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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  April, 
  1907 
  

  

  Embellishments 
  for 
  

  

  Concrete 
  

   Buildings 
  

  

  INTERIOR 
  AN 
  D 
  

   EXTERIOR 
  

  

  The 
  problem 
  of 
  making 
  artistic 
  concrete 
  

   buildings, 
  both 
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  is 
  

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  by 
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  1321 
  McVicker's 
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  Bldg., 
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  Hi 
  

  

  Details 
  of 
  Building 
  

   Construction 
  

  

  A 
  collection 
  of 
  33 
  plates 
  of 
  scale 
  drawings 
  with 
  Introductory 
  text 
  

   By 
  OL-ARENOE 
  A- 
  MARTIN 
  

   Assistant 
  Professor, 
  College 
  of 
  Architecture, 
  Cornell 
  University 
  

  

  $2.00 
  

  

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  by 
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  ilzt. 
  and 
  

   substantially 
  bound 
  in 
  cloth. 
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  CO, 
  361 
  Broadway, 
  N. 
  

  

  Y. 
  City 
  

  

  filling 
  out 
  gaps 
  by 
  transplanting, 
  which 
  is 
  un- 
  

   necessary 
  work 
  if 
  thick 
  sowing 
  is 
  practiced. 
  

   After 
  scattering 
  the 
  seed, 
  sift 
  fine 
  earth 
  over 
  it 
  

   to 
  the 
  depth 
  of 
  about 
  a 
  quarter 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  for 
  

   seeds 
  of 
  ordinary 
  size, 
  and 
  less 
  for 
  very 
  fine 
  

   seed. 
  Then 
  press 
  it 
  down 
  well 
  with 
  a 
  smooth 
  

   hoard. 
  This 
  is 
  easily 
  and 
  rapidly 
  done 
  by 
  lay- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  board, 
  which 
  ought 
  to 
  be 
  about 
  six 
  

   inches 
  wide 
  and 
  six 
  or 
  eight 
  feet 
  long, 
  length- 
  

   wise 
  the 
  row, 
  and 
  stamping 
  on 
  it. 
  This 
  will 
  

   make 
  the 
  soil 
  compact 
  enough 
  to 
  retain 
  all 
  

   the 
  moisture 
  needed 
  to 
  insure 
  germination. 
  

  

  If 
  you 
  have 
  a 
  garden 
  cultivator 
  with 
  a 
  seed- 
  

   sowing 
  attachment, 
  or 
  a 
  garden 
  drill, 
  hand- 
  

   sowing 
  can 
  be 
  dispensed 
  with 
  wholly. 
  Seed- 
  

   sowers 
  can 
  be 
  adjusted 
  to 
  fit 
  seeds 
  of 
  all 
  sizes, 
  

   and 
  an 
  attachment 
  for 
  covering 
  the 
  seed 
  can 
  

   be 
  adjusted 
  to 
  do 
  this 
  work 
  satisfactorily, 
  so 
  

   that 
  one 
  trip 
  along 
  the 
  row 
  is 
  all 
  that 
  is 
  

   needed 
  to 
  complete 
  the 
  work. 
  

  

  Wherever 
  possible 
  have 
  the 
  rows 
  run 
  north 
  

   and 
  south. 
  This 
  gives 
  the 
  sun 
  a 
  chance 
  to 
  

   get 
  at 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  them 
  more 
  evenly 
  than 
  

   where 
  they 
  run 
  east 
  and 
  west. 
  

  

  Such 
  plants 
  as 
  melons, 
  cucumbers, 
  and 
  early 
  

   squashes 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  transplanted 
  as 
  easily 
  as 
  

   most 
  other 
  vegetable 
  seedlings. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  good 
  

   plan 
  to 
  put 
  the 
  seeds 
  in 
  blocks 
  of 
  turf, 
  if 
  you 
  

   start 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  hotbed. 
  These 
  blocks 
  can 
  be 
  

   removed 
  to 
  the 
  cold 
  frame 
  without 
  disturbing 
  

   the 
  plants 
  growing 
  in 
  them, 
  and 
  later 
  they 
  can 
  

   be 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  garden 
  without 
  giving 
  the 
  

   seedlings 
  any 
  check. 
  Cut 
  the 
  blocks 
  of 
  even 
  size, 
  

   so 
  that 
  they 
  can 
  be 
  disposed 
  of 
  compactly 
  in 
  

   hotbed 
  and 
  cold 
  frame. 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  often 
  asked 
  what 
  varieties 
  of 
  vegeta- 
  

   bles 
  to 
  grow. 
  Desirable 
  new 
  varieties 
  are 
  

   constantly 
  being 
  introduced, 
  but 
  among 
  the 
  

   old 
  stand-bys 
  are 
  several 
  which 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  

   improved 
  on 
  for 
  a 
  good 
  many 
  years. 
  They 
  

   have 
  held 
  their 
  own 
  against 
  all 
  newcomers, 
  

   and 
  the 
  chances 
  are 
  that 
  they 
  will 
  continue 
  to 
  

   do 
  so 
  for 
  a 
  long 
  time 
  to 
  come, 
  for 
  it 
  is 
  hard 
  

   to 
  see 
  how 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  can 
  be 
  improved 
  on. 
  

