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's. * Walter P. and Cath- errne W. Maher are owmets of this French provicialsix-room realdence ai 231i Greenwood, a v e n u e. Wlmette. Ted Williams was. the architect andi the Power. Engineering companyi e builders. Photo by Lowry E. Gottschalk' Pictured here fs. the sc*reened terrace canopy on the Frank L. Gun- derscrn residence at 200.0 Thornwood avenue, Wilmette. Construction of this installation, desfigned by the Paul H. 'Gathercoal' comÙpany, 938 Spanish court, Wilýette, -is sich that. the frame screens and canivas can be easil'y dismantled. leaving the terrace free of anyj unsightly pipe frame. This type of porch answvers the demfand for an ideal sum mer living room. Irvinr A. BItet: ias, the designer and buuld- er of this six-roofii Pennsylvanîa c o 1o n ial home at 1237 Richmond lane. Wihnetteý Thisý is R L. Sea- enan's house at 2125 Chestnut avenue, Wil- mette, It has eight rooms andti s al colon- iàl design. Jacob$" and Peterson tocre the, gçneral contractors'. Landscaper Gives Vai.1trbIeHintsý For The Homie Owni'er Bv Marshall Pottinger President, Franken Bros.. Landscape. Architects The contour and physical m-akeup of the soil that surrounds the home aie to a great extent the governing factors as to the plant life that xil de\ elopment of the home grounds. Other natural assets lie in the trees that surround the home, wý,here the home is buit 'in a wôoded area sach as covers the greater area of our, North Shore t.owns. Where these trees have sprung u) as the acorns fell, or a, squirrel happened to bury a nut for winter. the design .'of the borders. and the character of material used ijn bord- ers have a great deal to do with the appearanc es of the h orn e grounds. *thrive and gro-w weil on your par- It is an. erroneous idea that border tîcular grounds. . plantings should consist of a planting Every home has its -natural that starts at one end of the lot and assets i this respect. To illustrate: conltiues in a narrow strip encir-, in order to have a good lawn. it is eding the enti.re home, thus form-ing essential that the grade is uniform, a natural fence for this type 'of and the best lawns are invariably home. ,where the grade and texture of sou fPresent an Idea permits the soaking inl of rainfali Instead the shrubs, evergreens- very quiekly and thoroughly, and flnoor what flot used in making up a ,water runs off into the streets to be border-should.be planted in natural, carried away through the artif icialf appearing clumps. so, as to imbed in drainage system of the community. the borders those trees that are Many of our shrubs will thrive on close to the edge of the property barren and poorly graded locations, and thus leave a clear lawn without where other shrubs need a soul that any obstructions. whatever. Or, in is n aturally moist anxd fairly firm. other cases, nooks of lawn may Often there is more expénse con- extend back in between two clumps *Ph oto shows house: iniiereonitrcti,,. I .Desi gner-Builder mon