﻿XVI 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  July, 
  1907 
  

  

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  matter 
  whether 
  your 
  requirements 
  

   are 
  moderate 
  or 
  extensive 
  ; 
  whether 
  you 
  

   have 
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  one 
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  or 
  a 
  hundred 
  

   buildings, 
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  will 
  help 
  you 
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   of 
  your 
  difficulties. 
  

  

  hydraulic 
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   and 
  storage 
  facilities 
  to 
  meet 
  the 
  indi- 
  

   vidual 
  needs 
  of 
  each 
  purchaser. 
  

  

  If 
  you 
  install 
  a 
  Kewanee 
  System, 
  your 
  

   plant 
  will 
  first 
  be 
  designed 
  to 
  meet 
  your 
  

   exact 
  conditions 
  by 
  our 
  engineering 
  

   department. 
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  will 
  be 
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  a 
  guarantee 
  of 
  satisfactory 
  service. 
  

  

  Any 
  Kewanee 
  System 
  of 
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   which 
  does 
  not 
  do 
  everything 
  we 
  claim 
  

  

  The 
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  If 
  you 
  live 
  in 
  the 
  city 
  and 
  the 
  pressure 
  

   is 
  not 
  strong 
  enough, 
  or 
  the 
  water 
  is 
  

   impure, 
  or 
  the 
  water 
  rental 
  is 
  exorbitant, 
  

   you 
  will 
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  information 
  on 
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  water 
  

   supply 
  subject 
  as 
  it 
  relates 
  to 
  country 
  and 
  

   suburban 
  homes, 
  public 
  institutions, 
  ho- 
  

   tels, 
  neighborhood 
  water 
  works, 
  small 
  towns 
  

   and 
  cities, 
  then 
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  The 
  Kewanee 
  System 
  combines 
  over 
  

   ten 
  years 
  practical 
  experience 
  in 
  the 
  

   water 
  supply 
  line, 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  tech- 
  

   nical 
  knowledge 
  of 
  trained 
  experts 
  and 
  

  

  for 
  it, 
  may 
  be 
  returned 
  at 
  our 
  expense 
  

   and 
  its 
  purchase 
  price 
  will 
  be 
  refunded. 
  

  

  With 
  the 
  Kewanee 
  System, 
  there 
  are 
  

   no 
  attic 
  and 
  elevated 
  tank 
  troubles, 
  be- 
  

   cause 
  attic 
  and 
  elevated 
  tanks 
  are 
  entirely 
  

   disposed 
  of. 
  Old 
  fashioned 
  methods 
  are 
  

   discarded 
  and 
  modern, 
  scientific 
  princi- 
  

   ples 
  are 
  utilized. 
  

  

  The 
  Kewanee 
  System 
  is 
  not 
  an 
  exper- 
  

   iment. 
  There 
  are 
  over 
  seven 
  thousand 
  

   of 
  our 
  water 
  supply 
  plants 
  in 
  successful 
  

   operation. 
  Perhaps 
  there 
  are 
  some 
  in 
  

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  a 
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  any 
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  and 
  for 
  any 
  purpose, 
  

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  Kewanee 
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   Kewanee, 
  111. 
  

  

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  Fishing— 
  Boating 
  

  

  Plants 
  obtained 
  in 
  this 
  manner 
  always 
  repro- 
  

   duce 
  the 
  parent 
  variety. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  possible 
  

   for 
  them 
  to 
  "revert." 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  a 
  good 
  plan 
  to 
  go 
  over 
  the 
  garden 
  

   and 
  mark 
  all 
  inferior 
  plants 
  for 
  removal 
  at 
  

   the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  season. 
  We 
  have 
  so 
  many 
  ex- 
  

   cellent 
  ones 
  nowadays 
  that 
  one 
  can 
  not 
  afford 
  

   to 
  give 
  space 
  to 
  anything 
  not 
  above 
  the 
  or- 
  

   dinary. 
  By 
  throwing 
  out 
  inferior 
  ones 
  from 
  

   time 
  to 
  time, 
  and 
  replacing 
  them 
  with 
  im- 
  

   proved 
  varieties 
  we 
  soon 
  have 
  a 
  collection 
  to 
  

   be 
  proud 
  of. 
  

  

  Often 
  we 
  find 
  a 
  good 
  plant 
  growing 
  in 
  the 
  

   wrong 
  place. 
  Decide 
  where 
  it 
  ought 
  to 
  be, 
  

   in 
  order 
  to 
  do 
  itself 
  justice, 
  and 
  put 
  it 
  there 
  

   as 
  soon 
  as 
  possible 
  in 
  the 
  fall. 
  We 
  are 
  con- 
  

   stantly 
  making 
  mistakes 
  with 
  new 
  plants, 
  be- 
  

   cause 
  we 
  do 
  not 
  understand 
  their 
  habits 
  well 
  

   enough 
  to 
  put 
  them 
  where 
  they 
  belong. 
  

