HOUSE AND GARDEN 
December, 1911 
Locking the Windows 
HE necessity of going about the house 
at night to see if the windows are 
safely locked, can easily be obviated by the 
use of the clever arrangement of the lock 
and lower sash-lift at the bottom of the 
lower sash. This consists of a metal fin¬ 
ger-hook for raising the sash. There is, 
however, a drop hook as well. A sepa¬ 
rate plate, with a hole large enough to ac¬ 
commodate the drop hook, screws into the' 
window-sill. The sash-lift and the hook¬ 
locking device work from a center pivot, 
and the act of closing the window forces 
the edge of the drop-hook over the edge 
of the lock-plate on the sill, thus clamp¬ 
ing the window on the “hook and eye” 
basis. 
Where the bedroom windows are on 
the ground floor or other exposed place, 
the “ventilating lock” is a very desirable 
addition to one’s comfort. This is a metal 
device applied to the side of the window, 
allowing the upper sash to be dropped a 
required distance, when the night-lock is 
applied. Bolts are also made for the pur¬ 
pose, and it is merely a question of per¬ 
sonal preference as to which is the most 
desirable; the ventilating lock, however, 
being more practical as it is self-applying. 
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Economy in Gardening 
CO far from expecting to make any 
^ profit from their gardens, many 
would probably be satisfied if they could 
make them self-supporting. We are all 
agreed that the pleasure afforded by a 
well-kept garden is worth a good deal of 
trouble and expense; indeed, it can be 
looked upon as a necessary expenditure, 
inasmuch as it is an indispensable factor 
in maintaining the value of an estate, but 
it is very certain that the study of the ac¬ 
counts of a number of important gardens 
would reveal the fact that good and bad 
management result in a very considerable 
difference both in outlay and returns. 
Economy in gardening is largely a mat¬ 
ter of making the best of the site. Is it 
not really better to make the most of nat¬ 
ural advantages than to pit one’s ingenuity 
and purse against nature? Yet there are 
people who must cultivate roses where all 
the soil for them has to be brought a great 
distance, and others who must needs make 
a lake on an unsuitable site, or whose taste 
is all for plants which require constant re¬ 
placement. Fortunately, in glasshouse 
gardening it is quite easy to economize. 
Thus the maintenance of a stove or forc¬ 
ing houses cannot be termed a necessary 
expense, and the conventional summer bed¬ 
ding out is an item which might certainly 
in some instances be advantageously im¬ 
proved away. Where room is available a 
saving could be accomplished by doing 
more home propagation. Professional 
gardeners say there are not many em¬ 
ployers who have not got economy verj 
much in mind. The pity of it is that 
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WINTER COMFORT 
Soon the weather 
will be cold and 
soon a good heating 
plant will be one of 
the most welcome in¬ 
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With the DUN¬ 
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haven’t. 
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