Modern dwellings in town and country adapted to American wants and climate with a treatise on furniture and decoration (1878)
Holly, Henry Hudson, 1834-1892 · New York, Harper & brothers, publishers · leaf 54
our rubbish, for here seems acatch-all, not only for rocks and stones, but for stumps, shavings, andother debris. Indeed, if we place earth or gravel upon the surface,shavings or salt hay will prove a useful covering to prevent the earthfrom washing down; oth-erwise, after every rainwe are liable… … Design No. 5. journals went so far as to offer a premium for the best design for a cot-tage in this material, and has published a number of papers on the sub-ject. They propose building, not only the exterior walls, but the parti-tions, floors, and even the staircases, of it. The smoke flues can be…
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