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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



July, 1906 



Water For Your Country Home 



IF you live in the country there is a way for 

 you to enjoy all the comforts and con- 

 veniences of a city water supply without 

 a penny for water tax. 



It is accomplished by the Kewanee System. 



With the Kewanee System you get even 



more than city service, because, in addition to 



every benefit the latter affords, you may have 



— Soft water in your bathroom and laundry. 



* * * * 



The Kewanee System is easily explained; it 

 consists simplv of having a Kewanee Pneu- 

 matic Tank set in your cellar or buried in the 

 ground. 



The water from your own well or cistern is 

 pumped into the Kewanee Tank. 



From the tank the water is delivered under 

 pressure to the laundry tubs, kitchen sink, bath- 

 rooms, outside hydrants or wherever wanted. 



When the tank is half full of water the air 

 which originally filled the entire space will be 

 compressed into the upper half of it. 



It is this pressure exerted on the water 

 which delivers it to the plumbing fixtures and 

 hydrants. 



An average pressure of 40 pounds may be 

 maintained under ordinary conditions This 

 will carry water to a height of 80 feet, thus af- 

 fording splendid fire protection. 



You see that the method, while perfectly 

 simple, is based on a thoroughly scientific plan. 



The Kewanee Water Supply Company was 

 the first to apply this principle successfully in 

 supplying water to country houses, and after 

 ten years of experience the system has proved 

 to be entirely practical and it is rapidly grow- 

 ing in favor. 



Over 4,000 Kewanee Outfits now in use. 



The old style elevated tanks are passing 

 — Because they stand no show in competition 



with the modern, no-trouble system — the 



Kewanee System. 



The old fashioned gravity system meant 



pumping water up in order to get it down again. 



Now, to give the necessary pressure for fire protection 

 and service, the elevated tank must be located on top of a 

 tall tower. This is expensive, unsightly and unsafe. 



The water freezes in winter, becomes warm and stag- 

 nant in summer, and repairs are a big item of expense. 



The attic tank doesn't give sufficient pressure for fire 

 protection. 



Its weight is apt to crack the plastering, and when it 

 leaks (as it is pretty sure to do) your house is flooded. 

 Just one such expensive accident may cost you many times 

 the price of a Kewanee Outfit 



— Which cannot flood the house, because the tank is 

 resting on solid ground where it can do no damage. 



The installation of a Kewanee Pneumatic Water 

 System in your country home means 



— Plenty of pure, fresh water, 



— Cool water in the summer, 



— No freezing water in winter, 



— Absolute protection from fire, 



— Decrease in insurance rates. 



— A plant that will last a lifetime, 



— No expensive repairs. 



It solves the country water problem completely 



The Kewanee System will take care of all your needs 

 — for home, garden, lawn, stables, poultry houses, etc. 



Our Kewanee Outfits are complete. 



Not an engine only, which in itself cannot give you a 

 water supply — nor a tank only, which is useless unless you 

 have some form of pumping power — 



But, we furnish the whole thing — a complete system of 

 water supply. 



Our engineering department is prepared to solve your 

 water problem — no matter how difficult that problem 

 may now appear. 



Kewanee Outfits are made in sizes suited to_ the small- 

 est cottage — or largest building — or group of buildings. 



We guarantee every Kewanee Outfit to give perfect 

 service. 



Send for catalog No. i6 giving names of users in your 

 State — free if you mention t'jis paper. 



Kewanee Water Supply Company, Drawer S, Kewanee, 111. 



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and be sure of success. The pyramidal 

 clusters of fragrant white blossoms which 

 terminate the branches, are very welcome 

 in August, and are visited by immense 

 numbers of bees. An allied species, Clethra 

 acuminata, has thin clusters of white blos- 

 soms, and can be grown in the same con- 

 ditions. It is not quite as showy, but it 

 flowers a month earlier. 



WHY FAILURES ARE COMMON 



Most of the failures in growing members of 

 the heath family are due to an insufficient 

 supply of water, and lack of proper drainage, 

 granted, of course, that they have been 

 planted in the right soil. But it cannot be 

 said that the heath family is easily grown 

 even when the conditions in the soil and 

 atmosphere are favorable. 



The plants have fine, hairy roots, which 

 are easily injured by drought, and the ever- 

 green forms, especially such as rhododendron, 

 kalmia, pieris and leucothoe, suffer greatly 

 from lack of moisture in the soil throughout 

 the fall and winter months. 



Some members of the family grow naturally 

 in swampy conditions, some of the azaleas, 

 wild rosemary (Andromeda polifolia), leather 

 leaf (Chamcedaphne calyculata), etc., but 

 they also do very well — and indeed I 

 think a good deal better — when planted 

 under conditions Of perfect drainage, and 

 supplied with an abundance of moisture. 

 I do not know of a single member of the 

 family that demands a stagnant bog for its 

 healthy development. 



There are a few species that do not seem 

 to be over fastidious in the matter of the soil. 

 The clethras, Andromeda polifolia, and the 

 pinxter flower (Azalea nudiflora), flourish in 

 light, loamy moist soil, and they also appear 

 to be quite indifferent to the presence or 

 absence of lime. 



The majority, however, like an abundance 

 of humus or soil of a peaty nature, and show 

 a positive dislike of lime in the soil. 



Rochester, N. Y. John Dunbar. 



Better Stakes or None 



YOU cannot have quality tomatoes unless 

 you keep them off the ground. There 

 is nothing nastier in a garden than rotting 

 tomatoes. If you want something to brag of, 

 tie them to a tall, stout stake, and train them 

 to a single stem, by pinching out every side 

 shoot. 



Stakes are a nuisance at best, but there 

 are some that you can have a certain pride in, 

 for they add to the neatness of your garden. 

 Home-made wooden ones cost nothing, 

 but have no other merit. They are ugly, 

 they rot, they are said to harbor insects, and 

 are "impossible" for a refined flower garden. 



Bamboo canes are cheap, durable, and 

 not very conspicuous. Galvanized iron rods 

 cost more, but are more uniform, and last 

 longer. Green-painted stakes are the least 

 conspicuous, especially the round ones. The 

 square stakes cost less. 



You can avoid staking Golden Glow and 

 Boltonia by cutting back the plants severely 

 in July, which will make them branch and 

 flower later, but they have a mangled look. 



There is always a wind-storm in September 



