. American homes and gardens. ?HHua If the camp is near a stream or lake stocked with fish the food supply may be more varied than otherwise 204 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS June, 1913. fOOOOQOOOOOt cooooooooooooa 3^ OOOOQOOOOO^X x^coocooocoo|~x ooooooooooooca x^coooooccoo^: RUSTIC WORK FOR GARDENS AND LAWNS THERE ARE FEW GARDEN FEATURES THAT HAVE BEEN MORE MISAPPLIED THAN THAT OF VARIOUS SORTS OF RUS-TIC WORK. NEVERTHELESS, FEW FEATURES FOR GARDENS AND LAWNS CAN BE MADE MORE THOROUGHLY ATTRAC-TIVE WHEN PROPERLY DESIGNED AND FITTINGLY CONCEIVED THAN WELL-CONSTRUCTED RUSTIC WORK. THERE WASA TIME
. American homes and gardens. ?HHua If the camp is near a stream or lake stocked with fish the food supply may be more varied than otherwise 204 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS June, 1913. fOOOOQOOOOOt cooooooooooooa 3^ OOOOQOOOOO^X x^coocooocoo|~x ooooooooooooca x^coooooccoo^: RUSTIC WORK FOR GARDENS AND LAWNS THERE ARE FEW GARDEN FEATURES THAT HAVE BEEN MORE MISAPPLIED THAN THAT OF VARIOUS SORTS OF RUS-TIC WORK. NEVERTHELESS, FEW FEATURES FOR GARDENS AND LAWNS CAN BE MADE MORE THOROUGHLY ATTRAC-TIVE WHEN PROPERLY DESIGNED AND FITTINGLY CONCEIVED THAN WELL-CONSTRUCTED RUSTIC WORK. THERE WASA TIME WHEN EVERY HOME WAS DEEMED INCOMPLETE WITHOUT ITS ARBOR, RUSTIC BENCHES AND RUSTIC OLD WORLD HOMEMAKERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF GERMANY, WELL UNDERSTOOD THE ART OF RUSTIC CON-STRUCTION, AND IT IS A PITY THAT EARLY AMERICAN ADOPTERS OF CONTINENTAL IDEAS SHOULD NOT HAVE SHOWNMORE APPRECIATION OF RUSTIC WORK LIMITATIONS AND HAVE, IN CONSEQUENCE ADOPTED IT IN THE NEW WORLDCONDITIONS. INSTEAD THE RUSTIC WORK WAS HARDLY EVER PROPERLY DESIGNED, BEING MORE LIKE THE SKELE-TON OF A LOG HOUSE THAN AN ARBOR SUCH AS ITS PURPOSE SHOULD HAVE SUGGESTED. AGAIN ALL SORTS OF FAN-TASTIC
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