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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



October, 1908 



FLOORS 



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 I ROSSLYN SUPPLY CO., COLORADO BUIIDINQ 

 SYRACUSE, N. Y.I PARAO0N PIASTER CO. 

 ST. LOUIS: HUNKINS-WILUSUME*. CEMENT CO., SOUTH END 18TH ST. IRIDOE 

 SAN FRANCISCO: I. A. NORRIS, 835 M0NADN0CK BUIIDINQ 

 SEATTLE: I. A. NORRIS, 909 ALASKA IUILDINQ 



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Lane's Trolley 

 Parlor Door Hangers and Track 



THE particularly distinguishing features of the 

 Lane Trolley Door Hanger equipment are 

 the excellence of the bearings and the lateral as 

 well as vertical adjustment of the track. 



Lane Trolley Hangers are made in both the 

 rigid and adjustable pendant styles and with both 

 single and double trucks. All are fitted with 

 machined and hardened bearings as shown and 

 in all the various details the quality of Lane 

 products is maintained, thus virtually placing 

 them in a class by themselves. 



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SECTION BALL BEARING IN LANE 

 TROLLEY HANGERS 



LANE BROTHERS COMPANY, ( T £SS£r r ) 



434-466 Prospect Street, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 



of the most interesting of these is the by- 

 bloom class, both red and violet. No two of 

 these scarcely are alike, and the mingling of 

 white and violet, splashed and streaked forms 

 or the rose shades is charming. The picotees 

 are another charming class, and the parrots 

 are odd, interesting and handsome. The 

 variegated foliage tulips are very ornamental, 

 and should be in every garden. The branch- 

 ing tulips give so many more flowers to a 

 bulb that they are well worth the somewhat 

 higher price asked for them. These special 

 tulips may be used to border beds of the more 

 common sorts with good effect. 



Where tulips are to be lifted after bloom- 

 ing they may be moved as soon as through 

 blooming, lifting them carefully and "heeling 

 them in" in some out-of-the-way corner until 

 they are sufficiently ripened to store away in 

 paper bags. 



Crocus are usually left in the ground the 

 year round, and are much planted on the 

 lawn. The giant flowered crocus and the 

 forty-flowered crocus are the most satisfac- 

 tory to plant. The forty-flowered are mar- 

 vels of bloom, sending up blossom after 

 blossom, and entire bouquets of them at once. 

 They are charming in combination with white, 

 but do not blend so well when yellows and 

 purples are mixed. Crocus should be planted 

 about two inches deep and two inches apart. 



Hyacinths require the same general treat- 

 ment as tulips, but require somewhat more 

 room, being set about seven inches apart and 

 four inches deep. I find a good way to plant 

 bulbs where there are a great many of them, 

 and one does not wish to go to the work of 

 laying aside the soil or using sand, is to use 

 a short stick for a spacer and a cord for the 

 lines, and place each bulb on the surface of 

 the ground where it is to be planted before 

 beginning to set them. In this way no space 

 is skipped, and the work proceeds rapidly, also 

 one is sure to know if the bulbs are to hold 

 out or if more will be needed or greater space 

 must be allowed to enable the bulbs to cover 

 the given space. 



Narcissus, jonquils and this class of flowers 

 are at their best in long rows. They should 

 be planted four inches deep and twelve inches 

 apart. Narcissus increase by forming new 

 bulbs around the parent bulb, and for this 

 reason require much room. 



The old-fashioned daffodill — Von Sion and 

 the Pheasant's Eye narcissus — are the varie- 

 ties most commonly seen, but these do not 

 compare in beauty with the large chaliced 

 varieties such as Empress, Emperor, Hors- 

 feldii and Golden Spur or Sir Watkins. All 

 of these are hardy with slight protection and 

 are wonderful flowers when in bloom in long, 

 undulating rows. 



Anemones, while beautiful in the house and 

 easily grown, are not really hardy at the 

 north, nor are the ranunculus, but the scil- 

 las, sparaxias and lily of the valley are per- 

 fectly so, and the ixias may be grown in the 

 open ground if well protected with leaves, 

 and these covered with something to turn rain 

 and preserve the dryness of the leaves. 



Most of the other bulbs advertised by flor- 

 ists are more or less uncertain in amateur 

 hands, and should be grown more as an experi- 

 ment than as a flower to be depended upon. 



Cattle Manure 



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Shredded or 

 Pulverized 



Best and safest manure for florists and 

 greenhouse use, absolutely pure, no waste, 

 no danger. Write for circular and prices. 



The Pulverized Manure Co. 

 sS^> 21 Union Stock Yard*, Chicago. 



