XIV 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



December, 1908 



ITD IT IT ^ B°°k of Valuable Ideas 



for Beautifying the Home 



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 our book "The Proper Treat- 

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This text book of 50 pages is very 

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The results of our expensive experiments 

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 140. Manila Oak 



128. Light Mahogany 



129. Dark Mahogany 

 110. Bog Green 



121. Moss Green 



122. Forest Green 

 172. Flemish Oak 



178. Brown Flemish Oak 

 180. Silver Gray 



and the ordinary "stain." Water "stains" and 

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Also, what pieces of furniture are suitable 

 for a boy's room? What kind of wood? At 

 present there are odds and ends from other 

 parts of the house, but I want gradually to 

 give him good articles that suit his require- 

 ments." 



The interest this boy takes in his own room 

 is only a reflection of the prevailing desire for 

 better and more fitting interiors. It would be 

 well not only to gratify his desire for changing 

 the wall paper, but to direct his attention to 

 harmonious combinations of color and designs. 



Some new bedroom furniture on simple 

 lines, made in the natural ash and finished 

 with wax, is the best for a boy's room. A 

 bedstead, bureau (or chest of drawers with 

 a mirror hung above it), washstand, night- 

 stand and two side chairs may begin the 

 outfit for this room, adding, later on, a 

 chiffonier, a study table with a drop light or 

 student lamp, an arm chair and a divan. 



GARDEN WORK ABOUT THE HOME 



(Continued from page 494) 



The Japanese snowball, Viburnum tornen- 

 tosum, is a desirable shrub from every point 

 of view. 



Shrubs should certainly be planted in irreg- 

 ular masses and not in rows, one in front of 

 the other, unless a formal arrangement is what 

 we are after. The masses should not be stiff 

 bunches side by side, making a checker board 

 effect, but they should overlap and intermin- 

 gle so that there are no sharp lines of demarc- 

 ation between the groups. There should be 

 some harmony between the color, habit and 

 texture of the shrubs which are gathered to- 

 gether in one large mass or, if contrast be de- 

 sirable, use sufficient control to keep it from 

 being a riot. 



A GARDEN OF DWARF FRUIT TREES 



A.M., Connecticut: I think dwarf fruit 

 trees will be better for your small place than 

 the standards which you propose, and I should 

 make an effort to have the trees planted in a 

 separate enclosure near the vegetable garden. 



Fruit trees are usually thought to be only 

 useful, but they have many beauties at differ- 

 ent times in the year. We always enjoy the 

 economic idea of a fruitful tree producing 

 values which did not exist before, and which 

 have come from nothing, so to speak. 



Is the country ever lovelier than when the 

 apples bloom? Or more full of rich delights 

 than in September, when the fruit is ripe and 

 waiting to be gathered and stored away for 

 the winter? 



Fruit trees that are properly cared for, cul- 

 tivated, sprayed, manured and pruned, do not 

 lose their leaves in midsummer, but remain 

 green and flourishing through the season. 



All the trees in the fruit garden should be 

 dwarf, with low heads, in order that the fruit 

 can be picked from the ground or from a low 

 stepladder, and that the work of pruning, 

 spraying, etc., can be more easily and thor- 

 oughly done. 



Many commercial growers plant dwarf trees 

 because they are easy to care for, and appar- 

 ently they find that the yield per acre is as 

 large as it would be with standard trees. 



The fruit garden should be enclosed by 

 a wall or hedge or a board fence and should 

 have at one side a convenient fruit house. 

 Inside the wall I would have a walk sur- 

 rounding a square central plot, well filled 

 with trees. On both sides of the wall I would 

 train pears, peaches, etc., either in the espalier 

 or fan form. 



Apples are dwarfed by grafting on Para- 

 dise stock, and can be kept down to ten or 

 twelve feet in height. Any variety can be 



