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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  May, 
  1907 
  

  

  SELECTING 
  MANTELS 
  

  

  To 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  select 
  a 
  good 
  mantel 
  that 
  

  

  will 
  properly 
  Jit 
  the 
  room 
  for 
  

  

  which 
  it 
  is 
  intended 
  bespeaks 
  

  

  a 
  liberal 
  education 
  

  

  The 
  greatest 
  care 
  should 
  be 
  exercised 
  in 
  

   the 
  selection 
  of 
  a 
  good 
  mantel; 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  

   the 
  best 
  that 
  can 
  be 
  afforded, 
  of 
  design 
  and 
  

   coloring 
  that 
  harmonizes 
  perfectly 
  with 
  the 
  

   furnishings 
  of 
  the 
  room 
  and 
  one 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  

   the 
  freakish 
  thing 
  of 
  a 
  season 
  but 
  a 
  mantel 
  

   that 
  you 
  will 
  grow 
  to 
  like 
  better 
  every 
  time 
  

   you 
  study 
  it. 
  

  

  If 
  the 
  readers 
  of 
  American 
  Homes 
  and 
  

   Gardens 
  desire 
  to 
  take 
  advantage 
  of 
  it, 
  the 
  

   Hartford 
  Faience 
  Company 
  will 
  be 
  pleased 
  to 
  

   place 
  the 
  services 
  of 
  their 
  art 
  department 
  at 
  

   any 
  reader's 
  disposal 
  for 
  suggestions 
  and 
  help 
  

   in 
  the 
  selection 
  of 
  mantels. 
  

  

  The 
  suggestion 
  given 
  this 
  month 
  illustrates 
  

   a 
  Faience 
  mantel 
  in 
  dark 
  green 
  tiling 
  of 
  rough 
  

   texture. 
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  as 
  it 
  is 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  door- 
  

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  the 
  framing 
  of 
  the 
  mirror 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  

   standing 
  woodwork 
  of 
  rich 
  mahogany 
  be- 
  

   speaks 
  excellent 
  taste 
  on 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   decorator. 
  

  

  Other 
  good 
  designs 
  of 
  mantels 
  are 
  shown 
  

   in 
  our 
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  same 
  piece 
  

   of 
  ground 
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  several 
  years 
  in 
  succession, 
  if 
  he 
  

   uses 
  fertilizers 
  liberally. 
  If 
  the 
  old 
  plants 
  have 
  

   become 
  diseased, 
  or 
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  grub 
  or 
  maggot 
  is 
  

   found 
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  them, 
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  beds 
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  and 
  cultivate 
  them 
  well, 
  in 
  

   order 
  to 
  put 
  them 
  in 
  shape 
  for 
  producing 
  a 
  

   good 
  crop 
  of 
  fruit 
  next 
  year. 
  Discarded 
  beds 
  

   should 
  be 
  turned 
  under 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  their 
  crop 
  

   of 
  fruit 
  has 
  ripened, 
  or 
  burned 
  over 
  to 
  kill 
  the 
  

   old 
  and 
  probably 
  diseased 
  foliage. 
  

  

  If 
  raspberries 
  and 
  blackberries 
  have 
  not 
  

   been 
  pruned, 
  give 
  attention 
  to 
  this 
  matter 
  at 
  

   once. 
  Cut 
  out 
  all 
  old 
  wood 
  and 
  all 
  diseased 
  

   or 
  weak 
  growth. 
  By 
  old 
  wood, 
  I 
  mean 
  such 
  

   portions 
  of 
  the 
  plant 
  as 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  expected 
  to 
  

   produce 
  fruit. 
  This 
  should 
  have 
  been 
  removed 
  

   last 
  fall. 
  Small 
  fruits 
  should 
  be 
  provided 
  for, 
  

   if 
  this 
  has 
  not 
  already 
  been 
  done. 
  No 
  garden 
  

   is 
  complete 
  without 
  its 
  currants, 
  its 
  gooseber- 
  

   ries, 
  its 
  grapes, 
  its 
  raspberries, 
  blackberries 
  

   and 
  strawberries. 
  

  

  Lawn-making 
  will 
  be 
  in 
  order 
  this 
  month. 
  

   If 
  the 
  ground 
  is 
  uneven, 
  fill 
  in 
  depressions 
  

   with 
  loose 
  soil, 
  but 
  pound 
  it 
  down 
  well, 
  as 
  you 
  

   fill 
  in, 
  to 
  prevent 
  further 
  settling, 
  which 
  will 
  

   result 
  in 
  an 
  uneven 
  surface. 
  If 
  you 
  want 
  the 
  

   finest 
  kind 
  of 
  a 
  sward, 
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  over 
  the 
  ground 
  

   with 
  something 
  that 
  will 
  loosen 
  it 
  up 
  and 
  

   pulverize 
  it 
  thoroughly. 
  Then 
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  thickly 
  

   with 
  the 
  best 
  lawn-grass 
  mixture 
  you 
  can 
  get. 
  

