Architect and engineer . itectural tone of theresidence. In the protected sunny court at the rear, the larger plantingsare also forceful yet contrasted by more delicate border and bulbousflowers, the placidity of the pool with its lilies and the simple flagging ofColorado white marble. At the San Francisco National Training school, what seemed a hope-less middle space and backyard—a state of chaos and dull disorder, savefor the one noble eucalyptus tree which was rescued with some difficulty—was transformed liy means of concrete retaining walls and fills and apergola which connects the two uni
Architect and engineer . itectural tone of theresidence. In the protected sunny court at the rear, the larger plantingsare also forceful yet contrasted by more delicate border and bulbousflowers, the placidity of the pool with its lilies and the simple flagging ofColorado white marble. At the San Francisco National Training school, what seemed a hope-less middle space and backyard—a state of chaos and dull disorder, savefor the one noble eucalyptus tree which was rescued with some difficulty—was transformed liy means of concrete retaining walls and fills and apergola which connects the two units of the school, at the same time mak-ing a division between the front garden and the rear sunken one with itsbird l)ath, and by introducing brick walks, grass plots, hardy hedges andsuch other plants as would resist the draughts between the buildings. At the home of Mr. Harry B. Allen in Sea Cliff, San Francisco,planted this Spring, the rich dignity of the architecture of Messrs. Bliss 50 THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER. «o u p p- S3 Z t < S a z a ~- Zz .9 o 3 s o .i^ P Z o a THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER 51
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