XVI 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



September, 1907 



Embellishments for 



Concrete 

 Buildings 



Interior and Exterior 



The problem of making artistic concrete 

 buildiiifjs, both private and public, is 

 most satisfactorily solved by tlie use of 



Hartford Faience 



The Hartford Faience Company will be 

 pleased to correspond with everyone 

 contemplating the erection of concrete 

 residences and other buildings as to the 

 uses of their Faience work, and will 

 furnish suggestions and sketches upon 

 request 



Kindly address Department "N" for 

 Illustrations of Medallions, Friezes, 

 Mantels, Mouldings, Caps and Tiles 

 for Concrete Buildings. 



The Hartford Faience Co. 



HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 



Remington 

 Typewriter 

 Lasts. 



Therefore 

 Remington 

 Supremacy 

 leasts. 



Remlnglon Typewriter Co. ] 

 327 Broadway, KewTork. 



land itself or by supplying a drain in one cor- 

 ner of the bed by digging a hole down to the 

 bottom of the pit, filling in with broken stone 

 and the like and covering the top with sphag- 

 num moss. This will effectually carry off any 

 water that may gain access to the bed by a 

 sudden winter thaw or spring freshet. 



As pansy seed is small the soil should be 

 inade fine and free from all roughage — sifting 

 the upper layer through a coal sieve is a good 

 way to prepare it. It will also be well to mix 

 the under soil with a liberal amount of old, 

 well rotted manure ; pansies are voracious 

 feeders, and even in their youngsterhood re- 

 quire abundant nourishment. 



The seed may be sown broadcast in plats 

 and covered with an eighth of an inch of fine 

 soil or sand sifted over it, or it may be sown 

 in shallow drills and the earth drawn over 

 them. In either case the earth must be pressed 

 down snugly above them that the tiny sprouts 

 of the newly germinated seeds may lay hold 

 at once on the nourishment provided for them. 



Each plat of seed should be separated from 

 its neighbor by narrow strips of wood sunk 

 somewhat below the surface of the soil and 

 extending an equal distance above it. This pre- 

 vents the seeds of one plat mixing with those 

 of an adjoining plat, as is quite sure to happen 

 if they are watered too freely or exposed to a 

 rain. Each plat should be carefully labeled 

 with the name of the variety and the date of 

 sowing. It is also advisable to add the name 

 of the florist where seeds from more than one 

 florist are planted ; this enables one to keep 

 tab on the different purchases and judge of 

 their quality. 



After the seeds are settled in their beds they 

 should be carefully watered with a rose of suffi- 

 cient fineness to insure against washing the 

 seed from the ground, covered with a news- 

 paper and the sash closed until germination 

 takes place ; this will be in from eight to ten 

 days. 



As soon as the pansies are well up the news- 

 paper may be removed from over them and 

 placed immediately above thein on the glass 

 and the glass slightly raised to admit air. If 

 the weather remains hot through August and 

 September it will be necessary to protect the 

 pansies from the direct rays of the sun during 

 the hottest part of the day by lath screens 

 placed over the glass, which may be raised 

 part way so as to admit abundant air but not 

 sufficiently to dry out and heat the beds by 

 the direct rays of the sun. The beds should 

 not be allowed to dry out, neither should they 

 be kept excessively wet — just moist and cool. 

 As the days grow cooler the sash may be re- 

 moved entirely and the screens only placed 

 during the hottest part of the day, and finally, 

 as the plants attain size and strength, entirely 

 abandoned. 



If the plants have been planted in long 

 drills, and there is sufficient room between the 

 rows, it will benefit them to transplant every 

 other plant into new rows between the old 

 that they may have more room to develop ; a 

 still better way would be to have two hot- 

 beds, and make the planting in one and trans- 

 plant when the plants are large enough into 

 the other. 



At the approach of severe freezing weather 

 the beds should be closed and protected with 

 rugs and the like to shut out the cold and 

 shed rain. Air may be given during the mid- 

 dle of the day during winter at any time when 

 the ground is not frozen, but never let the sun 

 shine on the plants when they or the ground 

 is frozen. Above all things avoid constant 

 thawing and freezing if you would have good 

 live pansies at the coming of spring. 



If the pansies have been sown in good season 

 and well cared for they will be found well 

 budded when the frames are opened in March 



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Jl| Economical, durable, fire^ 

 proof, artistic, beautiful, 

 cleanly and sanitary are 

 some of the qualities which 

 recommend the use of the 

 clay tile as a covering for 

 floors and walls of bath- 

 rooms, kitchens, butler's 

 pantry, mantels, fire-places, 

 vestibules and porches. 



WRITE FOR 



"Tile in Economical Building" 

 "Durability of Tile" "Sanitary Kitchens" 



SENT FREE BY THE 



'Information ^^urcau of ^ile 

 = industry = 



300 Corcoran Bldg., Washington, D. C. 



The Beautiful Hand=Woven 



PEQUOT RUGS 



Refreshing Simplicity 



Wholesome and agreeable colors. Decidedly artistic in 

 design and inexpensive. Send for Booklet. 



CHAS. H. KIMBALL 



48 Yantic Road, Norwich Town, Conn. 



Van Dorn — 

 Iron Works Co. 



PRISON, HOUSE 

 STABLE WORK4!* 



JOIST HANGERS 

 LAWN FURNITURE 

 FENCING, ETC. 



CLEVELAND, OHIO 



RATEisn-eo 



Standing Seam 

 ROOF IRONS 



(^LINCH right chrough th» 

 ^ standing seam of metal 

 roofs. No rails are needed 

 unless desired. We make a 

 similar one for slate roofs. 



SEND FOR CIRCULAR 



BERGER BROS. CO. 



P H I l_ A. D E I- P H I A 



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BUILDERS AND OWNERS OF HOMES 



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