iv AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS February, 1909 
MAKING A COUNTRY HOME 
pa ke £5 Y, By E. P. Powell 
| SN ey I. THE FLOWERS 
ES OF Ser papa i HE tide that is moving out of the city 
W\/-\GE = R Ss U - P LY SINT Altes not help making many mistakes, by 
s , ae investing in property that they can not 
subdue, and in planting unwisely at the out- 
set. A few acres to start with will always be 
; i ty. . better than a farm of the old sort. Intensive 
A F al / \ farming will make more from five acres than 
rozen Paha" extensive farming from fifty. However, I do 
i AL not propose to handle this question of profit 
Elevated Tank ja + so much as the initial work in making a home. 
Ger uitlli u i I have seen a good deal of trouble and dissatis- 
faction from undertaking too much. I will 
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This illustration is reproduced from 
an actual photograph of a frozen ele- 
vated tank at Libertyville, Ill., owned - De A yj} | use special _caution in the way of providing 
by the C. & M. Electric R. R. Co. From j - lists of fruits and flowers for those who are 
the solo inets ee by A. We EO <a ie creating just “homes,” and nothing else. 
it will be seen that an elevated tan Mags ‘ * : 
exposed to the extreme cold of winter, a | a We may as well start with the flowers, and 
will freeze and an attempt to thaw it ‘ go on in later articles to the fruit garden and 
out, only adds to its disadvantages. ; NE We : orchard. We want such flowers as can be 
“Enclosed you will find a photograph of a 14 (on aa aa easily, and will most quickly make the 
the third tank erected for theC. & M. Elec- ed | 4 Fa 4 FS] | home cheerful. For succession and for 
CES Rolie ae Rea een TN > a aes AA] | beauty, without too much work, I would 
ice and all frozen up. The first tank was A EY. 5 ' ; | | plant the following six sorts of flowers: 
destroyed by fire, by trying to thaw it out : i or Bie ip : s S ° 
and it was burned to the ground.” j gee \ - (1) I would have all the tulips I could afford 
This undesirable condition can be en- || =e ; ee} | to get, although if one buys one hundred sorts 
tirely avoided. There is a watersupply ame ee an ee | they can be multiplied so rapidly that within 
puso in nich the Poe eane” reer if aa | | a few years he may have them by the hundred. 
see peeeey ow or collapse. at sys- zi SRE My own method of growing tulips is to thrust 
them into the strawberry rows, about four 
inches deep, and let them take care of them- 
The Kewanee System of Water Supply | selves. They will send up their flowers mag- 
nificently in April and May, and get out of 
In the Kewanee System, the tank is buried in the ground or located in the cellar. | the way before the strawberries begin to de- 
It rests on solid ground where it can do no damage and it is not exposed to extremes in velop. They will not weaken the soil nor do 
weather. Water from your owe well, cistern or other source, is pumped into the any harm, but when you come to pick the 
ewanee Tank; and then the water is delivered to the | henri : | 
: perrie ere will nothin 
§) fixtures and hydrants by air pressure. Aa pat: alle thing left but some 
_  TheC. &M. Electric R. R. Co. mentioned above |) Meg StaNss. 
is now using four Kewanee Systems, and these plants (2) A country home needs a large array 
en eae satisfactory service. of easily grown lilies. The madonna or 
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pe hee schools, country clubs, hotels, apartment build- its superb fragrance and its multitudinous 
: the Kewance System is the oreinal water supply system, invol- blossoms. It begins to open early in June, 
ving the use of air pressure instead of gravity pressure. Thereare | 1 = 
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