﻿XVI 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  April, 
  1907 
  

  

  ^ 
  Three 
  Washable, 
  Durable, 
  Sanitary 
  

   and 
  Highly 
  Decorative 
  Wall 
  Coverings 
  

  

  Heatijerole 
  

  

  anattle 
  

  

  anttag 
  

  

  EACH 
  HAS 
  A 
  DISTINCTIVE 
  FIELD 
  

   of 
  its 
  own 
  and 
  is 
  made 
  to 
  meet 
  

   special 
  conditions 
  and 
  requirements 
  

  

  jj 
  17 
  ATHFR 
  OLE 
  Beautifully 
  embossed, 
  in 
  high 
  and 
  low 
  

   " 
  relief. 
  Suitable 
  for 
  the 
  very 
  finest 
  in- 
  

   teriors. 
  Made 
  in 
  great 
  variety 
  of 
  patterns, 
  and 
  hand 
  decorated 
  to 
  

   exactly 
  harmonize 
  with 
  color 
  schemes 
  or 
  period 
  decorations. 
  

  

  SAN 
  AT 
  I 
  ' 
  E 
  The 
  m 
  °d 
  e 
  rn 
  tiling. 
  Has 
  the 
  same 
  appear- 
  

   . 
  ance 
  as 
  glazed 
  tiling 
  and 
  costs 
  but 
  one-fifth 
  

  

  as 
  much 
  Made 
  in 
  many 
  fine 
  embossed 
  designs. 
  

  

  C 
  A 
  IVJ 
  I 
  TA 
  S 
  The 
  ideal 
  wall 
  covering, 
  so 
  far 
  superior 
  to 
  wall 
  

   — 
  — 
  — 
  — 
  — 
  i 
  — 
  — 
  paper. 
  Fully 
  as 
  decorative 
  and 
  far 
  more 
  dura- 
  

   ble. 
  Dull 
  or 
  glazed 
  surface. 
  Costs 
  no 
  more 
  than 
  good 
  cartridge 
  paper. 
  

  

  •J 
  All 
  three 
  materials 
  are 
  waterproof 
  and 
  unaffected 
  by 
  dirt, 
  dust 
  or 
  

   smoke. 
  Made 
  on 
  foundations 
  of 
  strong 
  fabric 
  coated 
  with 
  oil 
  colors. 
  

   They 
  cannot 
  tear, 
  crack, 
  peel, 
  fade 
  or 
  stain. 
  

  

  Samples 
  furnished 
  upon 
  request 
  

  

  THE 
  LEATHEROLE 
  COMPANY 
  

  

  24 
  East 
  22d 
  St 
  (near 
  Broadway) 
  

  

  NEW 
  YORK 
  CITY 
  

  

  # 
  

  

  SYKES 
  

  

  TWO 
  BEST 
  LATHS 
  IN 
  THE 
  WORLD 
  

  

  METAL 
  LATH 
  & 
  ROOFING 
  CO. 
  N,L 
  u 
  ES 
  s 
  2 
  H, 
  ° 
  

  

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  iFloor&Sidewalk 
  Lights, 
  

  

  F 
  EVERY 
  DESCRIPTION. 
  

   Send^Catalogue. 
  

  

  a 
  

  

  THROUGH 
  FRISCO'S 
  FURNACE" 
  

  

  EDITION 
  

   DE 
  LUXE 
  

  

  Illustrations 
  of 
  seven 
  modern 
  steel-frame 
  buildings 
  at 
  San 
  Francisco 
  that 
  withstood 
  the 
  earthquakes 
  and 
  fire 
  

   of 
  April 
  18, 
  1906, 
  with 
  reports 
  on 
  the 
  rust-resisting 
  qualities 
  of 
  Dixon's 
  Silica-Graphite 
  Paint 
  on 
  the 
  

   steelwork. 
  Write 
  for 
  a 
  free 
  copy 
  of 
  Book 
  No. 
  B 
  106. 
  

  

  JOSEPH 
  DIXON 
  CRUCIBLE 
  CO., 
  JERSEY 
  CITY, 
  U.S.A. 
  

