. American cookery . is purpose cypress, chest-nut and other varieties give furniture, chiefly the white,painted type that we first imported fromEurope, is much in vogue in our gardens;where the designs are good and thereare not too many pieces it looks clean,cool and inviting. Care should be takenthat painted furniture should never beallowed to become soiled. Iron furniture is mostly in poor taste,the designers seemingly running to curlyscrolls and sinuous lines. There is aboutit a German beer-garden look that it ishard to avoid, and it is, at its best, un-comfortable. The
. American cookery . is purpose cypress, chest-nut and other varieties give furniture, chiefly the white,painted type that we first imported fromEurope, is much in vogue in our gardens;where the designs are good and thereare not too many pieces it looks clean,cool and inviting. Care should be takenthat painted furniture should never beallowed to become soiled. Iron furniture is mostly in poor taste,the designers seemingly running to curlyscrolls and sinuous lines. There is aboutit a German beer-garden look that it ishard to avoid, and it is, at its best, un-comfortable. The idea of an outdoor living room issuggested usually by the use of tablesand seats; the latter invite tarryingwhile the former present a vision of not scatter them promiscuouslythroughout the garden as if preparing fora lawn fete; place them, rather, at salientpoints with some real plan or design inmind. Tables seem out of place almostanywhere except under shaded trees orvine-clad pergolas. 654 AMERICAN COOKERY. GARDEN SUMMER HOUSE Seats and table bring to our mind thearbor as well as the summer, smallliving rooms within big rooms. Archesover paths or arbors at the end affordsplendid opportunities for , when covered by vines or climbingroses, provide shade and a bit of most popular way for building theseis through the use of white painted latticework. Fountains and pools, considered as a part of garden 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 res
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