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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



December, 1907 



These Buildings and Over 8000 

 Others are Supplied by The 

 Kewanee System of Water Supply 



HAVE you a water supply problem to solve ? The 

 Kewanee System will solve it satisfactorily and 

 economically. We guarantee successful operation, 

 or your plant may be returned at our expense of freight 

 charges and your money will be refunded. 



All the conveniences and protection of the best 

 city water works are afforded, without the incon- 

 veniences, expense and annoyance which go hand 

 in hand with inferior systems. Our guarantee 

 and the successful operation of over 8000 Kewanee 

 Systems are your assurance of entire satisfaction. 



The Kewanee System 



of Water Supply 



is being used for an almost endless variety of re- 

 quirements, — for city, suburban and country resi- 

 dences, farms, schools, hotels, public institutions, 

 apartment buildings, neighborhood water works, 

 and small towns. 



The technical and practical knowledge of our 

 hydraulic engineers and our intimate knowledge of 

 this subject gained from over ten years' experience, 

 are at your service. 



In the Kewanee System, there is no elevated 

 tank to mar the landscape view, to leak, freeze, or 

 collapse; and no dangerous and inefficient attic 

 tank is required. Air pressure delivers the water 

 to all fixtures and hydrants. 



Write for our complete 64-page illustrated catalogue 

 which explains everything. Ask for catalogue No. 36. 



Kewanee Water Supply Co., Kewanee, 111. 



No. 32 Broadway, New York City. 



820 Marquette Building. Chicago. 



404 Equitable BIdg., Baltimore. 



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bery a part of the distance up the center of 

 the beds from the rear, thus giving a back- 

 ground for the hardy perennials, which will 

 be massed each side of the shrubbery. In 

 planting the bed they may be massed as in 

 hardy borders or a single plant devoted to each 

 bed. This, however, limits the variety of 

 plants, or calls for a considerable number of 

 beds, so that it will be more practical to devote 

 a few beds to one or more kinds of flowers — 

 as lilies and paeonies, roses and beds of iris 

 and foxgloves, and mass the perennials in the 

 remaining beds. It is always practical and 

 desirable to border the beds with rows of early 

 spring bulbs and edging plants. 



As what to plant in the garden resolves 

 itself into a question of room and ability to 

 care for the garden after it is planted, and 

 there is no more common mistake of the ama- 

 teur than to undertake more than they can 

 accomplish, it is usually more satisfactory to 

 have a number of the best varieties of certain 

 plants than to have a great number of kinds 

 of plants, and but one or two of a kind. A 

 dozen good varieties is preferable to a score 

 of kinds, several of which might be inferior. 



Naturally one will wish to plant liberally 

 of roses, especially of the teas and hybrid teas, 

 and the radiating beds are especially practical 

 for the growing of roses, as the June roses may 

 be planted in the rear, the China, Bengal and 

 perpetuals in the middle, and the front and 

 sides of the beds devoted to the use of the teas. 

 Paeonies, too, should be grown to a con- 

 siderable extent, selecting the best types of the 

 several colors and not overlooking the single 

 flowers, which are so artistic. The tree paeo- 

 nies may be grown through the center of the 

 beds and massed at the rear with excellent 

 effect. The paeony bed is one of the most sat- 

 isfactory places for establishing the garden 

 lilies, and the more common sorts may be 

 massed in large clumps in the rear, leaving 

 the more conspicuous parts of the beds for the 

 finer classes, especially those of low growth, 

 such as the various speciosum varieties, the 

 coral lily, L. tenuifolium, and the like. The 

 auratums, which grow quite tall, and are con- 

 spicuous anywhere, the giganteums, washing- 

 toniums, brownii, and other tall-growing va- 

 rieties, may be planted through the center and 

 at the rear. 



The various iris are a prime essential of the 

 hardy garden, and the collection of fine va- 

 rieties offers a most interesting series. Carna- 

 tions are indispensable to the summer garden, 

 and the florists' carnations do exceedingly well 

 planted out in the open ground and well sup- 

 plied with water. Heliotrope is another plant 

 which well repays summer cultivation, and 

 the large ruffled petunias should find a place 

 in every garden. These two last are espe- 

 cially suited for massing at the beginnings of 

 the beds, being low, of constant blooming 

 habit and furnishing an effective foreground 

 for the taller plants beyond. Pansies may be 

 massed in beds or used to edge the beds, plant- 

 ing several rows in line. 



Dahlias are so rank and tall that it will be 

 necessary to plant them through the center of 

 the beds or in the rear. This is true also of 

 the cannas, ricinus, and other ornamental 

 plants, and the needs of such plants as require 

 a background to bring out their good points 

 should be considered and the presence of these 

 tall plants taken advantage of. Aquilegias are 

 much improved by a background of green ; so, 

 too, is the scarlet lychnis, the tritoma, the 

 cardinal flower and a few other flowers. 

 Nearly all plants gain by a bright ribbon of 

 color next the ground, and for purposes of 

 edging the various phlox Drummondii will 

 be found indispensable. Dwarf ageratum is 

 also a most desirable flower, but the seed must 

 be purchased with discretion and only the 



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