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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



Feb 



ruary, 1910 



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THREAD 



AND 



THRUM 

 RUGS 



YOU CHOOSE THE 



COLORS, WE'LL 



:.l KE THE BUG." '. 



YOUR own individual rug, different 

 from all other rugs, and in a 

 high class -wool fabric adapted to 

 your own decorations. If the rues in 

 stock colors do not suit your requiie- 

 mtnts, we will make one that will, 

 either plain, self-tone or contrast. All 

 sizes up to twelve feet wide, any length. 

 Seamless, wool weft, reversible, heavy 

 and durable. Sold by best shops, or 

 wiite for color Hue and price list to 

 Arnold, Constable & Co., New 

 York. 



Thread & Thrum Workshop 



AUBURN, N. Y. 



-Van Dorn 

 Iron Works Co. 



PRISON, HOUSE 

 & STABLE WORK 





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JOIST HANGERS 

 LAWN FURNITURE 

 FENCING, ETC. 



CLEVELAND, OHIO 



SPECIAL OFFER to Carpenters 



BUILDERS AND OWNERS OF HOMES 

 IVES PATENT WINDOW VENTiLAT- 



ING LOCK, A Safeguard for 



Ventilating Rooms. Pure Air, 



Good Health and Rest Assured. 



To introduce this article. Four 



Ventilating Locks in Gennini 



Bronze. Brass or Antique Cop- 



^^ per Finish will be mailed to 

 ^^ any address prepaid for One 

 III Dollar. Will include a forty 

 ^p page Hardware Catalogue and 

 ^ Working Model to carpeutrrs 

 j||i[ who wish tbe agency to can- 

 vass for its sale. Address 



igkJIk 



The H. B. Ives Go, 



NEW HAVeN 

 Conr... U.S ,« 



Write for Circulars 

 ami Prices to 



F.E. Myers &Bro. 



Ashland, Ohio ■ 





I PUMP 

 I THAT 



PUMPS 



"9 Mk 



U J| V "'KM UUUB 



nMl uanuiibs 



TOOLS ^k^A% 



SHeep Mar^ure 



Kiln dried and pulverized. Noweeai-"! i.h.i 



odiT« Hplp«( nature hustle. Pot «i«rdeij 



lawn. lrB«». (hmbt, frulti mod hoaii* c-lauts 



%A. An I>ABOB BAEftBL, Oaili with O'der 



«p>«.VV OellTwtd to yonr Frslght Bt«uon 



Apply ntnv. 

 the Pulverized Manure Co.. »i Union Stock Yards. Chlcaao. 



EUGENE PITOU, Jr. 



CIVIL ENGINEER AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT 



Designs and Estimates for Innproving and Constructing 



the Grounds of City and Suburban Properties. 



Ornamental Fixtures Furnished 



229 BROADWAY NEW YORK 



Telephone. 6084 Barclay 



OATS 



Sensation — 12,3 bus. per acre. Nothing like it 

 Also SEED CORN. Samples and catalog free. 

 Tlieo. Burt A: Sons, itielrose, O. 



To secure the 

 richest and most 

 durable effects in 

 wood-finishing use 



Send for Free Booklet, edition AH -2 

 S. C. JOHNSON & SON, •TA* Wood-mmMnz ^uthmtUs' 



RACINE, WIS. 



ARTISTIC Wood Finished 



BURUNGTON '"S"' BLINDS 



Venetian Blind for 



inside window and 



outdoor veranda. 



Any wood ; any 



finish to match trim. 



SCREENS 



AND 



SCREEN 

 DOORS 



f Equal 500 miles 

 nortnwara. Perfect 

 privacy \vitn doors 

 ana AA^mdows open. 

 DarKness and breezea 

 in sleeping rooms. 



WRITE FOR OUR CATALOGUE, PRICE-LIST AND PROPOSITION TO YOU 

 BURLINGTON VENETIAN BLIND CO.. 339 Lake St., Burlington, Vermont 



lOOLaivdvScape Plaivs for Amateuns 



r^lO.ST helpful book to assist 30U in ma- 

 king- your home surroundings artistic 

 ind beautiful. It will save you expense 

 and many disappointments. Our Landscape 

 Department has used these plans with great 

 success in laying out gardens, both large and 

 small. With the plans we, send "Landscape 

 Gardening for Amateurs," a book of instruc- 

 tions and suggestions, beautifully illu,strated. 

 Contains principles of correct landscape garden- 



FREE— Cata 



ing, styles of gardens, verandas and window 

 boxes, public and private grounds, vines, bed- 

 ding plants, hardy plants, shrubs, trees, hedges, 

 etc., all full}' illustrated and described so that 

 you too can be sure of success. Plans and 

 book mailed postpaid for 50c, which will be 

 credited to you on any future order of $5 or over. 

 Send today and we shall also be glad to give 

 you individual advice and help. Our Landscape 

 Department is at our patrons' service FREE. 

 lo^ o£ Hardy Plants, Shrubs, Trees, etc. 

 Warner Park Conservatories 

 Box 460, Sidney, O. 

 Florists — Nurserymen 

 I^andscape Gardeners 





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lUtLT LIRE A HOUSE 



Here you have the perfect home for your 

 poultry — a convenient, protected place for Biddy and her 

 chicks, or a safe and sanitary Poultry Home for a flock 

 of 10 or 12. Damp-proof and draught-tight — necessary 

 conditions for handling poultry successfully are found in 



Hodgson Poultry Houses 

 and Brooders 





fK^'V iiss: 



All parts made in soctions convenient to handle for putting 

 up or taking (jown in a short time. 



Note the lower illustration— 15 in a row. These 

 houses are so popular, poultrymen buy them by the 

 dozen. Just the house for a dozen hens— an ornament 

 to any gentleman's place. Complete with feed trough, 

 ca3;e fountain, roosts, nests. Easily cleaned, adjustable 

 ventilator. Put in your hens and let them thrive. 

 Send for our catalogue of Poultry Houses, Brooder 

 Houses — everything for the live hen. 

 E. F. HODGSON CO., 118 Washington St. 

 BOSTON, MASS. 



