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  Reinforced 
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   Concrete 
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   '543 
  contains 
  an 
  article 
  on 
  Concrete, 
  by 
  

   Brysson 
  Cunningham. 
  The 
  article 
  clearly 
  

   describes 
  the 
  proper 
  composition 
  and 
  mixture 
  

   of 
  concrete 
  and 
  gives 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  elaborate 
  

   tests. 
  

  

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   '538 
  gives 
  the 
  proportion 
  of 
  gravel 
  and 
  sand 
  

   to 
  be 
  used 
  in 
  concrete. 
  

  

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  1568, 
  1569, 
  1570, 
  and 
  1571 
  contain 
  an 
  

   elaborate 
  discussion 
  by 
  Lieut. 
  Henry 
  J. 
  Jones 
  

   of 
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   997 
  contains 
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  article 
  by 
  Spencer 
  Newberry 
  

   in 
  which 
  practical 
  notes 
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  the 
  proper 
  prepa- 
  

   ration 
  of 
  concrete 
  are 
  given. 
  

  

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   1568 
  and 
  1569 
  present 
  a 
  helpful 
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  of 
  

   the 
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  of 
  concrete 
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  by 
  Spencer 
  

   Newberry. 
  

  

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  534 
  gives 
  a 
  critical 
  review 
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  engineer- 
  

   ing 
  value 
  of 
  reinforced 
  concrete. 
  

  

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   1547 
  and 
  1548 
  give 
  a 
  resume 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  

   various 
  systems 
  of 
  reinforced 
  concrete 
  con- 
  

   struction 
  are 
  discussed 
  and 
  illustrated. 
  

  

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   1564 
  and 
  1565 
  contain 
  an 
  article 
  by 
  Lewis 
  

   A. 
  Hicks, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  merits 
  and 
  defects 
  

   of 
  reinforced 
  concrete 
  are 
  analyzed. 
  

  

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   1551 
  contains 
  the 
  principles 
  of 
  reinforced 
  

   concrete 
  with 
  some 
  practical 
  illustrations 
  by 
  

   Walter 
  Loring 
  Webb. 
  

  

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  1573 
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  an 
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  by 
  Louis 
  H. 
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   on 
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   manufacture, 
  illustrated. 
  

  

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  1574 
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  steel 
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  575, 
  1576, 
  and 
  1577 
  contain 
  a 
  paper 
  by 
  

   Philip 
  L. 
  Wormley, 
  Jr., 
  on 
  cement 
  mortar 
  

   and 
  concrete, 
  their 
  preparation 
  and 
  use 
  for 
  

   farm 
  purposes. 
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  The 
  paper 
  exhaustively 
  dis- 
  

   cusses 
  the 
  making 
  of 
  mortar 
  and 
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   depositing 
  of 
  concrete, 
  facing 
  concrete, 
  wood 
  

   forms, 
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  sidewalks, 
  details 
  of 
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   struction 
  of 
  reinforced 
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  posts, 
  etc. 
  

  

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   1372 
  contains 
  an 
  article 
  by 
  A. 
  D. 
  Elbers 
  on 
  

   tests 
  and 
  constitution 
  of 
  Portland 
  cement. 
  

  

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  discusses 
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   1325 
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  article 
  by 
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   iam 
  K. 
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  giving 
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   slag 
  cement. 
  

  

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   authority, 
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  Newberry. 
  

  

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  10 
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  present 
  a 
  discussion 
  by 
  

   Clifford 
  Richardson 
  on 
  the 
  constitution 
  of 
  

   Portland 
  cement 
  from 
  a 
  physico-chemical 
  

   standpoint. 
  

