New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-04
eWOMANS VARIED INTERESTS

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black, green or some color sufficient
ly neutral TO serve as a background
for decorations, there comes the de-
lightful task OF furnishing it. The
wooden floor may be painted or
stained or it may be paved with tile
OF brick or with the large quar-
ries," either square or octagonsl,
which are to be had in gray, dark
red brown, green and several other
colors.
About the edges OF the roof gar
den, against the railing or parapet,
there may be placed wooden boxes,
broad ard deep, in which may be
planted California privet. This
grows very rapidly and will soon
conceal the wooden guards with
hedge of green, which may be per-
nitted to grow to any desired height
and then clipped into shape.
Border Of Privet and Flowers.
Other boxes may be set up against
those in which the hedge is grown,
should space permit, and in them may
be planted many of the old-fashioned
garden flowers, favorites which may
be raised from seeds. These flower
ing plants growing against the green
of the hedge will create something
OF the effect OF border" filled with
phlox, hollyhocks, stock and many
other old-fashioned flowers. Should
there be space for further horticul-
tural adornment there may be used a
number of decorative jars or jar
dinieres, reproductions, perhaps in
terra Gotta, of beautiful and famous
antiques, and in them may be grown
bay or box or groups of such plants
"a are not grown in the borders"
Walls May Be Screened with Vines.
Blank walls or chimneys and any
disagreeable outlook which may ex-
ist might be screened by the build
ing of a trellis, upon which there
may be trained ivy, clematis, or even
old-fashioned morning glories, which
grow quickly and which furnish
dense foliage. Should there be any
thing so unsightly upon the root as
a water tank it may easily be con-
verted into a decorative asset by
surrounding it with an ornamental
screen of lattice work and perhaps
topping" it with picturesque roof
to resemble the exterior of pa
CODA or a garden temple.
Upon the floor of the roof garden
rugs may be spread and cushions
may be used upon suitable furniture,
which exists in endless variety n
wicker, rattan, bamboo and mani
kinds of decorated wood.
Attractive Lanterns for Electric Bulbs.
The lighting of such roof garden
may be accomplished by the use of
incandescent bulbs placed within the
beautiful and fantastic paper lanterns
which come from China and Japan;
or, should circumstances seem to
warrant the investment, there are
beautiful antique lanterns of metal
and the quaint and beautiful Ian
terms Of stone which stand upon the
floor, any of which may be readily
adapted to the use of electricity. And
the final touch of beauty may often
be had by placing at one end OF the
roof garden some sort of simple wall
fountain.
Dumbwaiter to Connect with Kitchen.
1t will often be quite easy TO adapt
the roof garden to the uses of an
open-air dining room. During the
summer many courses of almost any
meal are served cold. But if hot
courses should be desired they may
be supplied from small improvised
pantry upon the roof. Nothing would
be simpler than the providing of
dumbwaiter connecting the roof din
ing room with the kitchen below, and
such an arrangement would often
make the roof garden doubly useful
and vastly attractive as a green and
shady retreat wherein to dine as
we'll as to spend the summer even
ings.