1961 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
759 
Bulbs and Other Things. 
A handful of bulbs which Pet bought 
at a department store last Spring has 
given us so much pleasure that I took 
pains to inquire, when in the city last 
week, and succeeded in finding a counter 
where bulbs for Fall planting were on sale. 
Tulips and Narcissus were 15 cents a 
dozen, hyacinths four cents each, or 40 
cents at dozen rates. A considerable vari¬ 
ety was offered, and the clerk allowed me 
to select from the different sorts at the 
dozen rate. I was careful to pick out 
firm, plump bulbs, showing no signs of 
offsets. A bulb which is ready to divide 
and so propagate new ones has passed its 
6775 Fancy Waist with Vestoc, 
32 to 40 bust. 
best blossoming age, I think. Pet re¬ 
ceived her bulbs with enthusiasm, and felt 
repaid for her lonely day’s housekeeping. 
When she found that her aunt had sent a 
basketful of empty marmalade jars she 
began contriving a way to save buying 
more flower pots, for ail ours are already 
filled with window plants. The jars are 
of the one-quart size in which orange 
marmalade is bought, and Pet had asked 
her aunt to save the empty ones for her. 
Their clear gray color and straight sides 
are not without some artistic merit, and 
Pet had a scheme for covering them with 
a network of green raffia and giving them 
to friends who never have vases large and 
stable enough to hold heavy handfuls of 
cut flowers, such as Dahlias, lilies and the 
wild bouquets one brings in from the field. 
But her immediate need of pots for her 
bulbs gave her ingenuity a turn toward 
providing the marmalade jars with means 
for drainage. Of course, the bulbs would 
decay if planted in water-tight crocks. But 
Pet had once seen a homemade water 
filter constructed out of a butter jar, and 
had noted that a hole had been drilled 
through the glazed earthen ware. She 
found that her marmalade jars were not 
only unglazed on the bottom, but that the 
dealer’s imprint there made indentations 
which would hold her drill from sliding 
about and never striking twice on the same 
spot. An old three-sided file answered 
for a drill, for its point was sharp enough, 
and it was steel not easily bent. So she 
hammered away, turning her drill around 
and around, and soon had a hole through 
each jar and not one broken. We shall 
be careful not to keep the earth in these 
crocks too wet, for they will, of course, 
lose no moisture through the sides as 
unglazed pots do. I doubt if plants will 
thrive in any glazed receptacle as well as 
in the ordinary flower pot, but one often 
sees the thriftiest of blossoming plants 
growing in tin cans ranged along some 
humble window sill. . The tin is certainly 
not porous, nor does it even keep the 
roots cool. We all know that straight¬ 
sided pots stand more securely on a 
window sill, though a nuisance at trans¬ 
planting time. 
It has long been our habit to winter 
three or four of our favorite Coleus on 
the sill of a back window facing southeast, 
and so flooded with morning sunshine. 
We give each freshly rooted Coleus a 
tin can to itself, using cans scarcely three 
inches across and about four and a half 
high. This is root room enough and one 
tip of the watering pitcher is enough mois¬ 
ture for each day. Give too much water 
and they lose leaves and dwindle. We 
have a covering of pretty floor matting to 
slip over each can, and they are not un¬ 
sightly. Handled thus the Coleus do not 
grow leggy, but have leaves in plenty and 
colors even handsomer than during the 
Summer bedding. Close to the glass is 
the secret of having healthy house plants 
and blossoms on all fitted to bloom. There¬ 
fore, no sort of pot that hugs the window 
shall be condemned by me without trial 
One word about the by-products thrown 
off from city kitchens. The jars and jam 
pots, the grape and strawberry baskets, 
the lard pails, bottles and olive jars have 
all possibilities of everyday usefulness on 
the farm. Our jelly glasses break or are 
given away, and new ones seem needlessly 
expensive. Baskets of all sizes are needed 
as we gather vegetables, nuts and small 
fruits. A lard pail tied to the poultry 
netting just to clear the ground makes a 
drinking vessel for hens shut in small in¬ 
closures, and has the advantage of not be¬ 
ing overturnable. But who could enum¬ 
erate the uses for small pails about the 
house and barns, or the purposes for 
which freshly cleaned glass jars and 
bottles may be utilized? I do not know 
whether the men who deliver farm prod¬ 
ucts to city customers are in the habit of 
gathering up these useful things which the 
city housekeeper must throw away, but I 
do know that in many houses they would 
be allowed to accumulate for a time if 
from the farm came in exchange for them 
a gift of nuts or popping corn, or even a 
bunch of mint or cress or field flowers. 
