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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
October, 19 ii 
T HE great secret of 
the successful flower 
garden lies in the 
generous use of peren¬ 
nials well massed. Right 
now is the time to set 
out these plants in order 
to have a notable garden 
this coming "season. 
Right here is the place 
to get sturdy plants that 
will come true to color 
and type, and at whole¬ 
sale rates. 
Get in touch with us at 
once to make sure of that 
distinct ive garden you 
want for next year. 
Palisades Nurseries, Inc. 
SPARKILL, N. Y. 
■ Helps 
"the wear 
Iron Railings, Wire Fences and Entrance 
Gates of all designs and for all purposes. 
Correspondence solicited: Catalogs furnished. 
Tennis Court Enclosures, Unclimbable Wire Mesh 
and Spiral Netting (Chain Link) Fences for Estate 
Boundaries and Industrial Properties—Lawn Furni¬ 
ture—Stable Fittings. 
253 Broadway 
'■* New York City 
F. E. CARPENTER CO. 
The Morris Nursery Co. 
WEST CHESTER, CHE ?J E N R A . ca 
-ESTABLISHED 1849- 
Over 250 Acres in Fruit,Ornamen¬ 
tal and Evergreen Trees, Shrubs, 
Vines, Roses, Perennials, etc. 
Write for Price List and Catalogue 
LANDSCAPE WORK A SPECIALTY 
(Continued from page 268) 
fruit. Careless picking and packing may 
show no bad results at the time, but every 
bruise, no matter how slight, is likelv to 
develop into a rot spot undef the first 
favorable circumstances, and spread ruin 
to the lot. 
Apples and pears should be kept in a 
cold, dark place, where the air is moist, but 
never wet, and where the temperature will 
not go below freezing. They should be 
stored loosely, not more than half a foot or 
a foot deep, on slatted shelves. If such 
conditions cannot be given, and they must 
be kept in a dry, heated place, pack, using 
only perfect fruit, in tight boxes or bar¬ 
rels, or in sand, moss or leaf-mould to pre¬ 
vent shrivelling. 
The strawberry bed should be mulched 
with bog hay or straw, after the ground 
freezes, but before severe weather. Cover 
the plants about two inches deep and two 
or three between the rows. 
The cane fruits, raspberries, blackberries 
and dewberries, should be protected in cold 
climates — New York and north—by laying 
down. Bend them over near the ground 
and hold in place with a shovelful of earth 
on the tips. Hay, cornstalks or even soil 
may be used for mulching, but it should 
not be put on until after the first frosts. 
Examine currant bushes for the borer, 
whose presence is indicated by a wilted 
brownish appearance. 
It may seem that all this constitutes 
an unconscionable number of things to at¬ 
tend to, but the truth of the matter is that 
these things attended to now will save a 
multiplication of jobs later. Look over 
the various suggestions made above, make 
a list of those covering your own case, and 
if you can manage to attend to one each 
day you will soon find them cleared up. 
Putting On the Winter Garb In¬ 
doors 
(Continued from page 214) 
that it is possible to find fabrics of these 
lines to employ in almost any color scheme. 
The colors are practically permanent. 
Monk's cloth, from the lightest to the 
heaviest weight, admits of many good 
treatments for window draperies and por¬ 
tieres. Stencils outlined in embroidery or 
simply the stamped pattern without the 
outline, or motifs cut from another fabric 
may be successfully applied to this much 
used material. 
The manufacturers of wall papers, rugs 
and fabrics are becoming keenly alive to 
the needs of an each year more discrim¬ 
inating public. The fall showing of fab¬ 
rics and carpets gives one great hope for 
the artistic future of American homes. 
The subtle delicate shades would not be 
manufactured if they were not wanted, 
and they must be wanted by a large per¬ 
centage of the people, to have the call for 
them penetrate the walls of the manufac- 
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