xviii AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
October, 1909 
The Heart of the House 
Possibly you think we have something pretty to 
say about the baby Well, no doubt there is much 
to be said in his behalf; but if there is anything 
that is rightly entitled to the honor of being called 
the ‘‘Heart of the House,’’ it is the pump that 
gives the house it circulation of pure water. 
What the animal’s heart is to the creature’s life, 
such is the Rider-Ericsson Pump to the home in 
the suburbs: and its operation is as simple, as cer- 
tain, as automatic as that of a healthy heart. 
“Tt has done it work faithfully, without hitch 
or hindrance,’’ says one of our customers, in a 
happy summing up of the whole case. 
That is just what you want in the heart of your 
Too much cannot be said of the importance 
—the wvita/ importance—of the water supply in 
the country house. Practically every department 
of the household depends on it, from the supply 
for the morning bath to the feeding of the kitchen 
boiler and the watering of the thirsty garden and 
lawn. 
It is only fair to your household, as well as to 
yourself, to have a pump installed which will do 
its work unfailingly and with no cause for anxiety 
on your part. 
Having installed the Hot-Air Pump, you can 
dismiss this important factor from your careful 
calculations—and_ rest assured that the work will 
be well done. 
house, is it not? 
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purchase This name ‘RECO: “REECO- protects you against worthless 
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the genuine pump. Over 40.000 are in use throughout the world to-day 
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| Educational Lecture by John Davey 
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of the plant—good garden loam for geraniums, 
leaf mold and sharp sand for begonias, 
fuchsias and various other plants, and a com- 
bination of loam, sand and mold for the 
majority. 
Many varieties of house plants may be 
started from seed sown in flats in the house 
and in hotbeds, and as soon as large enough be 
potted off and plunged in the sand-box. Car- 
nations, cinnerarias, calceolarias, fuchsias, ge- 
raniums, hibiscus, lantanas, abutilons and the 
like are all easily raised from seed, and the 
sand-box will prove a safe harbor for them 
during their period of growth in the summer. 
The sand in the box should never be al- 
lowed to dry out, and this surrounding the 
pots maintains an even degree of moisture, so 
that the plants themselves require less frequent 
watering. While they are still small the ap- 
plication of water should be very carefully 
regulated, as too much is apt to induce a 
spindly, weak growth, while too little may 
cause the death of the plant. After the plants 
have reached a three-inch pot a longer time 
may elapse between waterings, allowing the 
soil in the pots to become nearly, but not quite, 
dry, as this induces a sturdier, stockier growth. 
Especially is this the case with geraniums, 
which may be allowed to become quite dry be- 
tween waterings after they have arrived at a 
four-inch pot. 
The condition of the root growth must be 
watched, and as soon as the roots fill the pots 
they should be shifted on to a size larger. In 
this way such plants as cinnerarias and the 
like should have had several shifts between 
their first potting and the time when they are 
to be brought into the house in the fall, so at 
that time they should occupy a seven or eight- 
inch pot and be in vigorous condition and well 
set with flower buds. All buds which have 
appeared during the summer months should 
have been promptly removed up to the first or 
middle of September, by which time the plant 
will be sufficiently developed for blooming and 
the flowers will arrive at the proper time for 
indoor display. 
Any plants which have been bedded out dur- 
ing the summer and are wanted for winter 
blooming should be lifted not later than the 
middle of September and gotten into winter 
quarters before the fires’ are kindled or the 
doors and windows closed. “They should be 
prepared for lifting by cutting around the 
plants with a sharp knife or trowel, making 
the cut the size of the pot to be used in pot- 
ting; this should be done a fortnight before 
lifting, that the plant may have time to re- 
cover and to begin the formation of new 
roots. ‘The plants should be thoroughly soaked 
the night before lifting, and the spade, rather 
than a trowel, should be used for the work, 
lifting the plant and slipping it into the pot 
with one operation and as little handling as 
possible. Some plants are difficult to lift 
owing to the small amount of fibrous roots 
they possess; this is especially true of the ge- 
ranium, and for this reason it is quite apt to 
drop its leaves after potting. The only pre- 
ventive is to disturb the ball of earth as 
little as possible and to keep the foliage wet 
for some time after lifting by frequent spray- 
ing, setting the pot in a cool, shady place for 
a few days until it has recovered from the 
change. ‘Geraniums are much more apt to 
shed their’ leaves than their flowers, but as a 
new shoot or branch will usually be produced 
from the axile of every discarded leaf, it is 
not so great a misfortune as would at first 
appear, as every new branch means new blos- 
som points, and geraniums are plants which re- 
quire encouragement to make stocky growth. 
Before bringing the plants into the house, 
or even lifting them, it will be well to see that 
everything, is in readiness for their reception, 
and, above all, to be sure that there is sufficient 
