xIV AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
The Ice Shows How the Cold Air Circulates 
Moist Cold and Dry Cold are, from the standpoint of perfect refrigeration, almost as 
widely dissimilar as are zero and summer-heat; because moisture is a deteriorant and 
a medium of interchange for the flavors or aromas of everything it envelops. 
Dry Cold is nature’s most perfect preservative. It keeps perishable things pure, 
sweet and wholesome for an indefinite time, maintains their natural condition and 
confines within them every particle 
of their natural flavor. 
McCray Refrigerators 
exclude the heat, confine the cold and keep it dry, 
clear, and free from moisture. 
The outside heat-excluding case is separated from 
the inside cold-confining case by a wall that is not 
affected by either heat or cold——one reason why* 
McCray Refrigerators are used in the better class of 
residences, clubs, hotels and by the United States 
Government. 
Write for the particular book in which you are interested: 
No. A. H. Built-to-order for Residences, No. 87 Regular Mod- 
els for Residences, No. 48 for Hotels, Clubs and Institutions 
No. 72 for Florists, No. 67for Grocers, No. 59 for Meat Markets. 
McCray Refrigerator Company 
287 Lake Street Kendallville, Ind. 
Display Rooms and Agencies in all Principal Cities 
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. 
¥ Fireproofing Departments: 
Ceilings ALBERT OLIVER, 1 MADISON AVE., NEW YORK : 
Washington: Rosslyn Supply Co., Colorado Bldg. San Francisco: L. A. Norris, 835 Monadnock Bldg. tions 
Chicago: Clinton Wire Cloth Co., 30-32 River St. Seattle, Wash.: L. A. Norris, 909 Alaska Building 
Buffalo, N. Y.: Buffalo Wire Works Co., Inc. 
‘tion’? as advertised. 
March, 1911 
The High Cost 
of Living 
does not worry the man who realizes that he 
holds a partial solution of this grave question 
in his own hands. At an expense of a few 
dollars inseeds and fertilizers, a small plot of 
ground, even so small as 25x50 feet, will 
grow all the vegetables an average family 
will consume. During the summer half of 
your living expense is for the things that 
should come out of your own garden. 
“Everything for the 
Garden” 
is the title of our 1911 catalogue. “It isa book 
of 212 pages, handsomely bound, 8 colored 
plates, 800 illustrations, most of them direct 
from photographs, showing actual results 
without exaggeration. Itisa library of every- 
thing worth while, either in farm or garden, 
or home. Our special advertising edition also 
contains I2 extra pages, 8 pages of the most 
concise, comprehensive, clear, cultural in- 
structions ever published. In addition, there 
are three pages of a new departure in our 
cooking recipes. 
“How to Cook the Vegetables You 
Grow in Your Own Garden” 
Most women who know regard Mrs. Rorer 
as the undisputed authority on cooking of the 
present day and so, realizing the high esteem 
in which Mrs. Rorer is held, we have induced 
her to personally select one method of pre- 
paring each vegetable we catalogue. The best 
recipe from the best cook. 
To get the above information and results, 
send for our catalogue as below 
A Remarkable Offer of 
Henderson’s Specialties 
We have made up six 
of the best we have, into 
a Henderson Collection, 
consisting of one packet 
each of the following 
great specialties: 
Ponderosa Tomato 
Big Boston Lettuce 
Scarlet Globe Radish 
Henderson’s Invincible Asters 
Mammoth Butterfly Pansies 
Giant Spencer Sweet Peas 
To obtain for our 
annual catalogue, 
“Everything for the 
Garden,” described 
above, the largest 
possible distribu- 
tion, we make the 
following unusual 
offer: To everyone 
who will mail us 
1oc, mentioning 
this publication, we 
will mail the cata- 
logue and also send our 
‘‘ Henderson Specialty 
collection as above. 
Every Empty Envelope Counts 
as Cash 
This collection is enclosed in a coupon en- 
velope which, when emptied and returned 
will be accepted as 25c cash payment on any 
order of one dollar or over. 
PETER HENDERSON & CO., 
35-37 Cortlandt St., New York City 
I enclose herewith toc, for whieh send 
catalogue and ‘‘Henderson Specialty Collec- 
