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April, 1911 
Can be used as a blind or an awning at will, or pulled up out of sight if desired. Slats 
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Wilson’s Outside Venetians i petoui anticanntey Routers GHlr anOMIa Pen cea NOW eae uence 
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For Piazzas and Porches. 
Outside View. 
Inside View. Pulled up. 
Wilson's Blinds have been furnished to the houses of John P. Morgan, H. M. Flagler, A. G. Vanderbilt, Chas. 
Lanter, Mrs. R. Gambrill, Clarence Mackay, Wm. C. Whitney, J. S. Kennedy, C. Ledvard Blair, Jas. C. Colgate, O. 
Harriman, Jy., and many others. 
Send for Catalocue JAS. G. WILSON MFG. CO., 3 and 5 W. 29th St., New York 
Also Inside Venetians, Porch Venetians, Rolling Partitions, Rolling Steel Shutters, Burglar and Fireproof Steel Curtains, 
Wood Block Floors. 
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Cabot’s Shingle Stains 
For Shingles, Siding, Clapboards, Tim- 
bers, and all other outside woodwork 
Cost less than half as much as paint. 
Can be put on twice as fast, halving the labor cost. 
The colors are softer, richer, and more beautiful. 
They wear as well as the best paint. 
They are made of Creosote, ‘‘ the best wood pre- 
servative known.’’ 
Have been proved in every climate for twenty-five |} 
yaers. 
You can get Cabot’s Stains all over the country. 
Send for free samples and name of nearest agent. 
SAMUEL CABOT, Manfg. Chemists, 131 Milk St., Boston, Mass, 
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Stained with Cabot’s Shingle Stains 
Fisher & Lawrie. Arch’ts, Omaha, Neb. 
larger wild plants suitable for the garden 
are Polygonatum, or Solomon’s Seal, the 
glossy green foliage and bright berries 
borne on a long, curving stem making a 
pleasing background for smaller plants— 
Larkspur, May-apple and purple Phlox. 
Of the shrubs one of the most pleasing is 
“Burning Bush,” which is at its best in 
autumn, when frost has killed the tender 
plants. Its seed pods divide when ripe, 
revealing the scarlet seeds, which make a 
brilliant display all winter long. 
Quite as attractive as the flowering 
plants and as easy to grow, are the many 
varieties of ferns that abound in every 
woodland. Maiden Hair is one of the easi- 
est to grow and it makes a fine display. 
Christmas fern gives a picturesque effect 
planted among the roots of a tree or ona 
rocky shaded slope. Its leaves are a 
glossy green and remain so throughout 
the winter. In a moist, rich soil the 
stately Sword fern will make an immense 
growth, its fronds often reaching a length 
of four feet. 
The plants mentioned give only a hint 
of the possibilities of a wild flower gar- 
den. There are dozens of other native 
plants that may be transplanted to the 
home grounds, where they will thrive 
with little care, and by judicious planting 
a brilliant display may be enjoyed from 
early spring until the beginning of win- 
ter. 
FELLING OF TREES 
CLOTHES DRYER 
" FOR LAWN USE, 
BERLIN inventor has recently de- 
signed a simple device for the fell- 
ing of trees. The trunks are cut 
by the friction of a steel wire about 1 
millimeter in diameter, which, as demon- 
strated by practical tests, is able to cut 
CHICAGO-SU 
Eliminates clothes posts. Is portable and can be removed when not in us 
Holds 165 feet of line. Excels all others in strength, durability and conveniencc 
in handling. Each arm operates independently. When opened, arms lock in 
position and stretch lines. When closed, arms lock automatically. Send fcr one 
today. Price $10 complete, including steel post and metal-lined socket. é If not 
satisfactory return and we will refund money. Write for descriptive and 
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illustrated free folder No. E.12, Do it now. 
Structural& Ornamental Steel Work 
FLOOReSIDEWALK LIGHTS. 
SEND poR CATALOGUES 
WILLOWCRAFT 
This artistic willow furniture is labeled with the name ‘‘ Willowcraft”’ to protect 
purchasers from the cheaply made and very inferior imitations. Insist upon seeing the 
label. 
Willowcraft is famous for its artistic lines, durability and exclusive patterns. 
Ask your dealer if he carries Willowcraft; if not, write us for fully illustrated 
““S THE WILLOWCRAFT SHOPS 
Box A. NORTH CAMBRIDGE, MASS. 
OUR NATIVE AZALEAS 
are the most beautiful, hardiest, and permanent of any Azaleas known to cultivation, 
Over 50,000 growing at Highlands Nursery 
3800 feet elevation in the Carolina Mountains 
lutea (calendulacea), sulphur yellow to deep red. 
arborescens, white with pink stamens, very fragrant. 
canescens, brilliant pink, early species. 
nudiflora, dwarf, with deep pink flowers; early. % 
vasevi, white to deep rose, delicate wax-like flowers. Perhaps the choicest 
é {' " °"" THE CAROLINA HEMLOCK 
Tsuga caroliniana, the most beautiful and rare American conifer. Speci- 
men trees with ball from three feet to eight feet. : ) 
Rhododendrons catawbiense, punctatum and maximum, in specimen 
clumps up to six feet in car lots. 
Unique Catalogs and full particulars regarding all our gorgeous Native 
Rhododendrons, Leucothoes, Andromedas and Carolina Mountain Plants. 
HARLAN P. KELSEY, Owner, Salem, Mass. 
Highlands Nursery and Salem Nurseries. 
“ BROWN IN 
THE SAROLINA MOUNTATT 
40900°6000 PTPELEVATION 
THE CHICAGO DRYER CO., 383 E£. Wabash Ave., Chicago, Ill. 
through a tree about 20 inches (50 centi- 
meters) in thickness in six minutes. The 
wire, which is carried to and fro by an elec- 
tric motor, is heated by friction on the 
tree to such an extent as to burn through 
the timber, the result being a cut which is 
both smoother and cleaner than that effected 
by saw. The wire will work satisfactorily 
on the thickest trees without the insertion 
of wedges into the cut, and the trees may 
be cut immediately above or below the 
ground. In the latter case the stump may 
be left safely in the soil. The motor which 
actuates the wire is placed outside of the 
range effected by the fall of the tree, and 
when electricity is not already available it 
can be generated by a transportable power 
plant consisting of a 10 horse-power gaso- 
line motor and dynamo, which are left at 
the entrance to the forest during the felling 
operations. 
WATER COLORS 
ATER colors prepared with gum or 
dextrine form hard, solid masses 
that can only be softened after 
prolonged rubbing with the moistened 
brush. To obtain water colors that will 
always be soft and can be readily taken up 
by the brush, a solution of sugar should 
be used, containing from 2 to 10 per cent of 
the weight of the sugar used of pure con- 
centrated glycerine. As the latter con- 
stantly absorbs moisture from the at- 
mosphere, colors prepared in the manner 
described never become perfectly hard. 
By using thick solutions of gum, to 
which glycerine has been added and with 
which the color has been rubbed down, 
we obtain water colors which can be put 
up for sale like oil colors in tin capsules 
(tubes) and are always ready for use. 
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