The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-04

the arrangement of the pergolas, and 1t
Is this which gives the place, first Of all,
individuality. The pergolas are white, like
The trimmings on the house, and har-
monte with the lattice over which climb
tire vines and running plants. Entrance
may be had to them from the street or
the avenue, for the place is on a corner,
and they completely encircle the garden,
rwining over the lattices are grapes and
"oses, the clusters of fruit coming from
no less than Is varieties. Running over
trelises and the back of the garden near
the yard in which are scores of fine
chickens, butter bean vines make a splen-
did shade and combine, here as one finds
in both house and garden, the practical
with The ornamental. There are, here and
there, quaint little Towering plants thai
have been brought from distant homes
and introduced into strange soil; one
finds the old-fashioned plant mingling
clevorly with the imported variety, for Mr.
and Mrs. Barnett are constantly adding
| to their store of accessories, useful and.
beautiful. for home-malSlng. There are
so many things one wonders how they
can find space in lot 100 by 10 feet
In the garden are trees heavily laden
With red-cheoked peaches. with pears that
are stil unsipe but promise store OF
good things when the other fruit is gone;
there are hundreds of tomato plants, some
of which grew under glass, for there is
every facility for raising hot-house deli
cacies that one finds in nursery gardens;
asparagus. lettuce, celery, mushrooms,
ana other plants that must receive the
most careful treatment, are to be seen
IN the garden; one cannot mention thing
that Is not lI-represented-stra wberries
that have borne a fine crop, ground peas
that have been cultivated for the espe-
cial pleasure of the children-the hardy
foh lac nd t1.a u, roy tfra
all Mr.. Barnett's skill to produce One at
first experiences astonishment that a stu
dent such as he is-former minister, law
yer and journalist-should have such a
hobby as a house and garden: but he has
given mp golf to cultivate 1t. and WREN he
spoke yesterday of the hours early and
late that he spends In his garden, he said:
Tell the truth, 7 am afraid / give more
time to the study OF horticultural matters
than 20 theology, and the game OF golf
too. is in constant view OF his terrace.
Cor the Country club links are Just below
the Barnett place. and as | looked at the
quiet green expanse. on which several
players still oitered, a gorgeous splash of
oolors overhead accompanied the de-
parture of Old Sol, and / wondered how
many thousands this view added to the
value Mr.. Barnett sets upon his home.
There are no "Welcome to our home
signs about the Barnett place. but no.
where in the world is. a visitor more
cordially invited by his surroundings A
library is the first room one enters, a
sort Of living room it is, and there are
| many books. but stored away upstairs,
awaiting the Introduction of French win
dows from the adjoining music room to
the side veranda, are thousands of
! volumes which will be brought down soon
and placed III this unique apartment into
| which the master of the house expects to
convert the side porch That will leave
| ample porch space In front; the side is
| enclosed in screens and is admirably used
as a summer dining room, entered from
| the clever octagonal apartment which is
the main dining room and pantries which,
with their store of canned and preserved
| fruits and va getables would make the hos
tess envied of any housekeeper, are among
the many attractive adjuncts to a place
which as nearly as any in Birmingham
seems to have been planned and made
| simply to he lived In. This is true, as
above pointed out. at any period of the
year. for, as the flowers and vines are
chosen so that at every season. the place
will have something green and blooming
so every apartment and every detail OF
the home making are managed with the
end in view-of perpetual comfort and en-
ioymcnt. The house and gardens seen
always to say, II am at home