R. ITHAMAR. 
Simpson-Eddystone 
Black Whites 
The standard for over sixty years. 
Absolutely fast color. Every year 
has added to their quality. Some 
designs have a new silk finish. 
Ask your dealer /or Simpson-Eddy stone 
Black - and ■ Whites. 
EddystoME 
PRINTS The Eddystone Mfg. Co. (Sole Makers) Philadelphia. 
Three generations of Simpsons 
have made Simpson Prints. 
Let Us Send You a Pair of 
RUBBERHIDE BOOTS 
On Trial 
Absolutely 
Watertight 
and 
Stay 
So 
The Rubber Boot 
with a Leather Sole 
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They wear longer than two to Jive palrsof ordinary rubber boots. 
Note bow they are made: An all rubber boot (with leather Insole) 
with canvas and rubber welt sole,re-enforced by a middle sole,and an 
outsole of best rock oak leather, all sewed together. No pegs or nails. 
Can't pull apart and can’t leak. Soles of best Rock Oak Leather; 
uppers made by Goodyear’s India Rubber Glove Mfg. Co. 
Can Be Half-Soled or “Tapped” 
by any cobbler. Great for spading, ditching, stable work, etc. Protect the 
feet from stones; do not sweat the feet; are not easily snagged. The most 
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TRY THEM ON TRIAL 
We sell the Rubberhlde Boots on a positive guaranty that they will, with 
ordinary care, outwear at least two pairs of the best ail rubber boots. If 
they do not. we will refund your money. Ask Your Dealer lor Them. If 
he will not supply you, send to us direct. Write today for booklet 
and prices. 
LEATHER INSOLE 
■ rov'RUBBg RV,1NSOC-E; 
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7777, 
RUBBERHIDE COMPANY, 814 Essex Building, BOSTON, MASS. 
The Rural Patterns. 
The waist No. 5775 has the Japanese 
armhole, and will be found a very at¬ 
tractive model. The waist is made over 
a fitted lining and consists of the fronts 
and the back with the vestee and chemi¬ 
sette. Both fronts and back are laid inf 
tucks at the shoulders and the closing is 
made invisibly at the left of the front. The 
sleeves are of moderate fullness and 
seamed to the armholes, the trimming 
bands giving the Japanese effect. There 
is also a draped belt that in this instance 
is passed through buckles covered with 
the trimming material. The quantity of 
material required for the medium size is 
334 yards 21, 3 yards 27 or V/& yards 44 
inches wide with 1 yard of silk for the 
vestee and trimming, 1)4 yards of lace or 
embroidery for the vestee and )4 yard of 
all-over lace for the chemisette, % yard 
if long sleeves are used. The pattern 5775 
is cut in sizes for a 32, 34, 36, 38 and 40- 
inch bust measure; price 10 cents. 
No. 5781 shows an attractive skirt in 
one of the most popular models. The 
skirt is made with seven gores and is 
laid in three tucks at each seam, those at 
the back meeting at the center where the 
closing is made invisibly. The folds are 
arranged at specified distances from the 
lower edge, whichever length of skirt is 
chosen. The quantity of material re¬ 
quired for the medium size is 9)4 yards 
27, 5)4 yards 44 or 5 yards 52 inches wide 
with 1)4 yards 27, J4 yard 44 or }4 yard 
52 inches wide additional for folds. The 
pattern 5781 is cut in sizes for a 22, 24, 
26, 28 and 30-inch waist measure, price 
10 cents. 
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INDUSTRIAL SAVINGS AND LOAN CO., 
5 Times Bldg., Broadway and 42nd Street, New York 
Assets $1,750,000 
CORIMED BEEF 
We use only FRESH BEEF, and then nothing 
but the plates. WE GUARANTEE THE 
QUALITY. Everybody orders again, as the 
CORNEL) BEEF is as we represent. Write for 
prices—will answer promptly. 
GEO. NYE & COMPANY 
Springfield, Mass. 
Try a Boss CrearruRaiser 
In your home, If not 
as represented return 
atour expense. More 
satisfactory than a 
6100 Separator. Runs 
Itself, raises cream 
quickly, Gets Mora 
Cream, keeps milk 
and cream sweet dur¬ 
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skimming or crocks 
and puns to handle. 
60,000 Gravity Separators sold in 1906. More Boss than 
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