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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



August, 1 913 





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Plant Irises and Poppies NOW 



for a Glorious Garden NEXT SPRING 



This month is the time to plant the Irises and hardy- 

 Poppies. You have a corner in the garden that needs 

 a bit of color; you want a border for the path; a clump of 

 shrubbery needs color to brighten the deep green foliage — 

 plant Irises in any cf these places, and from March, when 

 the Dwarf Irises begin to bloom, you can have flowers until the 

 Japanese varieties fade under the August sun. 



The Hardy Poppies Will Give 

 Dazzling Color to Your Garden 



Like a bouquet from the Orient my Poppies are brilliant in glorious colors — sil 1 ety 

 white, soft pink, blood-crimson, black-maroon and vivid orange-scarlet. Wh' n in 

 bloom against a green back-ground they show a mass of color never to be forgt tten. 

 The plants must be set in August, before fall growth begins, and will give great 

 cups of color in spring and early summer. 



Wyomissing Nurseries Have the Most Complete 



Collection of Irises and Peonies in the World 



My nurseries contain the best of the German. Japanese, English and Spanish Irises ; 

 many of them are of my own hybridizing and cannot be obtained elsewhere. My 

 Peonies have been selected from the finest collections in Europe and experts say they 

 are not equalled by any other growers in the world. If you want to know more about 

 my hardy Perennials, write today for 



My Book "Farr's Hardy Plants" 



a text book on Irises, Poppies, Peonies, Phloxes, and other popular hardy flowers. 

 Write to me about your garden and let me help you plan it, so you may know the joy 

 of a hardy garden. 



BERTRAND H. FARR, Wyomissing Nurseries 



Jr\ 105 Garfield Avenue, Wyomissing, Penna. C^mi 



JUST PUBLISHED 

 A Complete and Authoritative American Work ! 



Standard Practical Plumbing 



BY R. M. STARBUCK 



Author of " Modern Plumbing Illustrated " etc., etc. 



Octavo, {6y 2 x 9>2 inches), 406 pages, 347 illustrations. 

 Price, $3.00 postpaid. 



This work is especially strong in its 

 exhaustive treatment of the skilled work 

 of the plumber and commends itself at 

 once to everyone working in any branch 

 of the plumbing trade. It is indispensable 

 to the master plumber, the journeyman 

 plumber and the apprentice plumber. 

 Plumbing in all its branches is treated 

 within the pages of this book, and a large 

 amount of space is devoted to a v*ry 

 complete and practical treatment of the 

 subjects of hot-water supply, circulation 

 and range boiler work. 

 The illustrations, of which there are three hundred and forty- 

 seven, one hundred being full-page illustrations, were made ex- 

 pressly for this book, and show the most modern and best Am- 

 erican practice in plumbing construction. 



Following is a list of the chapters: 



I. 

 II. 



ill. 

 IV. 



V. 



VI. 



VII. 



VIII. 



IX. 



X. 



XI. 



XII. 



XIII. 



XIV. 



XV. 



XVI. 



XVII. 



The Plumber's Tools. XVIII. 



Wiping Solder, Composi- XIX. 



tion and Use. 

 Joint Wiping. 



Lead Work. XX. 



Traps. 



Siphonage of Traps. XXI. 



Venting. 



Continuous Venting. XXII. 



House Sewer and Sewer XXIII. 



Connections. 

 House Drain. XXIV. 



Soil Piping, Roughing. XXV. 



Main Trap and Fresh XXVI. 



Air Inlet. 

 Floor, Yard, Cellar XXVII. 



Drains, Rain Leaders, XXVIII. 



Etc. 

 Fixture Wastes. 

 Water Closets. 



Ventilation. XXIX. 



Improved Plumbing Con- XXX. 



nections. 



Residence Plumbing. 



Plumbing for Hotels, 

 Schools, Factories, Sta- 

 bles, Etc. 



Modern Country Plumb- 

 ing. 



Filtration of Sewage and 

 Water Supply. 



Hot and Cold Supply. 



Range Boilers; Circula- 

 tion. 



Circulating Pipes. 



Range Boiler Problems. 



Hot Water for Large 

 Buildings. 



Water Lift and Its Use. 



Multiple Connections for 

 Hot Water Boilers; 

 Heating of Radiation 

 by Supply System. 



Theory for the Plumber. 



Drawing for the Plum- 

 ber. 



MUNN & CO., Inc., Publishers, 361 Broadway, New York 



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