Xx AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS June, 1911 
RT to be of the gingham, also the box for 
toys covered and the gingham box pleat- 
W () i F ed around the sides. The rug should be 
a heavy, rag rug, blue predominating. 
FI FTY- SIX YEA R S O RK O AN LITY If the white quilt on the iron bed soils 
too readily there is a charming cretonne 
that comes, very Japanese in appearance, 
blue trunks of trees, odd and gnarled in 
appearance. This could be sewed to- 
gether in lengths to throw over bed and 
pillows; also a border could be made of 
it and sewed on the gingham window 
curtains and valances. 
“We are refurnishing our dining-room 
with a delightful present in the shape of 
a check, and would like ideas for the 
same, although we have pretty well de 
cided to get mahogany furniture for it.” 
As your check seems ample to cover 
the cost of such a handsome set of fur- 
niture why not finish the room in cor- 
responding style. As a background for 
such heavy pieces of mahogany as you 
have already chosen, a deep dull blue 
(Madonna blue it is often called) for the 
wall paper would be very rich. A Chinese 
rug (copy), now so much sought after 
and admired, with blue peachblow and 
black in a bold handsome design for the 
floor. Your scarfs on sidetable and side- 
board should be heavy lace or linen, solid- 
ly embroidered. Place only a few arti- 
cles on the sideboard—chafing dish, brass 
or copper bowl for fruit. Cut glass will 
not look well displayed in this room. 
You will be pleased if you place a large 
Chinese placque with the blues of the 
ESTABLISHED 1855 ane er in it. , hall h 
“What color wall paper shall we have 
Le WOLERF MANUFACTURING {GCO: on the private hall of this little flat? It 
MANUFACTURERS OF is now a cranberry red and is horrible.” 
A warm buff, plain or indistinguish- 
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for the hall. You will find it consider- 
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OES anything in the plans and specifications for a home interest a client—especially 
a woman—more than the bathroom and its equipment. 
It is the comyort-center of the household; and so long as houses are built to live 
in, the far-sighted architect will take no chances there. 
He knows that if it is not satisfactory the house will be viewed through dark 
glasses and mountains made of mole-hills. 
The safe way is to specify bathroom, kitchen and laundry plumbing equipment 
that is manufactured throughout by one house, bearing the reputation that can be 
gained only one way. 
That’s ‘WOLFF’S” line. 
(Continued from page xiv) 
BRANCH OFFICES riety of rosa lucida should not be omit- 
Si LOUISH MO... 2210-2212 Pine St. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., Monadnock Bldg. = ; 
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.,615Northwestern Bldg) OMAHA, NEB, | - 1116-1118 Douglas St. an inside ae ponds eae have a 
CLEVELAND, OHIO, - Builders Exchange WASHINGTON, D.C., 327 Bond Building white gravel path, enclosing in turn a 
KANSAS CITY, MO., 1204 Scarrett Building BUFFALO, N.Y.,  - 61 Manchester Place number of beds devoted to the tea roses 
CINCINNATI, OHIO - - - . 506 Lyric Building and the hybrid teas. 
Tea roses bloom all summer, their col- 
ors are superb and their fragrance un- 
surpassed, except by the sweetbriar. They 
|} are easy to grow, they do not suffer in 
A ewe e || dry weather, and they can be protected 
Th S t f A || in the winter by throwing earth around 
e c1en ] 1c merican 7 | them eight or ten inches high. There are 
f}| hundreds of varieties, and all, I suppose, 
|| have some merit. At any rate, one can 
Boy at School || choose by color and not make a mistake. 
Any good soil will do for these roses, 
and they will grow and bloom without 
coddling. 
By A. RUSSELL BOND, 
12 mo., 338 pages, 314 illustrations. Price, $2.00. | Whether the hybrid perpetuals should 
1} be included in this garden or not I can- 
@ This is a sequel to “The Scientific American Boy” and like its predecessor is brim full of ff | not say. Personally, I would leave them 
practical suggestions, all of which are entirely new. The construction of the apparatus, which out, because the hybrid teas have the 
same size and substance and are better 
bloomers and in every way as Satisfac- 
tory. A rose garden of this modern sort 
should be at least fifty feet square: a hun- 
and canal locks, truss bridges and several different types of boats. Sun dials, clepsydras, dred would be better. It will be very 
seismographs, gliding machines, kite photography and camera hunting are a few of the other easy to care for, because after the first 
two years it will be impossible to culti- 
vate the border, and the only labor will 
be that of spraying and of keeping the 
paths and hoeing the tea rose beds. Tea 
1 | roses should be planted in beds four feet 
MUNN & CO., Inc. Publishers, 361 Broadway, New York. wide, with three rows of roses alternating 
in the rows. Each plant will then be 
about eighteen inches from its nearest 
is within the scope of the average boy, is fully described and the instructions are interwoven in 
a fascinating story, which makes the book interesting as well as instructive to the boy. This 
volume contains instructions on surveying, sounding and signalling, the building of dams, canals 
interesting subjects taken up. Other unique ideas are water kites, fish-tail boat-propellers, 
bicycle sleds, geyser fountains, etc. No boy of a mechanical turn of mind can read the story 
without being inspired to try his hand at making the devices. 
