AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



April, 1908 



FLOORS 



ROOFS 



A concrete tank erected on estate of Edmund Tatham, 

 Katonah, New York 



Frederick J. Sterner, Architect - - New York 

 De Lancey A. Cameron, Builder - - New York 



Tank designed for storage supply of 15,000 gallons, 

 built entirely of concrete reinforced with Clinton welded 

 wire. Before roof was placed over tank, and during 

 winter months, ice 10 inches thick formed on water 

 stored therein. No cracks or leakage have developed. 



Clinton Wire Cloth Company 



CLINTON, MASS. 



BBS 

 Ceilings! 



FIREPR00FIN0 DEPARTMENT 



ALBERT OLIVER 



1 MADISON AVE., NEW YORK 



WASHINGTON : ROSSLYN SUPPLY CO., COLORADO BUILDING 

 SYRACUSE, N. Y.: PARAGON PLASTER CO. 

 ST. LOUIS : HUNKINS-WILLIS LIME & CEMENT CO., SOUTH END 18TH ST. BRIDGE 

 SAN FRANCISCO: L. A. NORRIS, 835 M0NADN0CK BUILDING 



Seattle: l. a. norris, 909 Alaska building 



Parti- 

 tions 



JOIST 

 HANGERS 



should always be 

 used around 

 stairway wells 

 and wherever a 

 beam abuts its 

 support. 



LANE BROS. CO. ( 



The Door Hanger 

 cTWanufacturers 



) 



434-466 PROSPECT ST. 

 POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y. 



their fewer petals, they can be arranged much 

 more gracefully. They last well, and, like 

 the aster, will be found in bloom late in the 

 season, if protected from the first early frosts. 

 They are excellent for use in large vases, and 

 places where striking color effects are desired. 



The gladiolus is also well adapted to cut- 

 ing. Use it in tall vases, and cut the entire 

 flower-stalk. 



For small work — little vases for the home 

 breakfast table, the desk, or gifts to friends — 

 one ought to grow quantities of heliotrope, 

 tea roses, Marguerite carnations and pansies, 

 of course ! Also some of the fragrant-leaved 

 geraniums. 



"We want some flowers that will bloom 

 very late in the season. Are there any that 

 can be depended on after the September 

 frosts?" 



Yes. First on the list I would name the 

 aster, whose late flowering qualities have al- 

 ready been spoken of. 



Ten-week stock is another good late 

 bloomer. The snows of November often find 

 it in full bloom, and seem powerless to in- 

 jure it. It is delightfully fragrant, and par- 

 ticularly well adapted to cutting because of 

 its long spikes of white, rosy-purple, pink and 

 sulphur-yellow flowers. 



The Marguerite carnation deserves a place 

 in every garden because of its great beauty, 

 and its late flowering habit. While not all 

 plants grown from seed will give double 

 flowers, a large share of them will be so, and 

 in form, size and color these will compare 

 very favorably with the greenhouse varieties 

 of this popular flower. Most of them, too, 

 will be delightfully fragrant. For choice 

 little bouquets, either for home use or to give 

 your especial friends, nothing can be finer. 



Every garden ought to have its bed of tea 

 roses to cut from. Young plants set out in 

 May will begin to bloom in June, as a gen- 

 eral thing, if given a rich soil. If kept well 

 fed and cut back sharply two or three times 

 during the season, they will continue to yield 

 flowers clear up to the edge of winter. And 

 one really fine rose is worth a score of ordi- 

 nary flowers. 



"I want some vines for the edge of my win- 

 dow boxes. What kinds will be likely to 

 give most satisfactory results?" 



Othonna is good. It grows rapidly. It 

 blooms well, but is pretty without flowers. 

 So is lysimachia, and moneywort, and 

 tradescantia. All these will take care of 

 themselves if you give them all the water they 

 need. 



Among variegated plants of drooping habit, 

 suitable for use in window boxes, glechoma 

 is very pleasing, with its green and ivory 

 foliage. So is Vinca Harrisonii, with dark, 

 glossy green leaves blotched with golden 

 yellow. 



The Madeira vine is excellent where a long 

 fall of vines is desired. So is senecio, bet- 

 ter known as German ivy. One of the best 

 drooping flowering vines for a window box 

 is the ivy-leaved geranium. Single petunias 

 are equally valuable for flowers and for 

 hiding the sides of boxes, as they will most 

 effectively, if allowed to droop to suit them- 

 selves. Sweet allysum forms a charming 

 edging for a box with its pretty foliage and 

 great quantities of pure white, very fragrant 

 flowers. 



Ornamental Waterfowl 



SWANS DUCKS GEESE 



Show Birds and Animals 

 of Every Description :: :: 



LOUIS RUHE, 248 Grand Street, NEW YORK 



