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THE 
Shopping Talk 
GARDEN MAGAZINE 
JUNE, 1916 
Mr. James Collier Marshall, Director of the Decorating Service of The Garden Magazine’s Advertising Dept., will solve your problems of home 
decoration—color schemes, hangings, floor coverings, art objects and interior arrangements, making purchases at the most favorable prices. 
This service is free to our readers. 
HERE are times, dear reader, when the desire 
to talk shopping will not down, and this spring, 
under the spell of the many interesting and 
useful things to be seen in the shops, it fairly clamors 
for expression and will not be denied! 
The difficult thing is 
to know where to be- 
gin, but as shopping 
' conversations are jn- 
| variably irrelevant, we 
will begin with porch 
rugs, always an absorb- 
ing subject. 
There are a number 
of new materials and 
patterns in the market 
this year, most of them 
coming from the Ori- 
ent, that seem to be 
not only better looking 
but better made than 
the majority of their 
predecessors, being 
sewn twice in cross 
stitch instead of singly 
as heretofore. Such 
is the excellent rug shown here, whose smooth, securely 
sewn braidings of rushes are decorated with geometric 
figures in black wool. These, coming in round and 
oval forms in many sizes, are a welcome relief from the 
deadly plain and over-decorated rugs of past seasons. 
Furthermore, they lie flat and look cool. 
There is also a banana fiber rug made up in square 
units, very securely sewn together, that also makes a 
very good appearance, and though it does not seem so 
finished as the above mentioned one, it will stand harder 
wear. These are even less expensive, ranging upward 
from the 2 x z feet size of 6 squares at $1.50. 
Apropos of porch furnishings, the lamps for this use 
are most unique this year, there being some really 
remarkable shades designed for hanging fixtures. These 
This painted plaster parrot is most 
decorative and costs $6.00 
Cloths of printed cotton are very good for summer use. This 
pattern comes in several sizes at commensurate prices 
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For cut flowers the Fulper pottery dish can hardly be sur- 
passed. Verde antique, 14” wide, it costs $7.00 
really must be seen to be appreciated as no idea can be 
gotten from a description. Suffice it to say that they 
are bag-like arrangements of plain or flowered silk or 
Rugs of braided rushes decorated with wool designs are 
excellent for summer use. This 6 ft. one costs $12.00 
cretonne that entirely cover the fixture, as wide at the 
top as one desires, being held out by a wire frame, 
either flat or curved, the material hanging straight or 
The beauties ofmodern cut crystal and glass are greatly enhanced 
by their ground patterns as well as the unusual scalloped edges 
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gathered together at the bottom, and finished with ball 
trimming or tassels as one pleases. Usually these are 
of washable materials of soft colors in which rose pre- 
dominates, or some plain color lined with rose, so that 
it wiil shed a beneficent light on everyone. 
Regarding wash materials, it is remarkable how many 
colorful prints for table use are being shown this 
spring, not only in coarse linen but in cotton as well, 
and it must be said that they are a very attractive and 
sensible substitute for 
damask during the hot 
season. The plum 
blossom pattern shown 
here printed on cotton 
is one of many designs 
that come in several 
sizes and all of them 
are good-looking. 
Indeed, floral decor- 
ations for the table this 
season seem limited to 
the patterns on the 
cloths; a centre table 
decoration of flowers 
being an exception, the 
use of fruits having al- 
most altogether super- 
seded the customary 
blossoms. Consequent- 
ly, the plain china and 
porcelain dishes that have lain unappreciated on top 
shelves may now be put into use with great success, as 
the plainer the dish the better the effect of the fruit 
decoration. Plain bone colored Wedgwood is splendid 
for this purpose, and those having borders of pale blue 
leaf designs are equally good. Some of these bowls 
have round lattice work covers that are extremely 
effective when disclosing the rich tints of cherries, 
grapes and tangerines. : 
Speaking of fruit bowls, one cannot omit mentioning 
the lovely cut crystal ones with a scene cut in the bot- 
tom after the manner of the early Italian cut crystals 
that are so prized to-day in museums. 
Gay faience jars are excellent porch 
parasol and stick holders 
Every porch needs another pillow. Here is an unusual one of 
silk floss covered with an Indian print, 22”. Price, $1.50 
