. Construction : a journal for the architectural engineering and contracting interests of Canada . EXAMPLES OF BALUSTRADES, STEPS AND PAVED WALKS, 166 CONSTRUCTION THE FOURTH EDITION of The Art andCraft of Garden Making, by Thomas H. Mavvson,shows a carefully compiled volume on the variousfeatures essential to modern gardens. The revisionis far-reaching owing to the new conditions in everyphase of the work. Mr. Mawson has grasped thespirit of change and presents forcibly and minutelythe practical requirements accruing from this grow-ing tendency in beautifying the general surrounding
. Construction : a journal for the architectural engineering and contracting interests of Canada . EXAMPLES OF BALUSTRADES, STEPS AND PAVED WALKS, 166 CONSTRUCTION THE FOURTH EDITION of The Art andCraft of Garden Making, by Thomas H. Mavvson,shows a carefully compiled volume on the variousfeatures essential to modern gardens. The revisionis far-reaching owing to the new conditions in everyphase of the work. Mr. Mawson has grasped thespirit of change and presents forcibly and minutelythe practical requirements accruing from this grow-ing tendency in beautifying the general surroundingsof the home. An example of the drastic revision isseen in the portions dealing with drives, entrances,lodges and carriage courts made necessary throughthe rapid progress of the motor car. A two-foldobject has been kept in view by the author: the sub-jects are discussed so as to provide interesting con-secutive reading, while each chapter deals with aspecial branch of garden making, complete in itself,giving the work some of the uses of a book of refer-ence. The illustrations are especially attractive andmade chiefly from photographs taken from theau
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