HOUSE AND GARDEN 
September, 1911 
with the outside walls of brick ten inches 
thick would cost an advance of 6.5 per 
cent, over the weather-boarded house; 
that a house with twelve-inch brick walls 
would cost an advance of 10.7 per cent, 
over the weather-boarded house; that a 
house of stucco on hollow clay blocks 
would cost 4.9 per cent, in advance of the 
weather-boarded house; that a house of 
stucco on frame would cost in advance of 
2.5 per cent, over the weather-boarded 
house; and that a house with four-inch 
brick veneer on hollow clay blocks would 
cost an advance of 7.7 per cent, over the 
weather-boarded house. 
In these estimates face brick were fig¬ 
ured to cost $17.50 per thousand, and com¬ 
mon brick $9.00 per thousand. 
A Bulb that will Prolong the 
Fall Garden 
(Continued from page 171) 
shown some rather peculiar characteris¬ 
tics. The blossoms usually appear rather 
late; the first ones are always pinkish- 
lavender in color; after a while flowers are 
produced which show some white petals, 
perhaps half of the blossom being white 
and the remainder lavender. At the last, 
perfectly pure white blossoms appear. 
This is usually in November. Whether 
the cold weather has an effect on the color 
of the blossoms is an unsettled question in 
the mind of the owner of the garden, but 
these characteristic features have been 
shown by the plant every season for sev¬ 
eral years. 
One has but to see a mass of these 
pretty flowers blooming late in the fall in 
the garden, or scattered around in the 
grass, to be convinced of their desirability, 
and once introduced, no flower lover will 
be willing to have them banished from 
his domain. 
A Combination Hotbed and Stor¬ 
age Pit 
(Continued from page 172) 
close intervals to stuff, spiked at sides, 
two inches from edge to top, the post be¬ 
ing sawed at a slant, as shown in fig. 2, 
to allow the sash to slide over for venti¬ 
lation, watering, etc. At proper intervals 
on this rail small blocks are nailed to fit 
snugly on each side of the rafter ends. 
The sash guide strip, S. G., in fig 5, is 
of white pine, one inch square. To prevent 
after-swelling and binding these strips 
should be thoroughly saturated with lin¬ 
seed oil and two coats of white paint given 
before attaching to rafters, R. 
The rafters and ridgepole are of 2 x 4 
in. material. The ridgepole is made up of 
two pieces, L.R.P. and T.R.P., spiked to¬ 
gether. The top piece, T.R.P., as shown 
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