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Identifier: americanhomesga101913newy (find matches)
Title: American homes and gardens
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture, Domestic Landscape gardening
Publisher: New York : Munn and Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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factories. The streets of the Exposi-tion have been laid out. Already some60,000 trees and shrubs have been planted.Soon 40,000 more will be set out. Thus far $16,000,000 has been raised, towhich some $6,000,000 was contributed bythe public of San Francisco, $5,000,000given by the State and $5,000,000 by theCity. When the doors of the Expositionare opened there will be no debts. The area covered by the Exposition willbe 1,100 acres. On both sides, east andwest, it will be flanked by the GovernmentReservation, to the extreme west by thePresidio, one of the most beautiful reserva-tions of the Government located anywhere.A strip of land along the shore of SanFrancisco has been given to the Expositionand a boulevard will be built from the Ex-position through the Presidio grounds toGolden Gate Park on the extreme westernend of San Francisco. On the east the-ition is flanked by Fort Mason, an-other Government Reservation, and by the-, recently built by the Government ata very great expense.
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The Beauty of an Italian GardenModernized by Concrete Even less pretentious country homes may now have theformal beauty of Italian gardens by an artistic use of con=crete in building terraces and balustrades, gateways, pergolas,peristyles, aquariums, sundials, sidewalks, flower vases, etc.,on the place. Concrete blends beautifully with the land-scape, as did the marble and stone of an earlier period. It isalso fireproof and everlasting; requires no upkeep; never looksold and shabby from time and exposure. For best results, use UNIVERSAL PORTLAN D CEMENT We invite inquiries for booklets and assistance in planningand executing concrete work. Write us for information onany subject relating to the use of cement The followingfree booklets are full of interest and information: Concrete Silos Concrete Sidewalks Concrete Surfaces Concrete in the Country Small Farm Buildings of Concrete UNIVERSAL PORTLAND CEMENT CO CHICAGO . .PITTSBURGH -MINNEAPOLIS PLANTS AT CHICAGOAND PITTSBURGH . 72 WEST AD

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