XVI 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



March, 1908 



Kinnear Pressed Radiators 



Selected for t 



THE SINGER BUILDING, NEW YORK 



Ernest Flagg, Architect 



THE TALLEST BUILDING IN THE WORLD 



These Radiators were chosen only after the 

 most rigid examination and exhaustive test of 

 all the radiators in the market, the tests 

 thoroughly demonstrating that Kinnear 

 Pressed Radiators exceeded every possible 

 requirement for efficiency and durability. 



In the Tower alone the rise of these Radiator's 

 effects a saving of joo tons in weight. 



The economy of enormously valuable space 

 was another consideration, no radiation on 

 earth requiring so little space as Kinnear 

 Pressed Radiators. 



What applies to the Singer Building applies 

 to any other structure, regardless of size. 

 The small office building, store or residence 

 that installs these Radiators (weighing less 

 than one-third as much as cast-iron) reduces 

 cost of construction and gains materially in 

 space required. 



And remember that when desired, Kinnear 

 Pressed Radiators may be placed 



On the Wall— Off the Floor 

 Out of the Way 



If you are building you owe it to yourself 

 to investigate this modern radiation before 

 deciding what you will install. 



Write for Catalog "D " for any desired in- 

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PITTSBURGH, PA. 



Clovers 



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Blue and Red Top Grasses 



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rambling, has smooth, gray-green branches 

 and good leaves. It is in bloom through July, 

 and the single pink flowers in clusters are 

 very beautiful, though they lack fragrance. 



Berberis thunbergii, the inevitable, the 

 faultless, the gardeners' delight, will, of 

 course, have the place of honor in front of 

 the plantation, and there it will be as prodigal 

 of its beauties, of its small graces and its sturdy 

 bravery as ever. Its elder brother, Berberis 

 sinensis, has much to offer in a quiet way, and 

 should be tried. Berberis vulgaris is our com- 

 mon barberry, and is a useful shrub. 



The Lonicera family is so large and all its 

 varieties are so excellent that the choice of 

 any one is an affront to the rest. L. tartarica 

 and L. morrowi, L. ruprechtiana and L. stan- 

 dishii differ in time of flower and color of 

 fruit and somewhat in habit, but one is safe 

 with any of them. 



Philadelphus coronarius completes our first 

 dozen. It will be recognized more easily as 

 Syringa, which is the lilac's formal name 

 Philadelphus is a large bush, growing to nine 

 feet sometimes. Its great merit is in the 

 creamy-white sweet-scented flowers and its 

 considerable ability to endure the shade of 

 trees and buildings. 



Exochorda grandiflora, the pearl bush, has 

 a delicate, slim refinement, hinting of its Jap- 

 anese origin. In May it bears sprays of white, 

 five-petaled flowers very gracefully carried 

 on delicate branches. 



Forsyth ia — there are several varieties much 

 alike to the amateur — has more beauties than 

 its early springtime haze of yellow. In the 

 autumn its leaves turn brozy green and are 

 almost the last to fall. It is rather stiff and 

 ungraceful in winter. 



All these shrubs can be bought for twenty- 

 five cents in a two or three foot size, and are 

 much cheaper in quantity. 



The lilac (Syringa in many varieties) is 

 the best loved of all shrubs, and now it is 

 possible to have a long season of bloom by the 

 use of the many newly introduced varieties, 

 such as S. pekinensis, S. villosa, S. josekaea, 

 S. pubescens, etc. ; besides these there are the 

 new varieties of the old white and purple 

 lilac. "Ludwig Spaeth" is the richest lilac 

 color, and some of the white ones, like "Marie 

 Legraye," have large trusses. The single 

 flower even is as large as a silver quarter. 

 The named lilacs should be on their own 

 roots or grafted on lilac, and are then worth 

 fifty or sixty cents each. They last a very 

 short time when grafted on privet. 



Chionanthus virginica, the white fringe, is 

 the first of our list which becomes a small 

 tree. This is a native shrub of exceeding 

 beauty when covered in May with its tassels 

 of white flowers. The foliage, too, is good 

 in color, and the whole tree is quite distin- 

 guished looking. It is a vigorous grower. 



Pyrus ioensis, the flowering crab apple, is 

 covered with fragrant pink blossoms in May. 



The Crataegus is good to break the sky 

 line of a mass of shrubs, or as a specimen it is 

 picturesque and informal, like an old apple 

 tree dwarfed. There are innumerable and 

 indistinguishable varieties — all have white 

 flowers and red haws carried through the 

 winter. 



The dogwood (Cornus florida) is perhaps 

 our most beautiful small tree. Its foliage is 

 good, the branches delicate, and the red fruits 

 give it brilliancy in winter. The flowers are 

 the most striking of all outdoors, and the 

 most decorative when brought in the house. 



Hibiscus syriacus, or rose of Sharon, is 

 large, hardy, and useful as a tall hedge plant 

 and because of its flowers, which come late 

 in summer, at a time when there are no other 

 shrubs in bloom. The flowers of the old- 

 fashioned variety are not good in color, being 





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