  

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   1519 
  contains 
  an 
  essay 
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  R. 
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  Carpenter 
  

   on 
  experiments 
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  retard 
  

   the 
  activity 
  of 
  Portland 
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   trated 
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   ment 
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  machinery 
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   Cunningham 
  of 
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  and 
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   dustry 
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  lowing 
  spring. 
  Before 
  the 
  plants 
  have 
  quite 
  

   grown 
  together 
  the 
  space 
  between 
  them 
  may 
  

   be 
  utilized 
  for 
  planting 
  other 
  Mowers. 
  The 
  

   tritoma 
  is 
  very 
  effective 
  with 
  the 
  snowy 
  pani- 
  

   cles 
  of 
  the 
  hydrangeas; 
  so, 
  too, 
  is 
  the 
  ge- 
  

   ranium 
  or 
  the 
  scarlet 
  salvias. 
  

  

  Another 
  beautiful 
  fall-blooming 
  shrub 
  is 
  the 
  

   althea, 
  and 
  although 
  this 
  in 
  time 
  attains 
  the 
  

   proportions 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  tree, 
  it 
  may, 
  by 
  prun- 
  

   ing, 
  be 
  kept 
  to 
  the 
  dimensions 
  of 
  a 
  shrub, 
  and 
  

   when 
  grown 
  as 
  a 
  hedge 
  and 
  covered 
  with 
  its 
  

   wealth 
  of 
  double 
  flowers 
  is 
  indeed 
  a 
  thing 
  of 
  

   beauty. 
  The 
  double 
  white 
  Jeanne 
  d'Arc, 
  the 
  

   delicate 
  blush 
  GrandiHora 
  superba, 
  the 
  Alba 
  

   plena 
  — 
  white 
  with 
  crimson 
  center, 
  Rubra 
  

   plena 
  — 
  a 
  double 
  rose, 
  are 
  all 
  satisfactory 
  for 
  

   massing 
  together, 
  while 
  the 
  purple 
  varieties 
  do 
  

   best 
  together 
  or 
  mixed 
  with 
  white 
  alone. 
  The 
  

   culture 
  of 
  altheas 
  is 
  simple, 
  and 
  they 
  bloom 
  

   freely 
  when 
  very 
  young. 
  They 
  should, 
  how- 
  

   ever, 
  be 
  given 
  some 
  protection 
  during 
  winter, 
  

   and 
  while 
  young 
  will 
  be 
  the 
  better 
  for 
  wrap- 
  

   ping 
  with 
  straw 
  or 
  protecting 
  with 
  evergreen 
  

   boughs 
  during 
  severe 
  weather. 
  

  

  The 
  fall 
  blooming 
  shrubs 
  are 
  more 
  satis- 
  

   factory 
  for 
  conspicuous 
  positions 
  than 
  those 
  

   which 
  bloom 
  in 
  the 
  spring, 
  lovely 
  as 
  many 
  

   of 
  those 
  are. 
  But 
  the 
  rhododendrons 
  are 
  orna- 
  

   mental 
  in 
  their 
  foliage, 
  and 
  when 
  in 
  bloom 
  are 
  

   so 
  truly 
  wonderful 
  and 
  gorgeous 
  that 
  they 
  

   should 
  be 
  planted 
  wherever 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  prospect 
  

   of 
  their 
  doing 
  well 
  — 
  and 
  one's 
  means 
  permit 
  — 
  

   for 
  the 
  rhododendron 
  is 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  a 
  cheap 
  

   shrub, 
  and 
  who 
  would 
  possess 
  a 
  notable 
  hedge 
  

   of 
  them 
  must 
  reach 
  deep 
  into 
  his 
  pocketbook, 
  

   unless 
  he 
  is 
  so 
  fortunate 
  as 
  to 
  live 
  in 
  those 
  

   favored 
  localities 
  where 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  had 
  for 
  

   the 
  digging. 
  

