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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  September, 
  1907 
  

  

  Embellishments 
  for 
  

  

  Concrete 
  

   Buildings 
  

  

  Interior 
  and 
  Exterior 
  

  

  The 
  problem 
  of 
  making 
  artistic 
  concrete 
  

   buildings, 
  both 
  private 
  and 
  public, 
  is 
  

   most 
  satisfactorily 
  solved 
  by 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  

  

  ilartford 
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  aience 
  

  

  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. 
  

  

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  Hartford 
  Faience 
  Co. 
  

  

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  Remington 
  

   Typewriter 
  

   Lasts, 
  

  

  Therefore 
  

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   Supremacy 
  

   Lasts. 
  

  

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  Typewriter 
  Co. 
  

  

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  Broadway, 
  New 
  York. 
  

  

  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 
  

   made 
  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 
  them 
  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 
  

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  when 
  the 
  frames 
  are 
  opened 
  in 
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