   These 
  mistakes 
  must 
  be 
  corrected, 
  if 
  we 
  would 
  

   have 
  our 
  gardens 
  harmonious 
  in 
  every 
  detail. 
  

   Not 
  only 
  must 
  their 
  size, 
  their 
  habit, 
  and 
  

   their 
  season 
  of 
  flowering 
  be 
  considered, 
  but 
  

   their 
  color, 
  as 
  well. 
  Perhaps 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  

   important 
  item 
  to 
  take 
  into 
  consideration. 
  It 
  

   certainly 
  is 
  with 
  some 
  of 
  them. 
  The 
  lilac 
  

   perennial 
  phlox 
  is 
  an 
  illustration 
  of 
  this 
  idea. 
  

   Place 
  it 
  near 
  red, 
  blue, 
  or 
  pink 
  flowers 
  and 
  

   it 
  gives 
  a 
  most 
  discordant 
  note 
  to 
  the 
  general 
  

   color-scheme. 
  It 
  doesn't 
  look 
  well, 
  itself, 
  and 
  

   nothing 
  looks 
  well 
  that 
  comes 
  in 
  contact 
  with 
  

   it. 
  But 
  put 
  it 
  away 
  from 
  other 
  colors, 
  where 
  

   it 
  will 
  have 
  nothing 
  but 
  white 
  to 
  keep 
  it 
  com- 
  

   pany, 
  and 
  straightway 
  it 
  impresses 
  you 
  as 
  be- 
  

   ing 
  a 
  most 
  lovely 
  flower 
  — 
  as 
  it 
  is. 
  

  

  Now 
  is 
  the 
  time 
  to 
  make 
  up 
  your 
  basket- 
  

   plants 
  for 
  next 
  winter's 
  use. 
  We 
  generally 
  

   wait 
  until 
  late 
  in 
  the 
  season 
  before 
  doing 
  this, 
  

   and 
  the 
  result 
  is 
  always 
  unsatisfactory. 
  In- 
  

   stead 
  of 
  having 
  a 
  luxuriant 
  growth 
  of 
  vine 
  

   and 
  foliage, 
  such 
  as 
  we 
  may 
  expect 
  from 
  older 
  

   plants, 
  we 
  have 
  a 
  weak 
  little 
  specimen 
  which 
  

   doesn't 
  show 
  to 
  any 
  advantage 
  because 
  there 
  

   isn't 
  enough 
  of 
  it 
  to 
  do 
  so. 
  We 
  forget 
  that 
  

   it 
  takes 
  considerable 
  time 
  to 
  grow 
  good 
  plants. 
  

   But 
  perhaps, 
  if 
  I 
  remind 
  you 
  of 
  this 
  fact 
  now, 
  

   you 
  will 
  avoid 
  the 
  mistakes 
  of 
  the 
  past, 
  and 
  

   profit 
  by 
  them 
  by 
  starting 
  your 
  basket-plants 
  

   at 
  once. 
  

  

  This 
  reminds 
  me 
  that 
  a 
  correspondent 
  has 
  

   asked 
  me 
  to 
  give 
  her 
  the 
  names 
  of 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  

   the 
  best 
  hanging 
  plants. 
  Here 
  is 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  

   kinds 
  that 
  any 
  amateur 
  ought 
  to 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  

   grow 
  well 
  : 
  

  

  Tradescantia. 
  Saxifraga 
  sarmentosa. 
  

  

  Moneywort. 
  German 
  Ivy. 
  (Senecio. 
  ) 
  

  

  Lysimachia. 
  Sweet 
  Alyssum. 
  

  

  Oxalis, 
  pink 
  and 
  yellow. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  other 
  good 
  plants 
  suitable 
  for 
  

   basket-use, 
  but 
  the 
  kinds 
  I 
  have 
  named 
  will 
  

   be 
  likely 
  to 
  give 
  the 
  best 
  general 
  satisfaction. 
  

  

  Hanging 
  plants 
  can 
  only 
  be 
  grown 
  well 
  by 
  

   g'iving 
  them 
  all 
  the 
  water 
  they 
  need. 
  Being 
  

   exposed 
  on 
  all 
  sides, 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  stratum 
  of 
  air 
  

   considerable 
  higher 
  in 
  temperature 
  than 
  that 
  

   about 
  the 
  plants 
  on 
  the 
  window-sill, 
  the 
  soil 
  

   in 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  planted 
  dries 
  out 
  rapidly, 
  

   and 
  they 
  are 
  likely 
  to 
  suffer 
  from 
  lack 
  of 
  suffi- 
  

   cient 
  moisture. 
  Some 
  persons 
  tell 
  us 
  they 
  

   "never 
  have 
  any 
  luck 
  with 
  hanging 
  plants." 
  

   The 
  reason 
  why, 
  ninety-nine 
  times 
  out 
  of 
  a 
  

   hundred, 
  is 
  — 
  they 
  don't 
  give 
  them 
  water 
  

   enough. 
  

  

  