HOUSE AND GARDEN 
October. 1911 
WILLIAM LEAVENS & CO. 
MANUFACTURERS. 
32 Canal Street, Boston, Mass. 
^Repeated orders from satisfied custom¬ 
ers, and their frequent letters of commen¬ 
dation place Leavens’ Made Furniture in 
a class by itself. It is furniture that meets 
every requirement of the particular pur¬ 
chaser. A large variety of styles, all good, 
and each purchaser’s individual taste in 
finish, insure the measure of satisfaction 
that has resulted in a marked increase in 
sales during the past year. 
^Leavens' Made Furniture is designed on the plain, 
simple lines that give style and character. It is strong 
but not clumsy. Each piece has individuality. An 
inspection of unfinished stock in our ware-rooms shows 
how good is the material, and how honestly it is built. 
It is finished to your order if so desired. 
C A package of over two hundred prints and a color 
chart will show you possibilities for every room in your 
house. Send for them. 
HAVE ELECTRICITY IN YOUR COUNTRY HOME 
Install an Alamo-Westinghouse electric lighting set in 
your house. These little plants are safe, durable, eco¬ 
nomical and do not require the services of an engineer. We 
also install Complete Water Systems of all kinds. All of 
our apparatus is guaranteed. Write for our booklet entitled 
"Electric Light and Power for Country Home and Farm.” 
ALAMO MFG. CO. - Hillsdale, Mich. 
Eastern Representatives, OTIS & WELLS, Electrical 
Engineers, 2 Rector Street, New York City, 
CHAS. PFAU, Bourse Bldg., Philadelphia 
(Continued from page 266 ) 
and clean. In the cellar, clean coarse sand 
is generally used. This is for storing car¬ 
rots, beets, parsnips and other root crops 
which would shrivel if left exposed to dry 
air. 
In storing any fruit or vegetables always 
see to it that they are clean, dry and sound 
— the smallest spot or bruise is a danger 
center. Keep the temperature thirty-three 
to thirty-eight degrees, as even as possible. 
Give ventilation whenever possible. Watch 
out for rats and mice. Go over the garden 
and save everything worth saving. 
Beans. Those still in the green state 
are delicious canned in modern glass jars. 
Those dried and partly dried may be 
stored vines and all, under cover, and later 
picked and shelled. 
Beets, carrots and turnips store in sand 
or moss. Cut the tops off within an inch 
or two of the root, not close. 
Cabbage and cauliflower hang up by the 
heels, after light frosts in the cellar. Cab¬ 
bage in quantity is trenched outside. 
Celery. For keeping over winter, store 
in narrow boxes, on two or three inches of 
wet sand, pack upright, close together. 
Leave roots and earth on; store boxes in 
cellar — slight freezing will not hurt. 
Cucumbers, melons, egg-plants. These 
cannot be kept over winter, but if very 
carefully gathered just before the first 
frost and stored in a dry cool cellar they 
will stay in good condition for some time. 
Potatoes and onions. These are stored 
without any covering in a cool, dark cellar 
—potatoes usually in a bin of convenient 
size. The onions will keep better if stored 
in slatted barrels or boxes, giving free ac¬ 
cess to air. Be sure they are perfectly dry 
before putting into their final storing 
place. 
Parsley. Put a few plants in a pot or 
box and keep in the kitchen window. 
Squash or pumpkins. Gather before 
frost, cutting with small piece of vine at¬ 
tached, handle gently as eggs, and store in 
a sunny, airy place where frost can be kept 
off. Later store in a dry, dark place, with 
temperature as near forty degrees as 
possible. 
Tomatoes. Just before frosts, pick the 
best of the unripened fruits and place 
some on clean straw in coldframe or 
greenhouse. Put others in straw in the 
cellar. By this method they may fre¬ 
quently be had until Christmas. 
The rows of spinach, onions and bore¬ 
cole sown last month for wintering over 
should be kept scrupulously clean. They 
will not need covering up until November, 
but get your supply of mulching material 
ready to hand. 
Put liberal dressings of coarse stable 
manure on rhubarb and asparagus beds. 
Put clean sand and earth on the sea-kale. 
Fruit, as a general thing, is best where 
ripened fully on the tree, but the winter 
sorts, of course, do not ripen until some¬ 
time after being gathered. 
You cannot be too careful in harvesting 
(Continued on page 270 ) 
T HERE is a distinctiveness about Handel 
Lamps and Lighting Fixtures—a strik¬ 
ing beauty and individuality of design 
that adds the final touch to the well-furnished 
room. The shades are gems of exquisite de¬ 
sign and superb coloring. 
The Handel productions com¬ 
prise m» ny styles of lamps and 
lighting fixtures for electricity, gas 
or oil. They furnish a clear, mellow light 
which does not tire the eyer. 
The illustration herewith shows electric 
dome No. 5381 for library or dining room. 
You may purchase Handel Lamps at leading 
jewelers and lighting fixture dealers. We will 
gladly refer you to the dealer nearest you. If you 
are plannmg the lighting of a new home or wish 
to improve your present lighting, our booklet. 
Suggestions for Good Lighting.” will give you 
many helpful ideas. 
We shall be pleased to send 
you a copy upon request 
THE HANDEL COMPANY 
390 East Main Street Meriden, Conn, 
New York Showrooms, 64 Murray Street 
ARTISTIC LIOBTINfl EFFECTS 
JACKSON 
Ventilating Grate 
enables you to enjoy the charm of an open 
lire—and in addition really warms and ven¬ 
tilates the room. By a simple system of flues, 
heat can be carried to other rooms on the 
same or different floors. 
Send for our illustrated Catalog 
of grates and fire-place fixtures. It tells you 
how you can get the benefit of all the heat 
from an open fire. 
E. A. JACKSON & BRO. 
Incorporated 
52 South Beekman St. - New York 
In writr-g to advertisers please mention House and Garden. 