  

  comes 
  when 
  it 
  is 
  safe 
  to 
  put 
  them 
  out. 
  Thin 
  

   out, 
  if 
  too 
  thick. 
  

  

  Tube 
  roses 
  should 
  be 
  given 
  an 
  early 
  start 
  

   if 
  they 
  are 
  to 
  complete 
  their 
  flowering 
  in 
  the 
  

   open 
  ground 
  before 
  frost. 
  In 
  planting 
  tile 
  

   tubers, 
  cut 
  away 
  the 
  old 
  roots 
  which 
  are 
  found 
  

   in 
  a 
  dry 
  mass 
  at 
  their 
  base. 
  Do 
  this 
  with 
  a 
  

   thin-bladed 
  sharp 
  knife, 
  and 
  cut 
  down 
  to 
  

   healthy 
  tissue. 
  Pot 
  the 
  tubers 
  in 
  a 
  rich, 
  sandy 
  

   soil, 
  and 
  give 
  them 
  a 
  warm 
  place. 
  Do 
  not 
  turn 
  

   them 
  over 
  to 
  the 
  garden 
  until 
  the 
  weather 
  has 
  

   become 
  settled 
  and 
  warm, 
  as 
  this 
  pla.it 
  is 
  very 
  

   tender. 
  

  

  Tuberous 
  begonias 
  and 
  gloxinias 
  should 
  be 
  

   given 
  attention 
  now. 
  Shake 
  old 
  plants 
  out 
  of 
  

   the 
  soil 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  grew 
  last 
  year, 
  and 
  

   spread 
  them 
  on 
  moss, 
  or 
  an 
  old 
  blanket 
  or 
  

   piece 
  of 
  carpeting 
  — 
  almost 
  anything 
  that 
  can 
  

   be 
  kept 
  moist 
  and 
  warm, 
  and 
  leave 
  them 
  there 
  

   until 
  they 
  sprout. 
  Then 
  pot 
  in 
  rich 
  fibrous 
  

   earth, 
  allowing 
  a 
  six-inch 
  pot 
  for 
  each 
  tuber. 
  

  

  It 
  used 
  to 
  be 
  thought 
  that 
  we 
  could 
  not 
  

   grow 
  good 
  dahlias 
  at 
  the 
  north 
  unless 
  they 
  

   were 
  given 
  an 
  early 
  start 
  in 
  the 
  house. 
  But 
  

   I 
  have 
  satisfied 
  myself 
  that 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  mistake. 
  

   I 
  put 
  my 
  tubers 
  where 
  they 
  will 
  be 
  moist 
  and 
  

   warm 
  about 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  May. 
  Very 
  soon 
  they 
  

   will 
  begin 
  to 
  sprout. 
  By 
  the 
  time 
  the 
  weather 
  

   is 
  warm 
  enough 
  to 
  warrant 
  me 
  in 
  putting 
  the 
  

   plants 
  into 
  the 
  ground, 
  active 
  growth 
  will 
  

   have 
  begun. 
  That 
  is 
  "eyes" 
  or 
  buds 
  will 
  have 
  

   developed 
  to 
  the 
  growing 
  stage. 
  Then 
  I 
  

   break 
  the 
  roots 
  apart. 
  One 
  good, 
  strong 
  root 
  

   makes 
  a 
  better 
  plant 
  than 
  a 
  whole 
  bunch 
  of 
  

   tubers 
  set 
  out 
  together. 
  The 
  soil 
  in 
  which 
  

   they 
  are 
  planted 
  must 
  be 
  worked 
  deeply 
  — 
  a 
  

   foot 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  at 
  least 
  — 
  and 
  made 
  very 
  rich. 
  

