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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
Asbestos “Century” Shingle Roof—Residence, Dr. Robt. Damcrell, Red Cloud, Neb. 
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“The Roof that Outlives the Building” 
P ROPERTY owners often write us to know if we can sup¬ 
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Our assortment of shapes is uni- You will find them in the temperate 
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building - occupied by civilized man. 
You will find them on residences of 
all types—from the cottage and bun¬ 
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You will find them on office build¬ 
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tories, railroad stations and work¬ 
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Circle — impervious to every climatic 
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Go to your responsible roofer and 
ask him to show you the shapes of 
Asbestos “Century” Shingles — the 
sizes — and the three colors: Newport 
Gray (silver gray), Slate (blue black) 
and Indian Red. Or write us. Send 
for Booklet C — “Points on Roofing.” 
It will settle your roof problems to 
your great satisfaction. 
The Keasbey & Mattison Company 
Factors 
Ambler, Pennsylvania 
Branch Offices in Principal Cities of the United States, and London, England 
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CHAliLES P. LIMBEKT COMPANY 
Holland, Mich. Dept. K Grand Rapids, Mich. 
November, 1911 
Garden Suggestions and Queries 
(Continued from page 323) 
orating on or by all registers, radiators, 
etc. These may be made decorative as 
well as useful, by the use of cut flowers, 
or placing in each an inverted empty pot 
to support a fern, palm or other plant 
which will thrive in partial shade. In 
the second place, shower the plants fre¬ 
quently. This does not mean watering 
them. Use a rubber sprinkler, or better, 
a small florist’s syringe, and spray the 
foliage without wetting the soil. 
This treatment is useful not only in 
keeping the atmosphere moist, but it helps 
keep the foliage clean. The plant’s lungs 
are its leaf pores, and if these get coated 
over and clogged with dust it cannot re¬ 
main so healthy as it otherwise would. 
The plants should be covered over with a 
light cloth when the room is being swept, 
and the leaves wiped off occasionally with 
a soft cloth. Plants kept in such positions 
that they cannot be freely sprinkled where 
they are may be from time to time set in 
the bath-tub or sink and given a shower¬ 
ing there. 
A sharp watch must also be kept for in¬ 
sects. The conditions which usually breed 
them are weak, crowded or dry plants, and 
lack of thorough ventilation. Cleanliness 
and fresh air will do much to keep them 
away. The green plant louse or aphis, 
mealy-bug, a white cottony looking bug, 
and the red spider, so minute that he can 
hardly be seen, are the three most com¬ 
monly encountered. Methods of fighting 
them will be explained in a subsequent 
issue of House & Garden. 
IN THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 
HP HE vegetable garden looks pretty for- 
lorn now — that is, if you have not 
cleaned it up yet. It must look empty at 
this season of the year, but it should look 
neat and clean. No old pea bush, bean 
stalks, asparagus tops, should be left scat¬ 
tered around to harbor insects and delay 
work next spring. Clean them all up and 
burn or compost them. Most of the veg¬ 
etables will have gone to winter quarters 
before this. Parsnips, salsify, brussel’s 
sprouts, celery, are yet out. The former, 
for use during winter, should be dug out 
and trenched or stored. Some may be left 
in the ground where they are, but it will 
be better to take them up and put them 
somewhere out of the sun, where they will 
stay frozen. Celery should be trenched or 
stored, as already described, for early 
spring use. Roots and all are stored, and 
it is not trimmed until wanted for market 
or table. 
Do not forget the compost heap. It is 
the chance to be storing up plant food for 
next summer's garden—anything that will 
rot. as we have frequently said. A little 
lime, and once in a while a wetting down 
with water, will help things to rot quickly. 
IN THE FLOWER GARDEN AND GROUNDS 
UTSIDE there is not much that re- 
quires attention. See that the roses 
have been properly cut back and mulched, 
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