   It 
  pays 
  to 
  be 
  liberal 
  in 
  the 
  matter 
  of 
  seeding. 
  

   Thick 
  sowing 
  means 
  a 
  fine 
  show 
  of 
  grass 
  early 
  

   in 
  the 
  season, 
  and 
  a 
  thick, 
  velvety 
  sward 
  there- 
  

   after. 
  

  

  Shrubs 
  can 
  be 
  set 
  out 
  as 
  late 
  as 
  May 
  15th, 
  

   though 
  I 
  would 
  advise 
  planting 
  them 
  earlier, 
  

   if 
  possible. 
  Always 
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  the 
  best 
  stock 
  on 
  the 
  

   market. 
  You 
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  sure 
  of 
  getting 
  this 
  if 
  

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  patronize 
  the 
  dealers 
  who 
  have 
  established 
  

   a 
  reputation 
  on 
  the 
  basis 
  of 
  honesty 
  and 
  abso- 
  

   lute 
  truthfulness. 
  

  

  Go 
  over 
  your 
  shrubs 
  and 
  thin 
  them 
  out 
  

   evenly. 
  Cut 
  away 
  all 
  weak 
  wood. 
  Do 
  not 
  

   prune 
  healthy 
  branches, 
  unless 
  it 
  is 
  absolutely 
  

   necessary 
  to 
  do 
  so 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  secure 
  symmetry. 
  

   As 
  a 
  general 
  thing, 
  most 
  shrubs 
  do 
  not 
  need 
  

   this. 
  Symmetry 
  is 
  one 
  thing 
  — 
  formality 
  quite 
  

   another. 
  The 
  average 
  shrub 
  will 
  be 
  pretty 
  

   sure 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  symmetrical 
  development 
  if 
  let 
  

   alone. 
  By 
  pruning 
  we 
  torture 
  it 
  into 
  unnat- 
  

   ural 
  shapes. 
  That 
  is 
  formality. 
  Feed 
  a 
  plant 
  

   well, 
  prune 
  it 
  when 
  and 
  as 
  it 
  needs 
  pruning, 
  

   and 
  trust 
  it 
  to 
  take 
  on 
  the 
  shape 
  most 
  becom- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  it 
  without 
  further 
  assistance 
  from 
  you. 
  

  

  Do 
  not 
  make 
  your 
  flower 
  beds 
  on 
  the 
  lawn. 
  

   Leave 
  the 
  green 
  sward 
  unscarred 
  by 
  them. 
  

   Have 
  your 
  garden 
  somewhere 
  at 
  the 
  side 
  or 
  the 
  

   rear. 
  Do 
  not 
  attempt 
  anything 
  elaborate 
  in 
  

   shaping 
  your 
  beds. 
  Shape 
  is 
  soon 
  lost 
  sight 
  

   of 
  after 
  the 
  plants 
  in 
  them 
  have 
  made 
  a 
  little 
  

   growth. 
  Depend 
  upon 
  the 
  flower 
  for 
  beauty, 
  

   not 
  upon 
  its 
  setting. 
  

  

  If 
  you 
  would 
  secure 
  the 
  most 
  satisfactory 
  

   results, 
  don't 
  mix 
  your 
  plants. 
  In 
  other 
  

   words, 
  keep 
  each 
  kind 
  by 
  itself. 
  Have 
  as 
  

   many 
  kinds 
  as 
  you 
  have 
  room 
  for 
  and 
  time 
  to 
  

   take 
  care 
  of, 
  but 
  give 
  each 
  kind 
  its 
  own 
  bed, 
  

   as 
  a 
  general 
  thing. 
  Of 
  course, 
  this 
  rule, 
  like 
  

   all 
  other 
  rules, 
  has 
  its 
  exceptions. 
  We 
  often 
  

   secure 
  pleasing 
  effects 
  by 
  bordering 
  a 
  bed 
  with 
  

   a 
  plant 
  which 
  contrasts 
  well 
  in 
  form 
  and 
  color 
  

   with 
  the 
  plant 
  given 
  greatest 
  prominence 
  in 
  

   the 
  bed. 
  But 
  the 
  observant 
  amateur 
  will 
  soon 
  

   discover 
  that 
  the 
  effect 
  depends 
  upon 
  the 
  sub- 
  

   ordination 
  of 
  the 
  border 
  plant 
  to 
  the 
  other. 
  

   It 
  must 
  never 
  dispute 
  the 
  claims 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  

   to 
  prominence. 
  From 
  this 
  we 
  deduce 
  the 
  rule 
  

   that 
  plants 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  combined 
  satisfactorily 
  

   unless 
  one 
  is 
  willing 
  to 
  take 
  the 
  secondary 
  

   place 
  in 
  the 
  combination. 
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