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AMERICAN HOMES AND GA 



R D E N S 



June, 1907 



SANATILE 



THE MODERN WALL TILING 



Not a substitute for, but an improvement upon ordinary glazed 

 tiling. Not only does it possess all of the beauty and advan- 

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SANATILE is made in relief on strong fabric with a heavy 

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 and non-fading tints, and there is a wide range of artistic 

 patterns. It is made in strips and can be hung by any good 

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SANATILE is absolutely waterproof and is so tough and 

 elastic that it cannot crack, tear or chip from accident. 



Representatives wanted in the wall-paper and tiling trades to whom 

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LEATHEROLE 



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 suitable for the very finest interiors and in use in many notable 

 structures throughout the 

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 in colors to harmonize with 

 any scheme of decoration. 



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 LEATHEROLE. will be fur- 

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Spring Painting 



'07 Edition 



A seasonable circular on the vital 

 subject of paint. Different forms of metal and wood construction are attrac- 

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JOSEPH DIXON CRUCIBLE CO., JERSEY CITY, U. S. A. 



inch pot, and in October put it into a ten- 

 inch one. As soon as the plant begins to grow 

 vigorously, nip off its top, to force it to branch. 

 Keep it pinched back until it has become as 

 bushy as you want it to be. When allowed to 

 grow up in a straight, unbranching way, it is 

 never satisfactory. Persistent and consistent 

 pinching-back will force the young plant to 

 take on a compact and symmetrical shape. The 

 more branches you have the more flowers you 

 will get, as the flowers are produced at the tips 

 of each branch. Few plants are more orna- 

 mental in winter. The long spikes of intense 

 scarlet will glorify the window like a bonfire. 



Single petunias make good winter plants. 

 But the double ones are not a success in the 

 window garden in winter. When you find a 

 fine petunia among the seedlings in your gar- 

 den bed either mark it for potting in fall, or 

 start a cutting from it. Few plants will bloom 

 more profusely, or constantly. If the old 

 branches take on an exhausted look after a 

 while, cut them ofi close to the pot. New ones 

 will soon start, and in a short time the plant 

 will entirely have renewed itself. Do not use 

 enough fertilizer to produce a rapid, weak 

 growth, if you want many flowers from the 

 plant in winter. 



Give your fuchias a chance to make the most 

 of themselves now. They are summer-bloom- 

 ers for the most part, and you can make noth- 

 ing else of them. Feed them liberally and 

 water them well, and give them a shower- 

 bath every day, if you can. They ought to be 

 covered with flowers, under such treatment, 

 until October. A correspondent asks if there 

 are no good winter-flowering varieties of this 

 plant. There are several, like Mrs. IVLirshall 

 and Black Prince, which will give some flowers 

 in winter if kept from blooming in summer, 

 but they will not bloom freely enough to 

 satisfy anybody who has in mind the lavish 

 bloom of the summer-flowering sorts. Speciosa 

 is the only really good winter-blooming fuchsia. 

 This variety, if kept from using up its vitality 

 by the production of flowers in summer, will 

 give good crops of bloom from January to 

 May. In fact, it will bloom the year round, 

 if fed well and freely watered. It is not as 

 showy as some varieties, but it is really a fine 

 flower, and the habit of the plant is very grace- 

 ful. It is excellent for use on brackets when 

 allowed to droop. Its flowers are single — 

 sepals flesh-color or pink, corolla bright car- 

 mine — and well-grown plants will often show 

 from twelve to fifteen or twenty in drooping 

 clusters at the ends of the branches. Few 

 varieties are more floriferous. If you want a 

 good specimen for next winter, start it now. 

 Give it a soil of leaf mold or turfy matter, 

 with a generous amount of sharp sand worked 

 into it. Provide good drainage. Water well. 

 If the drainage is what it ought to be, you need 

 not be afraid of injuring your plant by over- 

 watering. On no account allow it to get dry 

 at its roots. If it does, you need not be sur- 

 prised if it sheds its foliage or drops its buds. 

 Shower it frequently all over. This prevents 

 the red spider from damaging the plant and 

 encourages it to luxuriant growth. Keep it 

 where it will get plenty of light, but not much 

 strong sunshine An eastern exposure is ex- 

 cellent for it. Shift it, from time to time, 

 until you have it in a ten or twelve-inch pot, 

 if you want it to do itself justice. Two things 

 work together to prevent it from doing this — 

 lack of sufficient water at roots and on the 

 foliage and insufficiency of root-room. Be 

 careful about fertilizers. Use only enough to 

 bring about — and hold — a healthy develop- 

 ment of branches. Too much results in a 

 weak and rapid growth, and the plant soon 

 suffers from over-stimulation. 



