Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-06-28
THE MODERN vERANDA.
Becoming More and More the Summer
Living Room.

Living Room.
The vcranda has become the summer
living room. More 9ud more are Ameri-
cans approaching the benefits OF living
outdoors, and especially does the up-to-
date h0me-maker see to it that both her
children and herself pass as much of the
summer III the open air as possible For
this reason the veranda has become an
important part of the house.
10 make it a fayorite with all mem
bers Of the family. the first care of the
housewife is to make it as attractive
as possible. This can be done in many
ways, and a little careful planning and
taste will go almost as far as money.
1t goes without saying that the larger
the Yeranda the better. and in building
Il house it is true economy to deny some
interior decoration, if necessary. and
build big. ro0my piazza. But if the
house is already built or rented, one
must take the veranda as it comes.
First and foremost one needs vines.
Graceful, fragrant vines clambering up
pillars and sweeping across the top from
post to post gives 4 beautiful back
ground upon which to work. There
should be no stiff arrangement of vines.
formal lines they lose half their beauty.
But they should not he allowed to grow
into = perfect swamp. The most popG-
lar arrangement and the most pic
turesque is where they run up the posts
and across top and bottom. leaving an
opening in the center, the edges of which
are graceful curves and swaying ten
drills
The Virginia creeper. ivy. honeysuckle,
wistcria. clematis, nutchman's pipe,
trumpet vine. akebia. hibhertia. kenney-
da. laparSeria. climbing nasturtium, and
tr0paeolum are excellent climbing porch
plants. One of the best vines for the
pillars Of verandas is the Virginia creep
cr The gorgeous foliage of the creeper
and It's easy culture. make it a favoritc
climber. The trumpet honeysuckles are
the favorite climbers of that species:
they are deliciously fragrant. The wis
terra is an elegant plant. Chinese wis
terra is a spring blooming vine with tas-
seled flowers. The American variety is
known as the Wisteria frutescens.
Dutchman's pipe has droopingf vel
low brown flower with heart shipped
leaves. II may be grown from seed. and
will afford a good curtain Of foliage.
The trumpet flower is native of
China and Japan, and will not stand
extreme cold. It's flowers are of a rich
orange red md appear in terminal clus-
ters.
The akebia Cts full name is Akebia
Qujnata) is m evergreen plant of Chi
ncSe origin which has dull purple flow
pr and glossy green leaves 1t requires
| Il moist soil and. like the trumpet flower,
must he protected from extreme cold.
The IIihherria dentata is not a we'll
/ known plan, which has yellow flowers.
The kcunoEda Is q climber with small
T slender red blooms There are two
/ lapargeTiaS--0 white Towering variety
and pink one. They have bcll-shaped,
waikiki" flowers. very dainty and fragile.
They thrive best in a rather sandy soil,
ana are not easy to cultivate success
/ fully.
The crimson rambler is one of the
most luXnr,ant Of the climbing roses.
The yellow. pink and white ramblerS
are also satisfactory as porch decorators.
In addition TO the vines many flower
lovers place boxes either along the rail
of the porch II there is one. or on the
floor il not, and fill these with bright
plants The effect is lovely. for one not
only has the cool drapery of the green
vines but the beauty and fragrance of
The blooming plants.
The framework OF the summer living
room thus being provided, the furnish
ipgS Hre the nest question. If one can
afford il, some of the fiber rugs for the
floor are nice, and give 4 coy, homelike
air. Porch furniture that can stand the
weather and sofa cushions chat will not
! soil easily are necessities. A table for
magazines and for the afternoon tea
/ service is also useful. \ hammock, of
course. must be included, and il one is
/ handy with tools and can build a seat
I which is really a box in which these
movables can he stored at night. it will
/ tighten the work of keeping the piazza in
order,
Where the veranda is large enough. a
/ ping-ponE table will. OF course. appear
this summer. During the warm weather
/ few deyotces Of the game will care to
/ play indoors. and the shrewd mother
/ who has Il family of daughters will find
/ that a merry group will gather about
( The pinG-poug board when other less at
tractive verdudaS are deserted.
J Where Master Baby rules the house
the wise mother turns the veranda into
an outdoor nursery. In the hammock he
takes his maps. for the modern nursery
/ teaching is that children cannot have too
much fresh air
Porch parties are. Of course. the favor
! lite form Of entertaining for summer
evenings, and for these it is well to sup
ply the roof Of the veranda with Jauan-
csc lanterns. They are pretty during the
day, and they make nice light even ON
evenings when only the family is Mt
home. They give soft. pretty radiance
and make the porch a dainty picture to
paSsersby. Only, il one is going 10 have
much light. 1t Will be wise to enclose
il N the very beginning of the season
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