HOUSE AND GARDEN 
192 
September, 1911 
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A DVISE on how they can be made a highly interesting, valuable part of your property. In gen- 
eral, woodlands are wastelands as far as the pleasure the owner derives from them is con¬ 
cerned. But this need not be! To the skilled forester they hold large possibilities. He knows 
how to convert them into one of the most interesting “walk-throughable,” pleasure-giving parts of 
your grounds. 
It is of just this and more, that we want to advise with you concerning your woodlands. 
Forestry and the care of trees in all its branches is our business. We have just published a 
most convincing booklet on woodlands showing the “before” and “after” results of our work. 
Send for it. Or send for us. 
BEFORE 
You never see woodlands of this sort in Eng¬ 
land or Germans’. As far as its usefulness or 
accessibility is concerned, it might just as well 
be a swamp. 
It requires more than mere clearing out—it 
needs the scientific work of both preservation 
and elimination, that our foresters can give. 
A ITER 
Last fall we were engaged to reclaim this 
woodland. In the spring, when the owner came 
back from Florida, this was the happy change 
that greeted him. 
It is now available ground—beautiful ground. 
It is growing better trees, which each year 
add to both its interest and value. 
M unson-Whitaker Company 
FORESTERS 
Boston—623 Tremonf RIHg. New York—823 Fourth Ave. Bldg. 
Pittsburg—743 Oliver Bldg. 
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An Interior Furnished and Dacorated by 
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ITALIAN, FRENCH AND ENGLISH 
DECORATION AND FURNISHING’ 
10 East 33rd Street NEW YORK CITY 
in fig 4, is notched in, as at R.N., to hold 
upper ends of rafters. The rafters are 
held together, as shown in figs. 3 and 4, 
by bent pieces of heavy wire, as indicated 
by B.W., the upper ends of S.G. being cut 
away to allow inserting of binding wire 
into rafters. 
A ridge board, R.B., in fig. 6, is neces¬ 
sary to prevent wind getting under sash 
ends and lifting sash. This board is made 
of one-inch fence stock, nailed together 
trough-shaped and held in place by a third 
board, attached as at R.B.S., notched to 
fit over wire and rest on ridgepole. 
The length of center post will depend on 
depth of pit and thickness of support, 
C.P.B., which is necessary to prevent set¬ 
tling. In setting up, the ridgepole is 
lightly toe-nailed to center post and rafters 
laid on at intervals to steady ridge, which 
must be absolutely level. The rafters are 
not nailed at either end, it being the pur¬ 
pose to make the skeleton or frame of this 
bed portable and easily removable. The 
center posts may be placed ten feet apart 
for supporting sash, but an extra post 
should be placed between to support the 
extra weight of earth and covering when 
used as a storage pit. 
The ends are built on a separate form 
or frame and attached to end posts by 
heavy hooks instead of spikes, to permit 
removal. A vertical sliding door is placed 
in one side of this end to permit easy en¬ 
trance to frame when used as a storage 
pit without disturbing the protecting bank¬ 
ing of litter. 
Fresh manure, F.M., is used to bank 
sides when used as coldframe or hotbed. 
We found it desirable to run a line of 
water pipe, with taps at convenient inter¬ 
vals, inside the frame, for watering plants 
during severe weather. 
For the purpose of working inside with 
sash closed a plank is arranged, as shown 
in fig. 7, eleven feet four inches long, with 
a hog chain of heavy wire to support the 
weight, and light strap iron with hooks on 
ends to hang on rafter rails, at either side, 
so that men may work from it over bed in 
planting, weeding, etc. 
Fall Care of the Lawn 
r I 'HOSE who are becoming so discour- 
aged at the present appearance of 
their lawns may take some cheer in the 
knowledge that September is the best sea¬ 
son of the year to get rid of such annoy¬ 
ing interlopers as dock, dandelion and crab 
grass. Work done now yields more per¬ 
manent and satisfying results than in the 
spring, although it does take considerable 
muscular effort. 
The deeply rooted weeds, dandelion and 
dock, must be dug out with some weeding 
instrument, going so deep that there is no 
possibility of their growing again. 
With crab grass the case is different. 
By the end of August this pest will be 
found to have crept over much of the lawn 
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