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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
September, 1911 
to a deeper rose at base. I can give no 
better advice to those who are going to 
plant peonies this fall than this: Pin your 
faith to these thoroughly established vari¬ 
eties — they cannot possibly fail, and the 
results will naturally lead you into the en¬ 
joyment of trying out the year's novelties 
next seson. 
Beaute Francaise 
Couronne d'Or 
Duchesse de 
Nemours 
Festiva Maxima 
Lee’s Grandiflora 
Rubra 
Prince Imperial 
Virginie 
Mme. Lebon 
Mme. Ducel 
Mme. Coste 
Wm. Warner PIarper, 
Andorra Nurseries. 
Achille 
Candidissima 
Couronne d'Or 
Delachei 
Duchesse de 
Edouard Andre 
Festiva Maxima 
Jeanne d’Arc 
Meissonier 
Ne- Modeste Guerin 
mours 
Arthur T. Boddington. 
Festiva Maxima Felix Crousse 
Mons. Jules Elie Marie Lemoine 
Duchesse de Ne- Livingstone 
mours Edulis Superba 
Modeste Guerin Delachei 
Delicatissima 
Cottage Gardens Company. 
Festiva Maxima Felix Crousse 
Delicatissima Marie Lemoine 
Modeste Guerin Madame Crousse 
Jeanne d'Arc Madame Geissler 
Mons. Jules Elie Mme. de Verneville 
Ellwanger & Barry. 
Festiva Maxima 
Alba Sulphurea 
Delicatissima 
Jeanne d’Arc 
Livingstone 
Eugene Verdier 
Alice de Julvecourt 
Felix Crousse 
Festiva Maxima 
Edulis Superba 
Madame Ducel 
Festiva Maxima 
Couronne d'Or 
Dorchester 
Madame Chaumy 
General Grant 
Pamponia 
W. 
Marie Lemoine 
Felix Crousse 
Modeste Guerin 
Tri d'Ex. de Libbe 
Prince de Talindyke 
S. G. Harris. 
Madame Geissler 
Modeste Guerin 
Marie Lemoine 
Glorie de Chas. 
Gombault 
Wm. W. Kline. 
Richardson's Grand¬ 
iflora 
Officinalis Rubra 
FI. PL 
Grandiflora superba 
Victoria tricolor 
. Chandler, 
10s. Meehan & Sons. 
Edulis Superba 
Festiva Maxima 
Mad. Ducel 
Modeste Guerin 
Madame Calot 
Marie Jacquin 
La Tulipe 
M a r e c h a 1 Ma c- 
Mahon 
Jeanne d'Arc 
Couronne d’Or 
George H. Peterson, 
Fair Lawn, N. J. 
Festiva Maxima 
Mme. Crousse 
Avalanche 
Couronne d’Or 
M. Jules Elie 
Eugenie Verdier 
William A. Peterson, 
Chicago, Ill. 
Claire Dubois 
Richardson’s Grand¬ 
iflora 
M. Krelage 
Felix Crousse 
Festiva Maxima Felix Crousse 
Marie Lemoine Delachei 
Mons. Jules Elie Delicatissima 
Richardson Rubra Giganthea 
Superba Lime 
Livingston 
W. H. Wetherby, 
Livingston Seed Co. 
Mme. de Verneville Georgiana Shaylor 
James Kelway Le Cygne 
Lady Alexandra Le France 
Duff La Lorraine 
Theresa Mont Blanc (Le- 
Rosa Bonheur moine) 
E. J. Shaylor. 
Mr. Shaylor adds that if the amateur 
cannot afford these varieties, here is an¬ 
other list of lower cost: 
Festiva Maxima Mons. Martin Ca- 
Aurore huzac 
Baroness Schroeder 
Eugenie Verdier Mme. Jules Dessert 
Soulange Venus 
Mme. de Galhan Milton Hill 
New Ways of Controlling Electricity in the Home 
WHAT RECENT IMPROVEMENTS CAN DO, NOT ONLY TO HELP BY LABOR- 
SAVING DEVICES, BUT TO ECONOMIZE IN THE AMOUNT OF CURRENT USED 
by Katharine Newbold Birds all 
T HE new house that is not wired for electricity bears the same 
relation to up-to-date home convenience that the old-fash¬ 
ioned cistern with pump does to the modern method of plumbing. 
That electricity is a necessity and a con¬ 
venience nowadays more than a luxury we 
find proven on every side; the depths of its 
luxuriousness have so far been only faintly 
sounded although we hear now that mi¬ 
lady has her desk supplied with an elec¬ 
trically heated monogram stamp, which, 
pressed upon the sealing wafer imprints 
her crest upon the seal without the trouble 
of lighting a candle, and with no smoke 
to blacken the die or the sealing wax! 
Everyone who uses electricity realizes 
well the joy of a matchless light; to take 
the time to find and to scratch the match 
for a gas illumination, seems a relic of the 
dark ages to one who is familiar with elec¬ 
tricity. Even the possession of an electric 
spark-lighter for igniting gas does not re¬ 
move the inconvenience of gaslights, al¬ 
though it perhaps minimizes the danger 
from setting fire to other objects with the 
flying match-head or the burning match. 
But, granted the possession of such an 
electric lighter, would it be any more of a 
stationery fixture than a box of matches— 
and would there not be the same groping as for that elusive 
match-box ? 
The greatest objection, if one can call it such, to electric lights 
in the home, has been that of the con¬ 
sumption of power, with only one degree 
of light; the light was either turned on 
in its full power, or the room was in 
darkness. Now, however, the invention 
of several economical devices which may 
be attached in a minute to all fixtures, 
enables us to have a dim light or a me¬ 
dium light, like that of turned-down gas, 
as well as the full blaze. The devices 
work either with a chain or a cord, or 
merely in the turning of the bulb by 
hand. The turning down can also be ef¬ 
fected at a distance, which is convenient 
for those of us who have the bad habit 
of reading in bed. 
One economical house owner has had a 
switch put in his dining-room which con¬ 
trols the four center lights, so that one 
or four lights may be turned on or ex¬ 
tinguished. When the maid sets the 
table, the button is given one turn, which 
lights one bulb, giving sufficient light for 
her work. When time to serve the meal, 
a second stop on the switch lights the 
The arduous task of cleaning and polishing 
silverware is made a matter of a few 
minutes’ work with electric help 