   This 
  starts 
  the 
  plants 
  off 
  promptly, 
  and 
  pushes 
  

   them 
  ahead 
  rapidly, 
  and 
  the 
  result 
  with 
  me 
  

   is 
  earlier 
  and 
  finer 
  flowers, 
  and 
  a 
  good 
  many 
  

   more 
  of 
  them 
  than 
  I 
  ever 
  got 
  from 
  starting 
  

   the 
  plants 
  into 
  growth 
  in 
  the 
  house, 
  very 
  

   early 
  in 
  the 
  season, 
  because 
  early 
  started 
  

   plants 
  generally 
  suffer 
  from 
  too 
  much 
  warmth 
  

   and 
  a 
  dry 
  atmosphere 
  and 
  become 
  weak 
  before 
  

   they 
  are 
  planted 
  out, 
  and 
  have 
  to 
  put 
  in 
  the 
  

   first 
  month 
  of 
  their 
  life 
  in 
  the 
  open 
  in 
  recu- 
  

   perating 
  from 
  the 
  debilitating 
  effects 
  attendant 
  

   on 
  their 
  first 
  stage 
  of 
  growth. 
  I 
  believe 
  the 
  

   secret 
  of 
  successful 
  dahlia 
  culture 
  consists 
  in 
  

   starting 
  the 
  plants 
  off 
  vigorously 
  and 
  keeping 
  

   them 
  going 
  right 
  ahead. 
  

  

  I 
  never 
  advise 
  any 
  one 
  to 
  attempt 
  the 
  grow- 
  

   ing 
  of 
  ordinary 
  garden 
  annuals 
  from 
  seed 
  in 
  

   boxes 
  or 
  pots 
  in 
  the 
  house. 
  If 
  it 
  were 
  possi- 
  

   ble 
  to 
  regulate 
  conditions 
  so 
  that 
  healthy 
  

   growth 
  could 
  be 
  secured, 
  one 
  might 
  succeed 
  in 
  

   growing 
  good 
  seedlings 
  there. 
  But 
  the 
  chances 
  

   are 
  all 
  against 
  it. 
  The 
  plants 
  are 
  so 
  weak 
  

   when 
  put 
  out 
  in 
  the 
  ground 
  that 
  they 
  receive 
  

   a 
  check 
  from 
  which 
  they 
  will 
  be 
  so 
  long 
  in 
  

   recovering 
  — 
  if 
  they 
  do 
  recover 
  — 
  that 
  plants 
  for 
  

   seed 
  sown 
  in 
  the 
  open 
  ground 
  always 
  get 
  the 
  

   start 
  of 
  them. 
  

  

  FLOORS 
  

  

  By 
  Alexander 
  Hooper 
  

  

  THERE 
  is 
  something 
  to 
  be 
  said 
  for 
  and 
  

   against 
  every 
  kind 
  of 
  floor, 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  

   more 
  to 
  be 
  said 
  in 
  favor 
  of 
  the 
  bare 
  

   floor 
  than 
  against 
  it. 
  It 
  is 
  sanitary 
  and 
  easily 
  

   kept 
  clean 
  ; 
  dust 
  need 
  not 
  rise 
  from 
  it 
  in 
  clouds 
  

   when 
  it 
  is 
  swept 
  ; 
  it 
  does 
  away 
  with 
  the 
  hard 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  annual 
  house 
  cleaning 
  and 
  simpli- 
  

   fies 
  the 
  question 
  of 
  the 
  walls 
  and 
  furnishing 
  

   because 
  any 
  color 
  or 
  combination 
  of 
  color 
  will 
  

   harmonize 
  with 
  the 
  floor. 
  

  

  The 
  most 
  sanitary 
  and 
  beautiful 
  floors 
  are 
  

   those 
  of 
  hardwood. 
  Their 
  costliness, 
  however, 
  

   make 
  them 
  impossible 
  to 
  many. 
  The 
  waxed 
  

   floor 
  is 
  very 
  clean 
  and 
  sanitary, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  slip- 
  

   pery 
  and 
  easily 
  marred. 
  A 
  drop 
  of 
  clean 
  

   water, 
  if 
  allowed 
  to 
  dry 
  on 
  it, 
  will 
  leave 
  a 
  

   stain. 
  Next 
  to 
  the 
  waxed 
  comes 
  the 
  varnished 
  

  

  