XVI 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



April, 1908 



Kinnear Pressed Radiators 



' Selected for » 



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 Kinnecr 

 Pressed Radiators exceeded every possible 

 requirement for efficiency and durability. 



Jn l/ie Tower alone the use of tliese Radiators 

 effects a saving of 100 Ions 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- 

 formation. 



THE PRESSED RADIATOR CO. 



PITTSBURGH, PA. 



Clovers 



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Blue and Red Top Grasses 



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Two or three plants flowering at different 

 seasons are planted in the same space, thus one 

 space has English iris, which blooms in June, 

 and tritoma, which blooms in September. 



The earliest flower will be the snowdrop, 

 which often blooms in February. Next will 

 come the winter aconite and all the crocuses, 

 grape hyacinths, chionodoxas, scillas, fritil- 

 laries, narcissi. The narcissi are represented 

 by nine of the best varieties, which bloom 

 successively for a considerable time, beginning 

 with the incomparabilis section and ending 

 with the poeticus and the sulphur and the 

 orange phoenix. With these and later are the 

 tulips, beginning with the Due Von Tholl, 

 Yellow Prince, L'Immaculee, and chrysolora. 

 These are past in May when the gorgeous 

 late tulips, like the red Gesneriana, the pale 

 flushed Bridesmaid, the graceful yellow Retro- 

 flexa, and the tall greenish-yellow vetellina are 

 ending the tulip season. 



The earliest irises are I. histrioides and 

 I. reticulata, low things of great beauty which 

 bloom in February or March. In May the 

 German iris is in its prime. Of these we 

 have: "Her Majesty," rosy purple; "Flaves- 

 cens," cream yellow ; "Queen of May," la- 

 vender; "Mine. Chereau," white with blue 

 veinings; "Graccus," with pale yellow stan- 

 dards and purple, yellow-striped falls; and 

 the tall, delicate I. siberica, a pure blue. 



The yellow alyssum (A. saxatile) or gold 

 dust; cerastium, iberis, arabis, all white; Ice- 

 land poppy, yellow and white, are low ground 

 covers which hide other bulbs. The blooming 

 of paeonies marks the beginning of summer. 

 They are closely followed by the bulbous iris, 

 both English and Spanish, with orchid-like 

 flowers of blue, yellow and white shades. 

 Through the summer we have campanulas, 

 daisies, day lilies ( Hemerocallis) , pinks, fox- 

 glove, lupins, heuchera (a charming flower that 

 should be better known), coreopsis, gaillardia, 

 Clematis recta, funkia, polemonium, phlox, 

 platycodon, hollyhocks and larkspur. Planted 

 among these, according to their season, are 

 lilies: Lilium tenuifolium, the coral lily; L. 

 candidum, the white Madonna lily; the golden 

 banded auratum, and one or two others. The 

 season ends with the autumn crocus: tritoma. 

 the "red hot poker"; Japanese anemone; and 

 chrysanthemums, which often last until 

 Thanksgiving. 



There are but few of each kind of plant be- 

 cause the garden would be overpowered by 

 large masses of one color; but there will be 

 enough of each to provide for the dining-table, 

 and there should not be a day from the first 

 of April to the first of November without 

 flowers. The variety is very great for such a 

 little garden. 



Every two or three years, in the autumn, 

 the garden should be worked over, digging in 

 manure and separating the plants which are 

 crowded. 



The garden path is gravel. We prefer brick 

 or stone, but the cost is too much at present. 



P. T. D. asks about pruning shrubs. 



Too much pruning is done on most places 

 where there is a gardener. Gardeners seem 

 to think that all shrubs must be pruned every 

 winter, and their object appears to be to make 

 them all the shape of a barrel without regard 

 to their individual form or habit. This not 

 only shows bad taste but usually destroys the 

 flowers of the coming season. 



The one thing to know when pruning is 

 whether the flowers are borne on the wood of 

 the current year or on that of the year before. 

 The flowers of forsythia, for example, come 

 before the leaves from buds developed the 

 previous summer, so if one cares for the 

 flowers the pruning should be done after they 

 are past and not in the winter. 



Hydrangea, on the other hand, blooms on 



At Easter Tide 



when custom decrees that men, and especially women, 

 Bhould look their best, the raw spring winds cause much 

 damage to tender skins and complexions. 



Mennen's Borated Talcum 

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