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Title: American homes and gardens
Identifier: americanhomesgar61909newy (find matches)
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture, Domestic; Landscape gardening
Publisher: New York : Munn and Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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A swimming pool-enclosure of modern classic style A Swimming - Pool for Private Gardens ByL awrence Cden Ede SWIMMING-POOLS, while not usual adjuncts of the country estate, have, nevertheless, a real value and interest of their own, and are the source of an im- mense pleasure and satisfaction to those who possess them. They imply grounds of some- what large extent, for they are ob- viously only adapted to sequestrated por- tions of the grounds, and, in most cases, are closely veiled within trees and luxuriant growths of shrubbery. And surely what can be more delightful than an early morning dip and swim in a cleanly kept pool be- neath the shade of some grand old trees and in a spot seemingly remote from human habita- tions, and yet so near as to be but a short walk out from the house? It is no wonder that such acces- sories are high in favor with the own- ers of large estates, nor is it strange that the swimming- pool has come to be regarded as, if not absolutely essential, at least highly desir- able. So it has come to take its place with the tennis-court and other places set apart for outdoor sports, and yields to none of them in the pleasure it gives. Like everything
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else that goes to the making of a country estate, the swim- ming-pool may be large or small, inexpensive or costly. A mere widening of a brook may be sufficient In some cases, and Is at once the most natural and the most readily con- s t r u c t e d of all swimming -pools. When the estate possesses a private pumping - plant, however, it will be found more desir- able in many ways to construct a basin expressly for bath- ing purposes, and to arrange for an ample supply of fresh water and an adequate system of change. In this way the pool be- comes independent of the haphazard location of brooks and streams, and can be placed any- where on the grounds. It is comparatively easy, then, to select a well-wooded spot, prepare an excava- 11 o n of sufficient size, line It with concrete, arrange the feed and waste pipes, and the work Is done. There must, how- ever, be a b a t h - house that the bath- ers may disrobe, and the architect's serv- ices are called In for the designing of a structure that will be conveniently adapted to these ends. It may be a rustic pavilion, per- Plan for swimming-pool and enclosure

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v.6(1909)
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  • bookid:americanhomesgar61909newy
  • bookyear:1905
  • bookdecade:1900
  • bookcentury:1900
  • booksubject:Architecture_Domestic
  • booksubject:Landscape_gardening
  • bookpublisher:New_York_Munn_and_Co
  • bookcontributor:Smithsonian_Libraries
  • booksponsor:Biodiversity_Heritage_Library
  • bookleafnumber:589
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