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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



March, 1908 



View of General H. O. Corbln's country residence, Chevy Chase, Md. 

 Supplied with water by Kewanee System. D. H. Burnham & Co., Archts. 



Water for Your Country Home 



It is now possible to have in your country home, all the conveniences 

 and every comfort of a city water supply. This means an abundance of 

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The Kewanee System 



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With the Kewanee System, there is no 

 elevated tank to mar the beauty of the 

 landscape, to freeze, leak, over-flow or 

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 Pneumatic Tank which may be placed in 

 the cellar or buried in the ground. The 

 water is pumped into this tank and is then 

 delivered by air pressure to all fixtures 

 and hydrants. 



The Kewanee System is based on a thor- 

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highest quality of equipment, together 

 with many years practical experience and 

 the technical knowledge of hydraulic engi- 

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Here is what General Corbin says: 



" The Kewanee System works bet- 

 ter than I thought possible. lam 

 showing it to lots of people and all 

 like it very much." 



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a disagreeable blending of red and blue; but 

 there are now several varieties in white and 

 pink. The leaves are very late in coming out 

 in the spring, which is an objection. 



The magnolia family is a large and inter- 

 esting one of small and large trees with showy 

 flowers. M. stellata, Hall's magnolia, is the 

 smallest, and bears star-like flowers in the 

 spring before the leaves. 



M. soulangeana is larger, with cup-shaped 

 pink or white flowers, borne soon after those 

 of M. stellata. The tree branches low and 

 forms a round-topped open head. 



M. acuminata, M. umbrella and M. tripe- 

 tala are larger trees, very beautiful when they 

 can be used. 



All magnolias have clean, gray branches 

 and good foliage, lighter on the under side. 



The birches have the most delicate and 

 ladylike beauty of all our trees, and should 

 be more often planted. The common white 

 birch (B. alba) in all its many varieties is a 

 poor thing, not the equal of our gray birch 

 (B. populifolia), and far inferior to the canoe 

 birch (B. papyrifera), which is a regal tree, 

 reaching sixty to eighty feet in height. The 

 river birch (B. nigra), between the gray and 

 the white in size, and the sweet birch (B. 

 lenta) are both good. 



Cladrastis tinctoria, the yellow wood, is a 

 tree with pinnately compound leaves, belong- 

 ing to the pea family. It always looks par- 

 ticularly well as a specimen on a well-kept 

 lawn. The flowers are interesting and the 

 leaves turn clear yellow in the fall. 



To another correspondent (C. E. W.), who 

 asks us what we consider the best evergreen, 

 we may say that there is no "best," the pur- 

 opses for which they may be used vary so 

 greatly, but that the grandest of our ever- 

 greens is the white pine (Pinus strobus), 

 whether it grows in woods, with tall, straight 

 poles and a small top, or in the open, with a 

 low-branched, picturesque head. No tree 

 makes such a constant and effective appeal to 

 so many of our senses. It is always beautiful, 

 and everyone must remember its sweet aroma 

 with delight and the sound of the wind 

 through its needles with longing. It should 

 be more often planted as a year-round screen ; 

 and as a wind-break it is excellent, though 

 perhaps not the best. 



The oaks are the most famous trees for 

 magnificence and grandeur, and the white oak 

 is thought our noblest tree. There are many 

 varieties and forms of oaks that are useful in 

 different ways; but if there is room for but 

 one large tree, let it be a white oak. 



The trees will cost from twenty-five cents 

 to a dollar each in small sizes, which are most 

 satisfactory. 



In reply to A. M. B.'s question about the 

 red cedar (Juniperus virginiana). The red 

 cedai can be transplanted from the fields, in 

 the spring or in August, without difficulty, if 

 the work is done with care. It is the only 

 substitute we have for the Italian cypress, and 

 although it is not in any way the equal of the 

 cypress, it is a useful tree for formal gardens 

 or to give emphasis to a group in picturesque 

 planting; and its color in winter suits our 

 landscapes better than that of the cypress. 

 Under cultivation it improves in color, luxuri- 

 ance and rapidity of growth, just as any tree 

 brought from the hard conditions of its native 

 pastures improves in the rich soil of a garden. 



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