AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



May, 1908 



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. 



Ceilings 



FIREPR00FIN0 DEPARTMENT 



ALBERT OLIVER 



1 MADISON AVE., NEW YORK 



WASHINGTON: ROSSLYN SUPPLY CO., COLORADO BUILDING 

 SYRACUSE, N. Y.: PARAO0N PLASTER CO. 



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

 SAN FRANCISCO: 1. A. NORRIS, 835 M0NADN0CK BUILDING 

 SEATTLE: I. A. NORRIS, 909 ALASKA BUILDING 



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trimming down the sides and across the bot- 

 tom. A tapestry border for this purpose may 

 be bought for twenty-five cents a yard. 



Another appropriate material for portieres 

 at one dollar aand twenty-five cents a yard is a 

 rough linen. There are also a number of ma- 

 terials made of jute and mercerized cottons 

 that are effective and inexpensive. Linen ve- 

 lours is a standard fabric, at a higher price, 

 that is always in style. 



MAKING A WINDOW SEAT 



"I would like very much some advice in re- 

 gard to a window seat which I want to place 

 in our sitting-room. There is a projection on 

 one side of the room with a window at each 

 end, one looking to the east and the other to 

 the west. How high should a seat be made 

 and how deep? Should it be boxed in or 

 left open? How shall I cushion it? And 

 what kind of pillows?" 



This recess may be fitted with a seat, using 

 wood that matches the other woodwork in 

 the room. If the seat is boxed in it will look 

 more substantial, but, to avoid expense, it may 

 be only supported by legs at the front with 

 cleats underneath at the back. The seat 

 should be only sixteen inches high to allow a 

 two-inch hair cushion to be laid on the top. 

 Twenty-one inches is a good depth for the 

 seat. 



Corduroy is an excellent material for cov- 

 ering a seat cushion, either with the narrow 

 or with the wide ribs. Some down-filled pil- 

 lows, twenty inches square, may be added if 

 they are required for service. These may 

 have both sides covered alike with figured 

 silk, shadow taffeta or handblocked linen. Too 

 many pillows and too varied an assortment of 

 covers should be avoided. 



GARDEN WORK ABOUT THE HOME 



(Continued from page 214) 



which in this detail surpasses the old forms. 

 When gladioli are grown for cutting they may 

 well be planted in the vegetable garden; other- 

 wise plant them in masses in the flower gar- 

 den, and if possible have them among other 

 plants which will cover the ground. 



They can be planted very close together 

 (three inches each way) if in small clumps, 

 and look better so, because their growth is 

 all upward, and each plant needs little space. 

 Double rows, with conns four inches apart 

 in the row, may be planted in the vegetable 

 garden. Close planting avoids, in a measure, 

 the staking which is so necessary when they 

 stand alone. Sometimes it will be convenient 

 to plant gladioli among things that bloom 

 early and disappear, like the Oriental poppy. 



With bulbs like the tulip they will do very 

 well if care be used in planting and in tak- 

 ing them up in the autumn. They are also 

 very good planted in mass, as one plants nar- 

 cissi, and in the rock garden such masses are 

 very effective. 



The first planting should be made as soon 

 as the ground is ready to work and succeed- 

 ing plantings every two weeks, or thereabouts, 

 until the Fourth of July. They cost from 

 two to six dollars a hundred. 



Gladioli are very easy to plant and to care 

 for, and the results are certain. The flowers 

 are very useful for house decoration. Picked 

 when the first bud is expanding they open 



Ornamental Waterfowl 



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LOUIS RUHE, 248 Grand Street, NEW YORK 



