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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



October, 19 13 



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LET your player-piano be one that will 

 develop your musical talents in a natural 

 way — an instrument that leaves to you the 

 charm and incentive of personal expression. 



Don't turn into a mechanical musician — a mere slave of auto- 

 matic expression contrivances that absorb the mind and take away 

 all the pleasure of playing. 



If you would know the joy of playing good music with natural 

 and musicianly effect, you will select the Kranich & Bach, the 

 highest grade player-piano in the world built completely in one 

 factory. 



If you are satisfied to simply operate an automatic piano (to 

 furnish foot power only) buy some other make. 



Kranich & Bach 

 player-piano 



provides adequate means for obtaining every change in expression that 



makes ?nusic enjoyable. But 

 you have the unqualified pleasure 

 of making these changes yourself, 

 and without expensive or specially 

 cut music rolls, which handicap 

 your enjoyment by producing them 

 automatically. You never lose 

 interest in this instrument, because 

 it alivays provides incentive for 

 personal variation and improve- 

 ment in expression. 



Write for catalog. 



Kranich & Bach 



237 East 23rd Street 

 York City 



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FROM BULDiS 



S^=^7ppj" What is more beautiful than a tastefull y 

 ijb arranged display of early Spring flowers? 

 And Now is the Time to Plant 

 Bulbs for Spring Blooming 



Our experience with flowers— ill years — has en- 



'-'' abled us to select the most novel and beautiful 



for your Spring garden, and we have put a good 



deal of thought and care into the following 



SPECIAL ASSORTMENT: 

 12 Mixed Narcissus 12 Mixed Spanish Iris 

 12 Mixed Anemones 12 Bine Glory of the Snow(Chionodoxa) 



(If planted imloors these bulbs will flower about Christinas time) 



A Dollar Bill pinned to your order will bring this collection, pos- 

 tage prepaid. 



THORBURN'S BULB CATALOG 



has been distributed. Have 

 you received your copy? 

 If not, drop us a postal for 

 it. A copy goes with an 

 order for the collection. 



J. M. THORBURN & CO. 



MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OF 

 JERUSALEM 



Till-". Jerusalem municipality, writes the 

 U. S. Vice-Consul, is composed of ten 

 members, half of whom are chosen every 

 two years, the term of office being four 

 years. From these ten the governor of the 

 Province of Jerusalem chooses one to be 

 the president or mayor. The president is 

 the only member receiving a salary, which 

 is about $64 a month. The members of 

 the municipal council or commission are 

 chosen by the whole city, but are appor- 

 tioned in accordance with the different races 

 and religions. Their duties are largely ad- 

 visory, the president exercising most of the 

 power. All property owners who are Otto- 

 man subjects have a right to vote for the 

 commissioners. 



The municipality does not concern itself 

 with schools, courts, police, etc. (these are 

 provided by the government of the Prov- 

 ince of Jerusalem) ; its principal functions 

 are the care, repair, lighting, and cleaning 

 of the streets ; sanitary and quarantine in- 

 spection and oversight, including the public 

 slaughterhouse ; the maintenance of a petro- 

 leum storage warehouse and a municipal 

 hospital and other charitable institutions ; 

 market regulations, etc. As the total budget 

 is under $50,000 for a city of about 80,000, 

 it will be seen that the provincial govern- 

 ment handles most of the more important 

 departments. 



"The Most Reliable" 

 Are Full Sized and True to Name 



53-P Barclay St., New York 



PRUNING RAMBLER ROSES 



By E. 1. FARRINGTON 



TO prune or not to prune. That is 

 the question with a great many ama- 

 teurs who grow Rambler Roses. It is a 

 question, too, which has also been much 

 discussed by expert growers in years past. 

 Experience seems to show that very little 

 pi uning is required — at least, for the 

 younger plants. Of course, the dead 

 wood should be removed and it is quite 

 permissible to trim back the canes in 

 order to keep the plants within bounds, 

 but it is a great mistake to cut out much 

 of the wood. Many of the finest flowers 

 come on canes which are two and three 

 years old, or on the new wood which 

 comes from these canes. After the canes 

 are three years old, they may as well be 

 cut out. In the case of an established 

 plant, this cutting out of the old and 

 weakened wood each season will keep the 

 plant in the best condition for flowering 

 freely. An exception may be made in the 

 case of crimson ramblers which are 

 grown where the dirt which they make 

 after the blooming season is over would 

 prove a nuisance. 



Lack of success in getting roses to 

 bloom freely usually can be traced to 

 starvation. Roses are gross feeders and 

 most amateurs fail to realize that the 

 bushes should be heavily fertilized every 

 season. It is a good plan to pile manure 

 on the ground around the plants in the 

 Fall and to spade it into the soil, along 

 with a fresh lot, in the Spring. Appli- 

 cations of manure water during the 

 flowering season are a help and hard wood 

 ashes also make a good fertilizer. When 

 the plants are set out a deep, wide hole 

 should be dug and a generous amount of 

 manure thrown into it, being covered 

 with earth before the plants are placed 

 in position. Good drainage is needed, too, 

 and sometimes the installation of a tile 

 drain seems to work wonders. There are 

 some magnificent new climbing roses' on 

 the market this season and this class is 

 more popular than ever. 



