same time takingsteps towards the establishment of per-manent growth. The ivy is slow, butwill gradually make a lasting cover forthe tea house, so intermix it with theluxuriant Dutchmans Pipe that showssuch quick results. Let annuals be useduntil the growth of plants that requirea number of years to mature have grownsufficiently to do away with them. With all the pomp of barbaric splendordo the great Oriental poppies flaunt theirbizarre colors for borders, compellingthe attention of the most casual guest.Rich in warm, glowing colors, the largepeonies seem in unison with Nature,making a universal appeal. But therefined, delicate beauty of the iris hidden
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A LATTICE TEA HOUSE, MANCHESTER. MASS. AT THE EDGE OF THE OCEAN 655 from the observer, whose fancy is caughtby the gorgeous, striking beauty, needscloser acquaintance. Gaze down intothe heart of this flower and find revealeda wonderful beauty of soft iridescence.It is hardly necessary to catalogueeverything that rounds out a garden ofthis sort. The main point is to furnishthe room effectively and in good taste.The day of the black iron stag and thered gypsy kettle has happily passed, butwe have ever with us the human tendencyto put the wrong thing in the wrong place. The safest rule is to do a littleat a time, making sure the resultsare useful, as well as attractive to theeye. The perfume of the vine is in the air,for it is summer and we can no longerbe content within the four walls of ourhouse. At peep o day we hasten to thewide open window that we may look outover the sunkissed tree tops at the beauti-ful garden living room below, which seemsto call to us to leave the roof overheada

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