246 THE: GARDEN’ MAGAZINE 
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‘Iver Johnson Safety Automatic Revolver, 
accidental discharge impossible, 22 and 32 
calibre, 3-in.,barrel (or 38 calibre, 3%-in. 
barrel), hard rubber stock, nickeled finish, 
$5.00.. Pocket size, 2-in. barrel, same 
price; °4-in. barrel, 50c.; 5-in. $1.00; 
6-in, $1.50 extra. Pearl stock, 32 
calibre, $1.25 extra; 38 calibre, $1.50 
extra. ~Blued finish, any size, 50c. 
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less -Revolvér, $6.00, in 32. 
; “of 38 calibre, furnished with 
to hang on. > s aa : 
the te same choice of . finishes» 
Christmas | _ stocks and lengths of bar? 
Tree “rel at same additional 
costs as on Hammer. 
Pocket © size, .2-inch 
< "barrel, same price. 
IVER JOHNSO 
Safety Automatic Revolvers 
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Accidental discharge impossible, 
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DECEMBER, 1906 
How to Keep Plants Healthy in 
the House 
HERE is no more cheerful sight at 
Christmas time than the red-berried 
plants which one may see in the florists’ shops. 
There is a warmth and glow about them 
which put light into the short dark sombre 
days of the holiday season. One strong point 
in favor of these is the length of time which 
they will remain decorative, provided the 
plants are given good care. They will last 
all winter and at least one of them for a year. 
In order to have the berries hang on these 
plants for weeks after taken home, put the 
plants in a position where they can receive 
the light, and if possible a little sunshine, 
each day. Nothing will kill plants so surely as 
putting them away in some dark corner where 
they “look pretty” but where no sunlight ever 
comes. Too warma room will make them lose 
their leaves, but this may be counteracted toa 
great extent if there is always sufficient 
moisture in the air. Your house will be a 
healthier place for your family and your plants 
if you follow these directions. In properly con- 
structed hot-air furnaces there is between the 
fire-pot and outside jacket a receptacle which 
will hold twelve to fifteen quarts of water. All 
one needs to do is to fill this each morning 
when caring for the furnace. If the furnace 
does not have this arrangement keep a vessel 
of water in the room or put a small dish 
in the register, and see that there is always 
some water in it. If the house is heated 
by stoves there is always a place where a 
small dish of water may be put. In fact 
many of those made to-day have on the top 
an urn for this purpose which is coated inside 
with porcelain. If the house is heated by 
radiators that are connected with steam or 
hot-water boilers, place a dish of water on 
the radiator or have a flat can that may be 
hung between it and the wall. 
The greatest enemy of plants, when kept 
in houses heated by hot air furnaces or coal 
stoves, is coal gas. If there is the slightest 
trace of it in the air such plants as the 
Jerusalem cherry or the ornamental peppers 
will drop their leaves in a single night. 
Illuminating gas is also very injurious to 
plants. The effect of even a very slight trace in 
the atmosphere is to retard the development 
of the younger leaves of most plants. The 
plants do not die, but simply ‘“‘stand still,’ 
and so eventually become stunted. In the 
case of flowering plants the effect is that the 
buds may just show color and then wither. 
The guess is usually made that they have 
been exposed toa chill. Plants with thicker- 
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