October, 1907 



AMERI 



CAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



XV 



of the roots of the plants to which you apply 

 it. The rain will soak the manurial elements 

 out of the litter and take it down where the 

 roots of the plants can get at it. 



Clear away all the rubbish in both vege- 

 tabe and flower garden. There is no good 

 reason why these places should not look as 

 neat and tidy in winter as in summer. 



Gather up the tools and store them in a 

 dry place. Go over the metal parts of them 

 with a good coat of oil to prevent their rust- 

 ing in winter. 



If you have been troubled with worms in 

 the garden, it is a good plan to plow it be- 

 fore winter sets in. Turning up the soil 

 will so expose eggs and larvae, and many of 

 the creatures that have burrowed away, that 

 comparatively few will survive the freezing 

 to which they will be subjected. 



If you keep poultry do not neglect to pro- 

 vide several barrels of road dust for the fowls 

 to wallow in in winter. Now is a good time 

 to gather it if the season has been a dry one. 



I would also suggest laying in a stock of 

 good potting-soil. It frequently happens that 

 some of the plants in the window garden re- 

 quire repotting early in spring, and nine times 

 out of ten they do not get the attention they 

 demand because there is nothing at hand to 

 put them in. And, of course, a plant that 

 needs repotting is injured by not receiving the 

 attention it calls for at the right time. Guard 

 against this by storing away a boxful of soil 

 where it can be got at at any time. 



THE SANITATION OF THE 

 COUNTRY HOME 



By George Ethelbett Walsh 



THE proper sanitation of the modern 

 home is a matter which concerns both the 

 architect and owner, but more particu- 

 larly the latter, who must live in it and rear 

 his family. In the eagerness to build an ar- 

 tistic home within a limited cost, the tempta- 

 tion is strong to sacrifice some of those prin- 

 ciples of common sanitation which go so far 

 toward making life a pleasure and joy for- 

 ever. "The house beautiful" is the popular 

 fetish of the day ; some live by it, and others, 

 unfortunately, die as a result of it. External 

 and interior effect must be secured at all 

 hazards. When an enthusiastic client presents 

 to an architect the rough sketches of what she 

 expects in a house, the honest designer in- 

 variably shrugs his shoulders and murmurs: 



"It can't be done, madame, at that price — 

 not without modifying some important details, 

 such as sanitary plumbing, good cellar, and 

 dampproof walls and foundations." 



Then follows a series of compromises, 

 cutting and paring of plans, alterations here 

 and there, and final adjustment of details which 

 may or may not work out as desired. The 

 honest architect, whose reputation is more to 

 him than any immediate want of commissions, 

 will not yield on certain important points. He 

 will insist upon unity and consistency of arch- 

 itectural design, good material and workman- 

 ship, and, if he is wise in his day and gen- 

 eration, he will not sacrifice the "healthful- 

 ness" of the home for any consideration. But 

 the temptation is strong to place effect above 

 all else. 



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The effect of esthetic surroundings of a 

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