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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



October, 19 15 



INSIDE 



THE 



GARDEN HOME 



JAMES COLLIER MARSHALL 





Hints for Fall Shopping 



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ow 



This natural looking pottery conch 

 shell flower bowl is only $5.00. 

 artificial flowers, $2.50 



The 



fast the 

 summer has 

 flown is fully 

 impressed on one in 

 the shops where pre- 

 paration for the fall 

 trade is in full swing. 

 Contrary to expecta- 

 tion, the new ma- 

 terials and articles 

 for house furnishings 

 are found in briUiant 

 display equally im- 

 pressive with any- 

 thing previously 

 shown, and especial- 

 ly is one impressed 

 by the unusual num- 

 ber of useful things 

 attractively offered 

 to the interested 

 shopper. Indeed, 

 this idea of play- 

 ing up the usefulness of common-sense, everyday 

 pieces is a clever bit of advertising that helps 

 every one and none more than the customer. 



Conservation of space figures boldly in all the 

 new designs, a characteristic that is highly essential 

 in these days of apartment dwelling! 



Aside from the points of utility and comfort, 

 there is the further interest of excellence of design. 

 Such commendable restraint of decoration has 

 been exercised in working up most of these new 

 articles that they seldom fail to please and find a 

 welcome for themselves in almost any setting. 

 This is particularly true of the furniture where 

 there is sensed a simplicity of line that verges on 

 severity, a trait that will never prove tiresome. 



This simplicity will be seen in the three pieces 

 illustrated here, and though the pie crust tip-table 

 seems in the reproduction somewhat ornate for its size, 

 it is in reality quite correct and good looking. In 

 opposition to the delicacy of this mahogany tip-table is 

 the sturdy, well-braced, three-legged walnut table, pic- 

 tured to its left, whose simple lines speak for themselves. 

 Both of these tables are designed for tea and cards — a 

 tete-a-tete — and are of the correct size and height to 



further the 

 comfort and 

 enjoyment of 

 these pas- 

 times. 



Not less 

 interesting, 

 if less artis- 

 tic, is the 

 electric range 

 table, illus- 

 trated here, 

 with its con- 

 venient uten- 

 sils and fit- 

 tings. This 

 is one of the 

 most sen- 

 sible of the 

 labor saving 

 devices 

 evolved for 

 electricity. 



The simple lines of this walnut table fits it As w ^ ^ e 

 admirably for tea or cards seen, there 



Mr. James Collier Marshall 



will solve your problems of home decoration 



— color schemes, hangings, floor coverings, 

 art objects and interior arrangements, mak- 

 ing purchases at the most favorable prices. 



This service is free to our readers 



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are four plug sockets to accommodate the employment 

 of as many different vessels at the same time, though 

 all of these are attached to one feed wire which may 

 be plugged into any wall socket from the back of the 



Piano lamps of Artbronze composi- 

 tion are not only useful but very 

 effective. 



From the East come these attractive wooden coasters — set of twelve $1.25 

 while the metal incense burner is only 50 cents 



table. Excellently built, it may be had in either mahog- 

 any, oak, or any color of enamel finish, with or with- 

 out the plate glass top shown here. There is sufficient 

 space inside to easily store four or five electric vessels of 

 ordinary size when not in use. As an adjunct of the 





At low cost one may now have an electric range, 

 tray and a side table all in one piece 



country house break- 

 fast room or the 

 butler's pantry, con- 

 venient for chafing 

 dish service, it is an 

 invaluable furnishing 

 for the home. 



Another useful and 

 attractive piece of 

 furnishing is a writ- 

 ing desk with a book 

 shelf top piece. 

 Several designs of 

 this desk have been 

 introduced withgreat 

 success, all of them 

 having their inspira- 

 tion in the Winthrop 

 Secretary desk of 

 Colonial days. These 



modern ones are of American walnut with either glass 

 or wooden panelled doors, and are very good-looking. 

 Of the many decorative articles that engage 

 one's interest, lamps hold first place. These are 

 found in limitless varieties, from the daintiest 

 boudoir confections to the dignified floor lamp for 

 living room use. A really exquisite one has soft 

 colors in the incised carvings of the wood base, 

 which is relieved by antiqued gold. This richness 

 is duplicated in the vellum shade which has a 

 hand-painted design to match. Then there are 

 lamps of metal composition that are very good. 

 The one pictured here, designed for piano use, is 

 quite an unique conception that will undoubtedly 

 prove popular because of its usefulness. 



Glazed pottery in various natural forms is 



being used more and more for flower holders 



with excellent effect. One of the finest of this 



type of flower floats is the conch shell bowl shown 



here. Its shape and colors, both inside and out, are 



most natural, fitting it the more admirably for its 



purpose, as well as making it the more desirable as a 



decoration; and what an acceptable gift? 



There are many interesting new dishes and bowls for 

 cut flowers, and especially those flat shapes that are 

 intended for floating blossoms are particularly good 

 looking. These are 

 found in many colors, 

 though the best are in 

 turquoise blue and let- 

 tuce green glazed pot- 

 tery that looks very 

 like the old soft paste 

 porcelains. These very 

 flat shapes allow the 

 fixing of the blooms by 

 the use of putty to the 

 exact position desired, 

 thereby obtaining the 

 most artistic arrange- 

 ment possible. Nor 

 are many blossoms 

 used in these flat 

 bowls, indeed no more 

 than one flower with 

 one or two bits of foli- 

 age are employed. 

 Imagine a lovely full 

 blown pink rose drift- 

 ing on the lip of a tur- 

 quoise dish with rose Modern pie crust tip tables are as 

 leaves for balance? good-looking as the old ones 



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