HOUSE AND GARDEN 
July, ign 
Hicks Evergreens to Plant Now 
Evergreens are a delight 
all the' year. You can 
plan for them in July, 
and plant the latter part 
of that month, August or 
September. Come to our 
nursery and select some of 
the stock. We have been 
working for many years to 
prepare a stock of nearly 
all the species of ever¬ 
greens hardy in this cli¬ 
mate and have many of 
them in sizes up to 20 and 
Isaac Hicks & Son 
Are there cedars in your vicinity 
7ue can move /or you ? 
30 ft. ready for immediate delivery. 
Is there a disagreeable view you want 
to screen? _ . . , 
Do it in August with evergreens 
and it is done for all the year Do 
not depend on Lombardy Poplars. 
We can ship the evergreens from 
our nursery, or from the collecting 
fields where we have over 1 000 big 
White Pine, Red Pine, White Ce¬ 
dar, and Hemlock lOto 30 ft. high, 
root-pruned. They are the cheap¬ 
est because it has cost nothing to 
grow them. We are offering them 
at prices close to fhe cost of hand¬ 
ling them to popularize an unde¬ 
veloped branch of landscape plant¬ 
ing. Send for “ Evergreens for 
August and September Planting.” 
Westbury, Long Island 
Until July 25, 
RARE LATE TULIPS 
from our Holland Nurseries. Better order all 
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Holds 6 to 10 weeks’ 
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of its nicely grouped casement windows, 
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The Essentials of the Modern 
Kitchen. 
(Continued from page 39) 
galvanized iron, copper, soapstone or 
enameled porcelain, and provided with 
an ample draining-board ; two being much 
preferred. If there is a special sink for 
vegetables required, it should be immedi¬ 
ately adjoining the draining-board to in¬ 
sure compactness and convenience as well 
as economy in plumbing. The draining- 
board may be of hard wood or of wood 
covered with copper or zinc. The best are 
made of enameled ware similar to the 
sinks. Draining-boards of copper or zinc 
should be given only a slight slope to pre¬ 
vent the possibility of dishes slipping there¬ 
from. 
The refrigerator should be built in or 
placed against an outside wall in order that 
the ice can be put in easily from without 
through either a small opening or window. 
If it can be avoided, the refrigerator should 
not be placed immediately in the kitchen, 
but rather in the entry, pantry or enclosed 
porch. 
The kitchen of the small house which 
sometimes has no communicating pantry 
should have built therein dressers of such 
proportions as will accommodate all the 
necessary dishes, pots, vessels, bins for 
flour, sugar, etc., cutlery, and other things 
essential for obtaining the best results 
under the circumstances. A dresser of 
commodious size is always a blessing. The 
top portion, of plain shelves, should be en¬ 
closed either with doors or sliding glass 
fronts; the lower portion, first lined with 
zinc and enclosed with solid wooden doors 
so constructed to fit nearly if not airtight. 
If an exclusive pot closet is desired, it 
should be handy to the range and at the 
same time be under cover for sanitary 
reasons. 
Frequently in a small kitchen a counter 
or drop leaves against the wall are sub¬ 
stituted for a table, but in most kitchens a 
good-sized substantial table, preferably in 
the center of the room, is found indispen¬ 
sable. The table should have a smooth 
top that can be easily kept clean. Al¬ 
though costly, a heavy plate glass fitted 
perfectly with rounded edges makes a 
splendid top for the table. 
The service part of the house, of which 
the kitchen is the central room, should fit 
together just as parts of a machine and 
form a unit in themselves. The pantries, 
store rooms, etc., should be placed so as to 
afford easy access one to the other. 
In a house, which has two or more ser¬ 
vants, a dining-room or alcove should be 
provided for their use. This may be a 
part of the kitchen or immediately ad¬ 
joining, and merely large enough to com¬ 
fortably seat the servants around a table. 
The cook’s pantry should contain cup¬ 
boards in which are all the necessary para¬ 
phernalia for preparing pastries, puddings, 
etc., such as bins, bakeboards, crockery, 
pans and supplies, and should be lighted 
by at least one window. 
* The butler’s pantry, or china-closet as 
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