AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



August, 1906 



CONCRETE IS THE "IDEAL MATERIAL 



IT WITHSTANDS 



FIRE, FLOOD AND STORM 



"yiEWED from any standpoint, 

 properly proportioned concrete 

 withstands these elements better 

 than any other material." — J. C. 

 Ralston, Engineer, San Francisco. 



WELL-c^WADE 



CONCRETE BLOCKS 



ARE FIREPROOF 



"CLOCKS made on the "IDEAL" 



MACHINE are conflagration -proof 

 up to the point of white heat. 

 "Ideal" blocks resist the elements 

 and live to the age of the Pyramids. 

 Let us tell you why ; send for the 

 details. Catalogue " O." 



IDEAL CONCRETE cTVIACHINERY CO.. station 17, south bend, ind. 



CANADIAN FACTORY AND OFFICE, 124 YORK STREET, LONDON, ONT. 





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Think of the Pleasure 



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"BUILT THE PREMIER WAY' 



A Portable 

 Summer Cott 





Premiers make pleasure — did you know 

 that ? 



There is no outing like the Summer Cot- 

 tage outing — it has a charm of its own. 



Premiers are portable — and practical. 

 They can be erected in a few hours — 

 but last years. 



Of course they're just as durable as a 

 permanent house, more suitable, and — 

 one-third the cost. 



Send for Booklet No. S 22 



Chas. H. Manley 

 St. John's, Michigan 



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erected 



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re-erected 



in a 



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EVERGREENS 



-Y~ HERE is nothing of such permanent value 



UL and varied attractiveness in the landscape 



or on the home grounds as the hardy 



evergreens. Their textures vary from 



the long-pointed needles of the pines to 



the soft feathery leaves of the retinosporas, and 



tliey range in color from the light yellows, grays 



and greens to the dark browns, blues and blacks. 



For a specimen with dense branches wide 

 spreading on a lawn, use a variety of spruce, fir 

 or pine, or a group selected for contrast. For a 

 formal position in the garden or a decorative 

 setting or bed about the house, use the retinospora, 

 arbor-vitae, jumper, boxwood and yew, while for 

 screens, hedges or windbreaks use the hemlock, 

 spruces, firs, arbor-vitae and pines. 



We have the largest and finest collection of 

 specimens in the country — every plant having a 

 tliickly developed symmetrical growth and perfect 

 ball of fibrous roots. Write us of your needs and 

 (iur landscape department will advise you concern- 

 ing the sizes and varieties most suited for your 

 particular use. Now is the time that evergreens 

 should bo planted. Send for price list. 



COTTAGE GARDENS COMPANY 



QUEENS, LONG ISLAND, N. Y. 



