April, 1912 
AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
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XVil 
Sow Your Grass Seed with 
_ The Velvetlawn Seeder_ 
UTS the seed in the ground—not on top. 
None blown away or eaten by birds. 
Makes a beautiful, uniform lawn certain in 
the shortest time. Saves enough seed to pay for 
itself. Run easily by one person. No matter how 
small your lawn you can afford to have this seeder. 
Let us send you letters from users, 
prices, illustrations, etc. Weanalyzesoil 
and advise our customers free as to the 
best seed and fertilizer. Write today. 
VELVETLAWN SEEDER CO. 
20 Columbia St. 
Springfield, Ohio 
OLD ENGLISH GARDEN SEATS 
RUSTIC WORK 
Catalog of many designs on request 
North Shore Ferneries Company, 
Beverly, Massachusetts 
__ Puts 4 tools in your hand at one 
‘time—Cultivator, Weeder, Rake 
and Hoe. Cultivates on 3 sides of 
= atone stroke. Send for Iifustrated 
tie, Price List of this and OTHER — 
28 HanbDy GARDEN TOOLS. 
Set ty ati Sood Seed, Hardware aod 2 
‘ Departnent Stores ¢ 
MEHLER GARG TOOL C 
AMBLER, PA., U.S.A. 
Exclusive fabrics 
of soft, selected 
camel’shairwoven 
Jin undyed natu- 
*fval color. Also 
=” pure wool, dyed in 
any color or com- 
bination of colors. 
Any length. Any 
4 width—seamless up to 
16 feet. The finishing 
touch of individuality. 
/ Made on short notice. Write 
for color card. Order through 
your furnisher. 
THREAD & THRUM WORKSHOP, Auburn, N. Y. 
Made-fo-order 
rugs for porch, 
bungalow or - 
Summer 
"You 
choose 
the colors, 
we'll makethe ng 
m SHEEP MANURE 
Dried and pulverized. No waste and no 
weeds Best fertilizer for lawns—gardens— 
trees—shrubs—vegetables and fruit. 
BARREL Equal 
Large barrel, freight id 
WAGON LOADS $4. 00 ea arrel oi Riera 
STABLE with ae Write for in- 
eresting booklet and quantity prices. 
THE PULVERIZED MANURE CO. 
21 Union Stock Yards Chicago, Ill. 
MANURE 
Landscape Gardening 
Everyone interested in suburban and 
country life should know about the 
home study courses in Horticulture, 
Floriculture, Landscape Gardening, etc., 
which we offer under Prof. Craig and others 
of the Department of Horticulture of Cornell 
University, 
250-page Catalogue Free 
Prof. Craig Write to-day 
THE HOME CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL 
Dept. A. H. Springfield, Mass. 
Hangings and Russian Brasses Purchased. 
INTERIOR DECORATIONS 
Color Schemes suggested. Take advantage of 
q Correspondence Solicited. 
HARRY MARTIN YEOMANS 
the New York Shops. Furniture, Wall-Papers, 
Advising Decorator 63 W. 87th St., New York 
but this adds materially to the cost of the 
work, as the paperhangers charge the same 
for removing paper as for hanging, often 
more than the actual cost of the paper; 
it therefore becomes an object with many to 
do this part of the work themselves. 
The ceiling paper is always the most diff- 
cult to remove, owing to the irksome climb- 
ing of step ladders and the proneness to ad- 
here closely to the plaster that ceiling paper 
often shows. I have found, however, an 
ideal way to deal with this part of the work, 
especially in rooms on the ground floor. 
When the furniture and carpets are re- 
moved, the hose is brought into the room. 
with the fine spray attached, or if one has 
no water system, a force pump will answer 
every purpose, and the ceiling quickly and 
honoree wet down, taking especial pains 
to wet the border and the angle of the wall 
where it meets the ceiling paper. If the 
wetting is thoroughly done the ceiling paper 
will come off almost entire and in less time 
than it takes to tell you about it. I have 
frequently seen large ceiling papers come 
down in two pieces, bringing a good share 
of the border and side wall-paper along. If 
it is desired to remove ceiling papers from 
an upper room it will be necessary for two 
or more to handle the job, so that the water 
may be wiped up quickly before it has time 
to soak through to the ceiling below, but 
once one has tried this labor-saving method 
they will never go back to the tedious and 
painful method of scraping paper off by 
hand with a knife. The side walls, unfor- 
tunately, cannot be handled so well in this 
way, as there is no force of gravity, in- 
creased by the weight of the water, to bring 
them down, but where there are two or 
three to handle the work it may be much 
hastened by wetting one wall at a time and 
peeling it before it has time to dry, for paper 
only sticks the tighter once it begins to dry. 
