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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
September, 1909 
As to Perfection 
One of the users of our pump in writing to us 
to tell us what he thought of it, used a phrase 
that set us to thinking. He said: ‘It is as 
perfect as things in this world can ever be.” 
That is the sort of praise a merchant likes 
to hear. Such a phrase shows that hearty 
good-will which can only come from entire 
satisfaction. And that is what the Rider- 
Ericsson Pump is made to give its users. We 
are quite ready to use the ‘treason why”’ style 
of advertising, except that in our case itis not 
Wise for us to confine our statements to a few 
good points; we are not trying to sell our 
pumps because of a few points of superiority 
over some other contrivance, but because of 
their all-around rightness for their work, 
We have a pump that will lift, drive and 
deliver water in the easiest, simplest, cheapest 
and most durable way. If you need such a 
pump we will be glad to go into every detail 
with you. 
He who has watched the failing power of 
the windmill—while the breeze was slowly 
falling—and who had intended to use an 
extra supply of water on garden or lawn— 
will appreciate the value of the Hot-Air Pump 
—which is always ready and at your service. 
And when so vital a matter as the water- 
supply for house and barn depends on the 
pump it is worth much to have one which is 
“as perfect as things in this world can ever 
be ” 
Be sure that the name “neeco-RIDER or “neeco-ERICSSON appears upon the pump you 
purchase. This name  aausfator SLUSH. . protects you against worthless 
imitations. 
When so situated that you cannot personally inspect the pump before ordering, write to our 
nearest office (see list below) for the name of a reputable dealer in your locality who will sell you only 
the genuine pump. 
Over 40,000 are in use throughout the world to-day. 
Write for Catalogue E, and ask for reduced price-list. 
RIDER~ERICSSON 
ENGINE Co. 
(Also builders of the new ‘‘Reeco” Electric Pump.) 
means satisfaction to the cultured home-builder 
combination of constructive elegance unsurpassed. 
the most unique line on the market. 
Grates, etc. 
Silica 
Dixon’s cuits Paint Lasts 
And the reason why it lasts is because its pigments are inert. 
have inert pigments to do with it? 
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Natural beauty of materials and harmonious elegance of design form a 
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Our Booklet 106B will tell you. 
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booklet, for prompt attention addressing Desk 2. 
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(Operating Davey’s School of Practical Forestry) 
JOHN DAVEY 
Father of Tree'Surgery 
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HOME-MADE TOOLS FOR THE 
AMATEUR GARDENER 
By Ida D. Bennett 
NE of the difficulties which confronts 
the amateur gardener in the laying out 
and working of the garden arises from 
the lack of proper or convenient tools. It is 
not always possible to have all one would wish 
in this line, especially if one has but a limited 
amount to spend on the garden and wishes to 
apply a large portion of this to the purchase 
of plants, seeds and bulbs; it, therefore, be- 
comes necessary to economize, as far as pos- 
sible, in the purchase of other accessories. 
There are, however, few tools beyond the 
spade, rake and trowel and a good reliable 
wheelbarrow but what can be evolved by one’s 
own ingenuity and skill from the material al- 
ready at hand on the place. 
One of the first things which will be needed 
in the planting of the garden will be the gar- 
den line and reel; this may be substituted for 
by a ten-cent ball of wool twine and a couple 
of pointed stakes a couple of feet long, but 
for work not involving too many feet the pole 
and pegs will be found more practical; this is 
produced by taking a long strip of wood two 
or three inches in diameter and boring holes 
in it at a distance of a foot apart along the 
entire length. In the first hole at one end 
a stake two feet is fitted, the hole for this 
being large enough for the peg to work 
freely in its socket, the head of the peg being 
cut away enough to leave a shoulder for the 
pole to rest on and the extreme end having 
a nail driven through to prevent the pole 
slipping off. The remaining holes may be 
somewhat smaller, as the marking pegs do not 
need to be as large as the stakes at the head, 
and may be tapered somewhat at the end so 
that it may be driven in firmly, or it may 
have a shoulder and be secured in the same 
way as the head peg, but the tapered peg is 
the more simple. 
In use the head peg is driven firmly into 
the ground where the center of a round bed 
is to be, the marking peg inserted in a hole 
which corresponds with the desired diameter 
of the bed—three feet if the bed is to be six 
feet in diameter—and the point held firmly on 
the ground as the end is carried around the 
circumference of the bed. Where the bed 
forms the center of a circular garden the peg 
should be removed a distance of three feet or 
more, according to the width desired for the 
paths and these marked out in the same way. 
Nor is the marking out of round beds all which 
may be accomplished by this handy tool, as 
straight beds may also be marked by setting 
the stake at one corner and the marking peg at 
the other and marking off distances by the 
figures on the pole. 
An oval bed presents more difficulties to the 
amateur than most any other form, but may 
be. easily managed by the use of a line and 
two stakes. First find the length and di- 
ameter of the bed desired and drive two stakes 
in each side of the long way of the bed a dis- 
tance from the edge according to whether the 
bed is to be a broad or narrow oval. The 
farther the stakes are set from the edge the 
broader will be the oval. For instance, if a 
six-foot-long oval is desired, setting the stakes 
a foot from either end and using a _ cord 
eleven feet long will give an oval three and a 
half feet wide—a very pretty size. ‘The cord 
is made long enough to go around these 
stakes and reach to the outside of the bed on 
one side only and tied securely, so that it can 
not stretch or slip, and the pegs should be 
driven into the ground very firmly. The cord 
is slipped over these pegs, not attached in any 
way, and a marking peg slipped inside the 
cord and the cord drawn out to its limit and 
the ground marked in the usual way. ‘The 
