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A washable and perfectly sanitary wall cover- 
ing. Cloth foundation finished in oil colors. 
Best wall covering for kitchen, pantry, bath- 
room, closet and other walls where a washable 
surface is desired. Prints, plain colors and tiles 
in dull and glazed effects. Plain colors in oll 
admirably adapted to ceiling and fresco work. 
Hides cracks and plaster stains. 
Water-proof, vermin-proof, applied to the wall 
like paper, and inex- 
pensive. 
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NEW? YORKACITY 
For the Preservation of all Classes of Metal and Wood 
WRITE FOR ILLUSTRATED FOLDER B-106 
JOSEPH DIXON CRUCIBLE CO. 
_ OF EVERY \DESCRIPTION. 
SEND ORCATALOGUE. 
ixon’s Silica-Graphite Paint, 
JERSEY CITY, N. J. 
January, 1906 
is almost as showy as a plant with flowers. 
Those who have not seen this plant when 
grown in a pot by itself will have but little 
idea of the beauty it is capable of developing. 
Where the ordinary geranium has one leaf this 
sort has a score, and the pot in which it is 
grown will be completely hidden by it. It is 
of the easiest culture. Its foliage is excellent 
for combination with flowers in the make-up 
of individual bouquets or “ favors.” 
GRowING plants are charming gifts for 
flower-loving friends at holiday time. Each 
flower that unfolds reminds us of the love 
and friendship that prompted the giving. No 
gift can be more pleasing to the person who 
is shut in by delicate health. A pot of white 
Roman hyacinths, sweet with odors suggestive 
of spring, will afford untold delight to the 
person who is fonder of delicate tints than of 
bright colors. A pot of golden-yellow nar- 
cissus will light up an invalid’s room like a 
burst of sunshine and set* one dreaming of 
April while the outlook is a dreary one. A 
fine specimen of azalea in full bloom is a 
whole flower show in itself, and will hold its 
beauty for weeks. “These plants can be made 
to do duty as table decorations, thus reminding 
the whole family of the thoughtful kindness 
of the giver. 
PLants that do not depend on flowers for 
attractiveness are always ideal gifts, as they are 
as beautiful at one season as another, if they 
remain healthy. Such a plant is the Boston 
fern, with its profusion of long, gracefully 
drooping fronds. The newer candidate for 
popular favor, the Pierson fern, has what was 
a plain leaflet on the parent variety developed 
into a miniature frond. The Foster fern is 
similar in a way, because it has frond-like leaf- 
lets, and yet there is a wide difference between 
the two. In the Pierson variety the pinnate 
leaflets have their pinnae, which are short and 
set closely together, thus forming a heavy 
frond. ‘Those of the Foster fern are long, 
with a distinct separation between each divi- 
sion, and the result is a wide frond of lace- 
like delicacy. Either of these ferns will make 
a charming gift, which will have a permanent 
value, if well cared for. 
FIFTY SUGGESTIONS FOR 
THE HOUSE 
25. A Bathroom Radiator 
THe question of securing sufficient radia- 
tion in bathrooms is often a perplexing one to 
the engineer or contractor, as in many cases, 
points out a correspondent of the Metal 
Worker, particularly apartment houses and 
city hotels, the bathroom is too small to allow 
of the use of the ordinary forms of radiation, 
and various substitutes are used to obviate this 
difficulty. One of them is to run a vertical 
riser through all the bathrooms in the house, 
usually 11-2 or 2 inches in diameter. To 
secure a sufhcient amount of radiation another 
method used is to take the ordinary sectional 
wall radiator, which is made in a variety of 
patterns and applicable to a number of other 
uses, setting this on the floor. 
A single section, however, may not have 
enough radiation surface to heat the room, and 
in an instance recently noted a rack made of 
brass or nickelplated pipes was built up above 
the radiator. ‘This arrangement not only gives 
a sufficient amount of radiation, but affords at 
the same time a useful rack for drying towels, 
and as it is nickelplated is not displeasing to 
the eye. It is, of course, understood that this 
is simply one application of a plan which may 
be extended to a variety of uses. For example, 
the rack may be lengthened or widened, ac- 
