April. 1914 
AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
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“I wish our windows 
looked like that” 
If you are not wholly satisfied with the ap- 
pearance of yuur windows, perhaps you have 
overlooked the importance of the shade. 
Thousands of women who made this mistake 
have discovered in Brenlin Unfilled Window 
Shades possibilities for artistic window treat- 
ment never dreamed of before. 
Go to your dealer and "discover” Brenlin 
for yourself. See particularly the prevailing 
new color, Vandyke Brown. See also Brenlin 
Duplex— light one side, dark the other. 
Made of closelywovenclothwithoutthaU'filUnR” 
which in the ordinary shade so soon cracks and 
falls out in unsightly streaks and "pinholes," you 
will find Brenlin Unhlled Shades by far the cheap- 
est in the end. 
Window Shades 
Write for the Brenlia Book today 
With it « e « 111 srnil you the n ime of the Brenlin dealer fn 
your lira n, or tell ygu how to ot-ler direct. Cll AS. W. Baas 
l-.MAN & Cu., 2i vt Kt iillDf; Koad. Cmcinojti. O. 
t'.emiine Brenlin I’nfi llei I Shades h.ive this mark QorM I IKJ 
jxrl'.raie J alon^ tlie edire. Look closely fur it DrAtl'll-ll '• 
1-iir temporary u\cs the t>vo clieapcrerades ol Brenlin — Bren- 
lin rilled nnd Brenim M.icliioe m.i'lc. will he fouinl by l.if the 
best window shade values at their prices. 
for sale by dealers everywhere 
For 
$5 
ylmerican Homes and Gardens 
and Scientific American sent to 
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^TV^U-Add EnduriniCharmfo 
■ W your Garden and Make it a 
source 0 f Continual Delight, 
k. Even the Smallest Garden 
^ is Incomplete without a Bird-" 
^ Bath.Sun-dlal or Gazing Globe. 
These and otKer Charming Bits 
are Illustrated inourCatiogue 
t which also offers a wide doiceof 
h Flower Fbts.Boxes.VasesBenches 
and Garden Furniture of all IGnds 
Galloway Rjttery combines the 
Essenlial Qualities of Beauty and 
Durability with Reasonable Prices. 
' SEND FOR CATALOGUE 
Gauoway Terra CoTta Gd. 
3222 WALNUT ST. PHILADELPHIA. PA. 
much larger than the ordinary varieties ami 
produce them in great ahundaiice. This i> 
one of Burbank's l>est introductions. 
In growing pole beans, considerable time 
and expense can he saved by using poultry 
wire insteati of poles. Posts may lie set 
about every rod along the row niul wires 
stretched between them. It may be neces- 
sary to go along the row after the runners 
are well developed and train them onto this 
wire, but this will take only a short time, 
When trained in this way. you will find 
that the beans arc very easy to harvest and 
the time rciiuired to put up the wire is 
much less than is saved in handling the 
beans. 
In growing cucumbers, a great deal of 
time can be saved by starting the plants 
in a hotbed. This is not the usual practice. 
If the seeds are to he sown in the ground 
now. put them in very shallow. There is a 
tendency sometimes to cover seeds of eu 
cumbers and other vines too deeply. The 
result is that, when there arc cold rains 
following their planting, the seeds rot or at 
least develop very slowly. 
Cucumber seeds need a covering of mel- 
low earth not more than an inch deep, and 
even less will suffice. 
Tn the planting of melons, don’t omit 
Burbank’s Winter Cassaba. This is a vari- 
ety that produces melons just as good as the 
ordinary muskmelons. but with the added 
quality of keeping. They may be kept 
during tlic Winter the same as FTubhard 
s(|uash. 
In making plantings of squash, tiic TTub 
bard of course is the standard for Winter 
use. Nothing has been found to equal it, 
imt for Summer use the yellow Crook 
Neck has no equal. Two vines of this vari- 
ety will supply a medium-sized family for 
the entire season. Just as fast as you pick 
the fruits, new blossoms develop and there 
seems to he no end of production. This 
squash is cooked, skin and all. ^so that the 
work of preparing is verv small. All that 
is necessary is to remove the inside seed 
cavity and cut up the rest of the squash. 
.'Vpril is the month in which to set out 
flowering plants for Summer blooming. Tf 
you are making new plantings, it will be 
necessary to buy the plants or. as is often 
possible, get them from your neighbors. 
Most of the varieties that can be set out 
now are reproduced by a division of the 
plants. After they are located in one place 
for several years they develop surh a mat of 
roots and stems that they are much better 
for being divided. 
The varieties to set out now arc: ^slcrs. 
Pentstemon, Daisies. Pansies. Chrysan- 
themums, Flowering Sage ('Salvia'), and 
Coleus. 
April is the time tn attend to the lawn. 
F.very lawn profits hy a good top dressing 
of rich loam or manure. Well pulverized 
manure, preferably sheep manure, should 
be scattered thickly over the grass and then 
rolled in. This application costs very little 
and is well worth while if repeated each 
year. There is always more or less injury 
to the lawn hy gophers and this application 
of fertilizer is a great aid to the roots in 
spreading so as to fill in the hare spots. 
A RECORD BALLOON VOYAGE 
A DISP.ATCH from Perm, on the bor- 
der between European and .Asiatic 
Russia, announced the arrival on December 
21 of a German balloon which made the 
flight of 1.740 miles from Bitterfield, Prus- 
sian Saxony, without a stop in eighty-seven 
hours. This beats the record of the French 
aeronaut. Bienaime, who made a flight of 
1,491 miles. 
Crex Halls 
Time to Screen This Time 
Use PEARL Wire Cloth 
You know the disadvantage of ol<J-stylc 
painted screen — you’ve «/r./ it. 
Now Uaru the advantages of the imtlrrn 
screen material — Gilliert A; Hetmett PKARI. 
Wire Clotli. 
It requires no painting— -PK A R I- is as nc.ir 
nist-proof as metal can he matlc it offers 
practically no ohstriiclion to the vision hc- 
causc after a short exposure to the weather 
it liinis an "invisililc gray." 
Mike lure of (oiiulnr Gllbrri A B«nnrll Pt AKI. by I'lufc 
ine fiif ilir 2 C'ipppf Wifei In llif SrBur nixl lh<- R<,uii<J 
Tax br.iriny our name on eacb roll. 
The best hardware dealer in your city can «upply you with 
Gilbert a Beonnt Ph'AIU. Wire Cloth. 
Write for Samplet and Full Parlieulare 
The Gilbert & Bennett Mfg. Co. 
Etlablieftmd 1818 
Dept. A 120 Dopt. AI20 
277 Broadway 38 So. Dearborn St. 
New York City Chicago, ill. 
Georgetown, Conn. Kanaaa City. Mo 
Attractive 
are numerous nowadays all over the 
country. In fact there arc thousands 
of homes in which CRKX floor cover- 
ings are almost exclusively used. 
Housekeepers like them because they 
are artistic, cheerful, economical and 
easy to keep bright and clean. They 
do not hold dust like fabric coverings. 
Ask your dealer to show you our new 
designs — especially the extra heavy 
herringbone weave for the |iorch. 
If you will send us yiiurnanic .md .uhlress, 
wc will he plc.iscii to mail you our 1914 
catalog sluiwing si/cs ami patterns in life- 
like colors. 
CREX CARPET CO. 
Dept. S. 
212 Fifth Avenue 
New York 
This 
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Protection 
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