In renewing paper it is well to bear in 
mind that the drop ceiling is by far the 
more satisfactory and artistic finish ; borders 
are seldom satisfactory, and one soon tires 
of the prettiest of them, and they always 
give a common effect to a room, but a hand- 
some side wall, preferably of the ingrain or 
two-toned papers, with a white, cream or 
light colored ceiling, is always satisfactory, 
and by replacing the ceiling when soiled a 
sidewall can be made to do service two or 
three years longer than would otherwise be 
the case, the new ceiling making the side- 
wall itself appear new. 
In the use of rugs on hardwood floors, or 
their substitutes in filling (painted border 
or matting) greatly simplifies the cleaning 
of floors, as rugs may be sent to the cleaner, 
who will call for them in the morning and 
deliver them, all sweet and clean, in time to 
lay on the floors at the end of the day’s 
cleaning, if desired. Mattings are so easily 
cleaned at home that no woman need hesi- 
tate to undertake them, as it is only neces- 
sary to lay them on the grass and sweep 
each side thoroughly and relay on the floor. 
Any grease spots may be easily removed 
with gasoline, but do not do that on the 
lawn, or it will make dead spots on the 
grass. 
When the mattings are relaid, if found 
faded and somewhat shabby, it will be found 
that they can be greatly improved by going 
over them, a breadth at a time, with hot 
diamond dyes of the color of the matting. 
Of course, the mattings will be made up 
like carpets. 
If the house is fitted with storm windows 
it will simplify matters if the inside win- 
dows are washed—those which may be tak- 
en out—before the storm windows are taken 
down, as this can be done regardless of the 
weather, often a decided advantage. 
Sundial in the Garden of Mrs. Leupold Stern, West End, N.J 
OUR garden is not complete without asundial, the time-piece 
of the ages. 
Our sundials are designed to harmonize with every type of 
garden treatment. They are both decorative and artistic. Constructed 
of marble, stone and Pompeian stone with dials of hand-chased brass. 
they are practically everlasting. 
Send today for catalogue A, illustrating our models of sundials, 
benches, vases, fountains, statuary, etc. 
The ERKINS STUDIOS, ™sgasaenigsee 
230 Lexington Ave., New York. Factory, Astoria,-L. I. 
New York Selling Agents—Ricceri Fl_reatine Terra Cotta | 
SC GHAWPERRICNS 
‘J Plants by the dozen or by the million. 
@ 120 acres planted in 102 varieties, Al. AD 
the standards and the most promising of AN 
the new ones, Largest grower iu NY \ 
: America, Every plant true to name, 
Also Raspberry, Blackberry, Gooseberry 
and Currant Plants, Grape Vines, Cali- 
fornia Privet and other Shrubbery.[p\\y 
4 (Cultural directions with each ship-/\ i 
Q ment, Beautiful Catalogue FREE. Senu J 
portal today. My personal guaranteepn\| 4 
ack of poi Bes Ay) 
F. ALLEN 4 
10% Market Street, Salisbury, Md. 
A COZY NICHE IN YOUR BUNGALOW 
Send $1 00 for my new and complete book—Bungalows showing 
oor plans, interior an etnies perspective from photographs with 
prices for the completed buildi 
I Guarantee to Caren at Prices Named 
If book is not satisfactory and is not what you want, I will refund 
the money. 
O.S LANG, Bungalow Specialist, 690 Seventh St., Buffalo, N.Y. 
For a Most Beautiful Lawn 
Bow KALAKA. It is specially selected, specially tested grass 
and pulverized manure—the ideal combination to grow 
aaa hardy, lasting turf. For seeding new lawns or putting 
new life into the old lawn nothing equals 
Packed in 5 pound boxes at 81.00 per box, express paid east, 
or 81.25 west of Omaha. Write and ask for prices on special 
mixtures for special locations and purposes. Order today 
and have the best seed money can buy. Get ourfreelawn book. 
THE KALAKA CO., 25 Union Stock Yards, Chicago 
Filter Y our Entire 
Water Supply 
Avoid Typhoid and other diseases always present 
in impure water by installing a 
Paddock Water Filter 
You will then use pure water for drinking and 
all household purposes. 
Write to-day for catalog. 
Atlantic Filter Company 
309 White Building Buffalo, N. Y. 
