The livable house, its garden . anite hills of New England, stone suggests itself as the naturalmaterial for walls, although even where it is so plentiful it is un-happily not always the cheapest material. A stretch of Long Is-land coast land, on the other hand, with sand or gravel ready tohand makes concrete almost imperative. Unfortunately, the sur-face of a concrete wall is difficult to treat interestingly, for it hasa natural flatness of tone that is almost impossible to the surface unfinished with the marks of the molds uponit, plus a generous planting of vines and bushes,
The livable house, its garden . anite hills of New England, stone suggests itself as the naturalmaterial for walls, although even where it is so plentiful it is un-happily not always the cheapest material. A stretch of Long Is-land coast land, on the other hand, with sand or gravel ready tohand makes concrete almost imperative. Unfortunately, the sur-face of a concrete wall is difficult to treat interestingly, for it hasa natural flatness of tone that is almost impossible to the surface unfinished with the marks of the molds uponit, plus a generous planting of vines and bushes, constitute the besttreatment for this kind of wall. A very pleasing surface may begot by the application of a coat of stucco, but this brings the costup very nearly, if not entirely, to that of brick. Stucco over hol-low tile, where the construction of the house is similar, is a goodchoice of materials. But any stucco or concrete wall needs to becombined with some other material such as brick or tile to make [42] / / s G a d n. Q , W s H ^^ ^ -I < ^ J Oh 3 ^ H-1 :g.^ ? J W ^^ ^ . hJ ^ J 3^ ?. •^ o^ Ivahhers, ^ ,.-;3-^ Pi: .=?>• «*•, Q ^ O o .:* S ,->>,^\v - O ?3 ikt^S o ?K4 1 ^^^ Kl < ^ .W~.-< ^ t^ o G ^ - \V OJ \ x: H [43] The Livable H o u it interesting, and good examples of such combinations are givenin the chapter on garden architecture. Stone walls laid up dry have the advantage of taking on an airof age more rapidly than other kinds, and there is no doubt aboutthe fact that age, as far as gardens are concerned, is crevices between stones offer hospitality to moss and rockplants, which soften the appearance of the wall and make it asmuch more interesting than a plain surface as is a printed pagethan a blank sheet. Sometimes old stone walls, which in former days markedcornfields from pasture land on the farms of our grandfathers,have been successfully moved with their mosses and lichens tocontribute t
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