May, 1 9 13 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



IX 



Stained with Cabot's Shingle Stains 

 Fisher & Laurie, Architects, Omaha, yep. 



Cabot's Shingle Stains 



For Shingles, Siding, Clapboards, Tim- 

 bers, and All Other Outside Woodwork. 



Costs less than half as much as paint. 

 Can be put on twice as fast, halving the labor cost. 

 The colors are softer, richer and more beautiful. 

 They wear as well as the best paint. 

 They are made of Creosote, " the best wood pre- 

 servative known." 

 Have been proved in every climate for thirty years. 



You can get Cabot's Stains all over the country. 

 1 Send for free samples and name of nearest agent. 



SAMUEL CABOT, Inc., Mfg. Chemists 

 131 Milk Street Boston, Mass. 



SUN 

 DIALS 



Any Latitude 



A Beautiful, Illustrated Book- 

 let, "WHERE SUN DIALS 

 ARE MADE," sent upon 

 request. Estimates furnished. 

 Ask for Booklet No. 5 ( 

 E. B. MEYROWITZ, 237 Fifth Ave., New York 



Branches: New York, Minneapolis, St. Paul, London, Pari* 



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AND NOT A POISON— Harm le«i to Animal* other than Dome 

 like rodenti. Rodtnu die in the open. For a imali home, 1 tube, 

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 •q. ft. floor apace, oae 1 dozen, $6.00. Send now. 

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SHETLAND & WELSH PONIES 



l - PINE HILL FARM, 253 Forest St. , Medford, Mass. 



' Jrumps KINDS 



CYLINDERS, ETC. 

 Hay Unloading Tools 



Barn Door Hanger* 



Write for Circular! and Price* 



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Ashland Pump and Hay Tool Work* 



About Mushrooms 



How to really make big money in 

 EOoshrooms, 13 folly explained in the 

 wonderful book, "The Truth About 

 HttAnoma/* a e7*atrev>lutir>oary improvement, 

 things many irroweranever knew bef'.rs. E'ery- 

 tfeina; explained from A to Z, at firsthand, from 

 tbe greatest praetical authority in America. Add 

 $10 Ui I7u a week to your ineotfle. Demand ex- 

 eeeda Buppl7. Or'.w m cellars, sheds, hoxefl, etc 

 Small oap-tal to start. Profit* oicrecT and ■< uicVer. 



tmf MM can H it. "W omen and children, loo. Now is Met time. Send for free hook. 



Bureau of Mushroom Industry, DeptwS, 1342 S.Clark SU, Chleago 



lac lake, which was introduced for dyeing 

 purposes about that time, and on the manu- 

 scripts of the late fifteenth century a fine 

 lake appears, which in one case has been 

 identified with every probability as madder 

 lake. The tests, however, cannot be re- 

 garded as absolutely conclusive. 



No fresh light beyond that contained in 

 the known records can be thrown on the 

 mediums used, with the exception that on 

 one late fifteenth century manuscript the 

 medium has been proved to be beeswax. 



All the pigments mentioned in the above 

 list were not used in the same countries at 

 the same time. It is possible to show a 

 gradual improvement, for instance, in the 

 preparation of ultramarine from lapis 

 lazuli. The use of a fine verdigris is not 

 found until the beginning of the fifteenth 

 century, and azurites of different quality 

 appear and disappear at definite dates, 

 while a marked distinction can be drawn 

 between the palette used in Byzantine and 

 Ireland, and that used in the rest of 

 Europe from the tenth century. There are 

 also remarkable examples of the use of gold 

 dust, while the laying of gold leaf on raised 

 gesso does not appear earlier than the 

 eleventh century, and onlv becomes com- 

 mon in the twelfth century. 



The whole result of the investigation is 

 to settle with considerable exactness the 

 actual pigments in use. and it is probable 

 that the results will be of value in assist- 

 ing in fixinp- the dates of doubtful manu- 

 scripts. 



It will be noted that the pigments are 

 almost entirely mineral in character. They 

 are in all cases coarsely ground, and the 

 decorative effect is largely due to the coarse 

 crystalline particles resulting; in a broken 

 surface. 



EDIBLE LOCUSTS 



NOT a few commentators have stumbled 

 over the statement that John the Bap- 

 tist "did eat locusts," says an exchange. 

 Not aware that in the East locusts are 

 eaten, even to this day, they have suggested 

 that some sort of bean is meant. 



Locusts are to-day eaten in Arabia, 

 pretty much as they were in Biblical times. 

 Foreigners as well as natives declare that 

 they are really an excellent article of diet. 

 They are best boiled. 



The long, or "hopping" legs must be 

 pulled off, and the locust held by a wing 

 and dipped into salt before it is eaten. As 

 to flavor, the insect is said to taste like 

 green wheat. 



The red locust is more palatable than the 

 green kind. Some say that the female is 

 red and the male green, but others contend 

 that all are green at first, whatever the sex. 



Locusts must be caught in the morning, 

 for then they are benumbed by the cold, 

 and their wings are damp with the dew, so 

 that they cannot fly. They may be found 

 in Arabia clustered in hundreds under the 

 desert bushes, and they can lie literally 

 shoveled into a bag or basket. 



Later the sun dries their wings, and it 

 is hard to catch them. When in flight they 

 resemble what we call May-flies. They fly 

 sidewise, drifting as it were before the 

 wind. 



They devour everything vegetable, and 

 are devoured by everything animal ; desert 

 larks and bustards, ravens, hawks and buz- 

 zards like them. The camels munch them 

 in with their food ; the greyhounds run 

 snapping after them all day long, and eat 

 as many as they catch. The Bedouins often 

 give them to their horses. 



Fair's Bulbs Imported 

 to Your Own Order 



You who desire the better grades of spring- 

 flowering bulbs for autumn planting will welcome 

 my special import service. 



Again this year, Holland's most conscientious 

 bulb fanciers are producing their fir.est stock for 

 me exclusively. The "mother bulbs" are selected 

 in the fields, and saved for my clients. To enable 

 my customers to secure these perfect bulbs at 

 prices no higher than ordinarily are asked for 

 ordinary stock, I offer 



10% Discount on Orders Before July 1 



Many rare and valuable daffodils, tulips, hyacinths, 

 bulbous irises and other plants are described in my 

 1913 book, "Farr's Quality Bulbs and Plant Spe- 

 cialties," sent free to you who prefer quality to 

 quantity. Plant dahlias and hardy chrysanthemums 

 this month ; ask for my lists. 



BERTRAND H. FARR 

 105 Garfield Blvd. Wyomissing, Pa. 





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Weak crotches in trees are the ones 

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 limbs are the ones that fall— a 

 menace to life and property. Trees 

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 The loss of trees is the price of i 



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