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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



January, 1916 



GARDEN FURNITURE 



Send for catalogue showing a great 

 variety of benches, chairs, tables, 

 etc, in rustic and painted. 



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RUGS WORTH 

 LIVING WITH 



Why not buy the kind of floor covering that gives 

 lifetime satisfaction? Choice Oriental Rugs, which I 

 buy and sell at reasonable prices, make the most eco- 

 nomical floor covering. 



My aim is not to sell you one rug, but to make of you 

 a friend and customer for life. For that reason I am 

 careful in my selections of rugs and I am willing to send 

 you a selection of rugs which you can look over care- 

 fully and return, at my expense, if you then can. 



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 brochure I have prepared on rugs. It is free. 



L. B. LA WTON, MAJOR, U. S. A., Retired 

 7 Leitch Avenue, Skaneateles, New York 



Sharonware 



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Etruscan Jars 



extremely popular for large 

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There's an interesting story behind 

 SHARONWARE. Send for handsomely 

 illustrated catalogue of indoor and gar- 

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 - 42 Lexington Avenue . New York 



seen them, can 

 ever forget the 

 gorgeous tubs 

 of Oleanders in 

 Royal Street, 

 New Orleans. 

 Beside those 

 vessels, the 

 brass bound 

 tub, pictured 

 here, is very 

 ornate, but it 

 is quite effec- 

 tive and good 

 looking, while the one holding the dwarf tree is of Ja- 

 panese manufacture and more adapted to settings of 

 that type. 



This Japanese tub is very cleverly made of boards, 

 that after having been sawn to measure, have been 

 thrown on the fire and burned until they are charred. 

 The pieces of wood are then plunged into water and 

 when dry are sand papered until the charred appear- 

 ance gives way .to that of age. They are then put to- 

 gether. The nail heads, themselves antiqued, are added 

 afterward, being purely decorative in character. 



Brass bound, this oaken tub will prove a 

 most effective decoration 



The spirit of the Orient is sensed in this Japanese tub for an- 

 cient dwarf trees. Its charm is equally potent in the West 



In giving away this bit of gossip I am violating no 

 confidence. Since these interesting tubs are not for sale 

 in this country, though they are so attractive as to be 

 worth copying in one's own workshop. 



Wooden tubs look best when arranged on walks, there 

 being something incongrous in the sight of tubs of any 

 description standing about on the earth holding plants 

 that might better be planted directly in it. 



They are most effective on the loggia, the steps or 

 even the vestibule of the house. In the latter case, 

 they would be much finer than those shown here. In- 

 deed there are some very magnificent plant tubs of 

 solid mahogany, both plain and in a lacquered finish. 

 They are suitable for any setting and are very decor- 

 ative in themselves. 



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Old hickory chairs are built to fill every need and stand 

 every weather. This comfortable rocker costs $7.25 



Art's Exploitation of Youth 



NEVER before has youth been so cultivated in life,, 

 nor the spirit of youth so universally copied in 

 art as to-day, and who shall say that it is not good, when 

 it is a question of whether we shall surround our- 

 selves with ar- 

 ticles that por- 

 tray life in its 

 freshness and 

 gaiety or with 

 those lugubrious, 

 brooding studies 

 of fifty years ago 

 — the choice is 

 simple. 



This exploita- 

 tion of the spirit 

 of youth is carried 

 throughout the 

 gamut of house 

 and garden de- 

 coration. There 

 is hardly a house 

 to-day but has its 

 . JL< small fountain 

 ® with a youthful 

 figure to intrigue 

 one's fancy, or a 

 statuette half 

 concealed amid 

 the conservatory 

 greenery, and if the house be too small to warrant such 

 decorations there is sure to be somewhere a fascinating 

 cast of one of the many lovely studies of joyous, sexless 

 youth to be found either in metal composition or plaster. 

 Frequently, too, these are in forms admitting of a 

 particular •utility as, for example, book ends, writing 

 sets, etc., a condition that is indicative of a greatly ad- 

 vanced appreciation of art and its double usefulness. 



The emotional influence exerted by these studies of 

 youth is most marked and probably accounts for 

 their great popularity. Through a singular directness 

 of gesture youth always is Art and emotions so expressed 



The spirit of eternal youth is delightfully 



expressed in the plastic beauty of this 



child study for a fountain by Perry. In 



bronze it is 2", 4%" tall 



Young wisdom is equal in every way to his task. Charmingly 

 modeled in bronze composition this sells at $5.00 the pair 



are perfect and absolutely satisfying. The complete re- 

 pose denoted in the studies pictured are soothing rather 

 than stimulative of depressive thoughts, as is frequently 

 the case in quiet adult figures. Thus the house, con- 

 servatory, or living porch that has a niche calling for 

 something — let that something be a good study of child- 

 hood or youth. It will pay a thousand fold in genuine 

 enjoyment which is in no way spoiled by the knowledge 

 that good studies may be had at reasonable prices. 



Equally interesting is the Innocence. Superbly modeled in 

 this same excellent material. It costs $7.50 



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