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shown in Figures 4 and 7 are very 
dignified examples of a type of I- 
brary adapted for the country man- 
sion of pretension. ‘hey produce 
somewhat the same impression, and 
are, in fact, from the designs of the 
same architect. The book shelves 
are set in deep recesses in the walls 
and the window openings are de- 
signed to harmonize with these 
arched recesses, which form the 
architectural motif of the room. 
Both of these libraries are provided 
with large windows and a goodly 
number of them, as should be the 
case with the ideal library, for light 
and air are essentials to good living 
and good reading, and nothing is 
more incompatible with good archi- 
tectural construction than to be 
compelled, in the daytime, to use 
a candle when trying to find some 
favorite volume. Both of these 
libraries are finished in light oak. 
You don’t want too fine things in a library, for it is emi- 
nently for use—every-day use. The King Charles chair in 
Figure 2 is quite fine enough for any library, and picturesque 
and inviting besides. But I know Stuart and Jacobean furni- 
ture is not easily found among the furniture warerooms of 
even a progressive city such as New York. The furniture 
dealers have not arrived there as yet, and the salesman will 
try to persuade you that a Morris chair is just what you want 
for your library, or another armchair which his employer 
wishes him to ‘“‘push,” the counterpart of the chair you see to 
the left in Figure 8. But don’t you believe him! The sales- 
man has not your library education at heart, and even if he 
had, it is very doubtful if a standard work on furniture has 
ever been placed in his hands. It is scarcely suspected that 
the United States of America has a history other than its 
political history, and, as you are very well aware, that says 
nothing about furniture. 
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6—This Library is Distinctively the Den of the Sportsman, the Books being Devoted 
to this Subject and the Walls Covered with Racing and Yachting Prints 
February, 1906 
AND GARDENS 
5—An Enchanting Glimpse of a Very Tiny Library 
Transplanting o# By Ida D. Bennett 
HERE is a right and a wrong way to do all things and 
some ways are better than others, and there is little 
question that some things succeed in spite of the treat- 
ment that they receive, and this is frequently the case in the 
matter of the transplanting of young and tender plants. 
The plan of planting before a rain has no disadvantages 
providing the rain were followed by cool, cloudy weather; 
unfortunately, it is rarely possible to forecast just what the 
weather immediately following a rain will be, and in May one 
may expect to experience much hot, muggy weather follow- 
ing close on the footsteps of a rain. For this reason it is bet- 
ter, providing the plants are ready, to plant during a spell 
of clear, bright weather. The plants to be transplanted 
should be in the best of condition to start with; they should 
have been well hardened off by removing the sash from the 
hotbed and cold frames for at least a week 
before setting out. They should be well 
watered the night before, that they may ab- 
sorb enough water to supply them until they 
have become established in their new quar- 
ters. The planting should be done in the 
early morning, when the plants are in the 
best condition. ‘The beds should be pre- 
pared several days beforehand, that it may 
have had time to become settled; should it 
have rained in the meantime the surface soil 
should be lightly worked over, enough to 
restore the friableness. 
Only as many plants should be lifted at 
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iy once as may be gotten into the ground before 
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they wilt seriously. The plants should be as 
carefully lifted as possible, without disturb- 
ing or breaking the little roots; some gar- 
deners lift plants with only the tap root re- 
maining, every delicate feeding root torn off. 
Where large beds or rows of plants of the 
same kind are to be set it will be well to use 
the garden line, as one’s eye is a most uncer- 
tain guide. Where the beds are too wide to 
reach across a board with the distance apart 
marked on the edge will be found most use- 
ful, as one can stand or kneel on the board 
and so avoid tramping on the beds. 