  

  Unlike 
  the 
  generality 
  of 
  shrubs, 
  the 
  rhodo- 
  

   dendrons 
  stand 
  moving 
  with 
  much 
  equanimity, 
  

   the 
  roots 
  forming 
  a 
  close 
  ball 
  of 
  roots, 
  which 
  

   seem 
  little 
  affected 
  by 
  being 
  disturbed. 
  The 
  

   plants 
  require 
  a 
  deep, 
  well 
  drained 
  position, 
  

   where 
  they 
  can 
  be 
  liberally 
  supplied 
  with 
  

   water, 
  and 
  when 
  forming 
  their 
  buds 
  for 
  the 
  

   next 
  season's 
  growth 
  they 
  should 
  be 
  given 
  

   liquid 
  manure 
  twice 
  a 
  week. 
  Unlike 
  the 
  hy- 
  

   drangea, 
  they 
  do 
  not 
  require 
  prunning, 
  but 
  

   may 
  be 
  allowed 
  to 
  make 
  what 
  growth 
  they 
  

   will. 
  They 
  require 
  protection 
  in 
  winter, 
  

   either 
  of 
  a 
  frame 
  and 
  leaves 
  or 
  of 
  evergreen 
  

   boughs. 
  

  

  In 
  July 
  and 
  August 
  the 
  edges 
  of 
  marshes 
  

   and 
  wild 
  spots 
  are 
  sweet 
  with 
  the 
  odor 
  of 
  the 
  

   sweet 
  pepper 
  bush 
  — 
  Clethra 
  alnifolia 
  — 
  whose 
  

   long 
  spikes 
  of 
  white 
  flowers 
  are 
  conspicuous 
  

   above 
  the 
  glossy 
  foliage. 
  This 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   best 
  of 
  our 
  native 
  shrubs 
  and 
  well 
  worth 
  culti- 
  

   vating 
  for 
  ornamental 
  hedges. 
  The 
  bloom 
  

   much 
  resembles 
  certain 
  spireas, 
  and 
  the 
  odor 
  

   is 
  much 
  more 
  agreeable. 
  

  

  The 
  crimson 
  spirea 
  — 
  Anthony 
  Waterer 
  — 
  is 
  

   magnificent 
  for 
  hedges, 
  growing 
  as 
  it 
  does 
  in 
  

   a 
  compact 
  bush 
  about 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  feet 
  high 
  

   and 
  blooming 
  in 
  dense 
  panicles 
  on 
  the 
  new 
  

   wood 
  so 
  that 
  it 
  lends 
  itself 
  -readily 
  to 
  shearing 
  

   in 
  any 
  desired 
  shape. 
  It 
  blooms 
  in 
  June, 
  but 
  

   by 
  removing 
  the 
  flower 
  panicles 
  as 
  they 
  fade 
  

   it 
  may 
  be 
  kept 
  in 
  bloom 
  the 
  entire 
  summer, 
  

   and 
  its 
  crimson 
  flowers 
  are 
  very 
  attractive. 
  I 
  

   know 
  of 
  nothing 
  better 
  for 
  an 
  ornamental 
  

   hedge. 
  

  

  The 
  weigelias 
  are 
  charming 
  spring 
  bloom- 
  

   ing 
  shrubs 
  for 
  hedges, 
  as 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  pruned 
  

   to 
  any 
  desired 
  shape 
  and 
  will 
  cover 
  themselves 
  

   with 
  lovely 
  bloom 
  for 
  weeks 
  at 
  a 
  time 
  in 
  early 
  

   spring, 
  and 
  certain 
  varieties 
  are 
  ornamental 
  

   through 
  the 
  summer, 
  as 
  the 
  Eva 
  Rathke, 
  which 
  

   blooms 
  continuously, 
  and 
  the 
  Rosa 
  Nana 
  Va- 
  

   riegata, 
  whose 
  foliage 
  is 
  beautifully 
  variegated 
  

   with 
  green, 
  yellow 
  and 
  pink, 
  and 
  bears 
  quanti- 
  

   ties 
  of 
  delicate 
  pink 
  flowers. 
  One 
  must 
  not 
  

   overlook 
  the 
  Rosa 
  rugosa, 
  with 
  its 
  beautiful 
  

   foliage 
  and 
  striking 
  single 
  flowers 
  of 
  white 
  

   and 
  of 
  red. 
  They 
  make 
  the 
  most 
  beautiful 
  of 
  

   hedges, 
  and 
  the 
  flowers 
  are 
  followed 
  by 
  bright 
  

  

  