   Here 
  is 
  a 
  good 
  list 
  : 
  Sweet 
  corn, 
  white 
  cory 
  for 
  

   early 
  crop, 
  Stowell's 
  evergreen 
  for 
  late 
  as- 
  

   paragus, 
  Conover's 
  colossal 
  beans, 
  golden 
  wax 
  

   and 
  stringless 
  green 
  pod. 
  Beets, 
  Egyptian 
  

   blood 
  turnip 
  for 
  early 
  crop, 
  long 
  blood 
  for 
  

   later. 
  Cabbage, 
  Jersey 
  Wakefield 
  for 
  early, 
  

   Stone 
  Mason 
  for 
  late. 
  Carrot, 
  Danver's 
  orange, 
  

   cauliflower, 
  early 
  snowball, 
  and 
  late 
  Algiers. 
  

   Celery, 
  golden 
  self-blanching, 
  early, 
  white 
  

   plume 
  and 
  giant 
  Pascal, 
  late. 
  Cucumber, 
  

   white 
  spine, 
  lettuce, 
  white 
  cos, 
  and 
  cabbage, 
  

   onions, 
  Danver's 
  yellow 
  and 
  white 
  Portugal, 
  

   or 
  silver 
  skin. 
  Peas, 
  early, 
  Gradus 
  and 
  

   Thomas 
  Sexton 
  ; 
  late, 
  champion 
  of 
  England. 
  

   Radish, 
  scarlet 
  globe, 
  white 
  turnip, 
  and 
  French 
  

   breakfast. 
  Parsnip, 
  hallow 
  crown. 
  Squash, 
  

   early, 
  bush 
  crookneck, 
  late, 
  hubbard 
  ; 
  tomato, 
  

   imperial, 
  early 
  ; 
  trophy 
  late. 
  

  

  Peas 
  should 
  be 
  planted 
  as 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  season 
  

   as 
  possible. 
  To 
  grow 
  this 
  most 
  delicious 
  vege- 
  

   table 
  well, 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  necessary 
  that 
  it 
  should 
  

   be 
  given 
  an 
  early 
  start, 
  that 
  it 
  may 
  develop 
  

   its 
  roots 
  before 
  hot 
  w 
  r 
  eather 
  comes. 
  Late 
  

   sown 
  peas 
  seldom 
  amount 
  to 
  much, 
  because 
  

   hot 
  weather 
  prevents 
  their 
  forming 
  strong 
  roots 
  

   without 
  which 
  the 
  plants 
  are 
  unable 
  to 
  stand 
  

   the 
  ordeal 
  of 
  summer. 
  The 
  seed 
  should 
  be 
  

   covered 
  deeply, 
  that 
  the 
  roots 
  of 
  the 
  plants 
  may 
  

   form 
  far 
  enough 
  below 
  the 
  surface 
  to 
  be 
  rea- 
  

   sonably 
  sure 
  of 
  plenty 
  of 
  moisture 
  at 
  all 
  times. 
  

   Shallow-sown 
  peas, 
  with 
  defective 
  root-devel- 
  

   opment, 
  seldom 
  produce 
  half 
  a 
  crop. 
  They 
  

   will 
  not 
  do 
  this 
  unless 
  the 
  season 
  is 
  a 
  most 
  

   favorable 
  one. 
  It 
  pays 
  to 
  plant 
  early, 
  and 
  

   cover 
  well, 
  and 
  give 
  the 
  vines 
  of 
  all 
  climbing 
  

   varieties 
  a 
  good 
  support. 
  

  

  Pansies 
  for 
  early 
  flowering 
  must 
  be 
  started 
  

   early 
  in 
  the 
  season. 
  Sow 
  in 
  the 
  hotbed, 
  and 
  

   transplant 
  the 
  seedlings 
  to 
  coldframe 
  or 
  open 
  

   ground 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  they 
  have 
  made 
  their 
  second 
  

   or 
  third 
  set 
  of 
  leaves. 
  Or 
  they 
  can 
  be 
  sown 
  in 
  

   shallow 
  boxes, 
  and 
  kept 
  in 
  them 
  until 
  the 
  time 
  

  

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