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Title: The livable house, its garden
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Dean, Ruth. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Landscape gardening
Publisher: New York, Moffat, Yard and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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or the most part our stock sun-dials consist ofDoric columns of yery doubtful proportions, or of a single heayybaluster supporting a plaeque on which the dial face rests. Verylittle ingenuity and good taste seems to haye been exercised intheir designs, and—I admit it reluctantly—we haye almost nodials to compare in interest with hundreds to be found in England.I am not going to excuse the scarcity of good design in gardenfurniture and accessories on the basis of the youth of this country,or its hustling interest in business, or its lack of a leisure class.These are the customary and time-worn excuses for almost eyeryartistic defect we possess. We haye the best architects in theworld to-day, and we haye able manufacturers and good designersof furniture for interiors. Among the three we ought to producegarden furniture which is as good in design as that of any othercountry, and which will be a real factor in making the gardenslivable. (150) / s G a d n kl^w^-^.M — -i. ^« A J t ,5
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