HOUSE AND GARDEN | 
July, 1912 
Let vines 
grow over 
a galvan¬ 
ized chair 
on your 
lawn. 
The chair is made 
of galvanized 
steel wire and will 
not rust. Can 
easily be painted. 
Price $5.00 
A full catalog of 
household wire 
work will be sent 
on request. Ask for catalog 24. 
ESTEY WIRE WORKS CO. 
59 Fulton St. New York 
— Farr’s Oriental Poppies — 
Next montli (August) js the time to transplant 
these glorious bloomers. A score and more of the 
finest sorts are grown at Wyomissing Nurseries. I 
will send six handsome varieties for $i. 
My book “Hardy Plants” tells about Poppies, 
Peonies, and other plants for fall planting. I 
will send a copy if you expect to purchase. 
BERTRAND H. FARR, Wyomissing Nurseries 
643-F Penn Street, Reading, Pa. 
THE CLIPPER 
There are three things that destroy 
your lawns, Dandelions, Buck 
Plantain and Crab Grass. In one 
season the Clipper will drive them 
all out. 
CLIPPER LAWNMOWER CO. 
Dixon, Ill* 
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ARE THERE BUGS IN YOUR GARDEN ? 
You don’t have to hire an expert to get rid of them. Send for a 
copy of THE SUBURBAN GARDEN GUIDE. 
It gives spraying formulas and directions for all of 
the different kinds of bug pests. It is also a reliable 
guide for planting, fertilizing and cultivating. 
Mail the attached coupon to the address given with 25 cents 
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“THE SUBURBAN GARDEN GUIDE” contains 
64 pages, and is 534 x 754 inches in size. It 
is bound in flexible linen. 
TABLE OF CONTENTS 
Planting Time-Tables for Vegetables; The Best Vegetables for the Home 
Garden; Planting Time-Tables for Flowers; The Best Flowers for the Home 
Garden; How and When to Spray; Spraying Formulas; Fertilizing a Small 
Garden; Planting Tables for Bulbs. 
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THE SUBURBAN 
GARDEN GUIDE 
Planting Time-Tables 
How and When to Spray 
What to Grow—and How 
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334 Fourth Avenue 
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(Continued from page 4 ) 
follow his master’s carriage for miles, run¬ 
ning between the front wheels at the 
horse’s very heels in the most approved 
coach dog style and thoroughly enjoying 
the experience. The person who desires 
a trick dog will find in the dachshund a 
very apt pupil, for besides being naturally 
bright the majority of them are very 
tractable and willing to learn. 
Another quality which makes these dogs 
especially well suited to the country place 
is their ability as vermin destroyers. This 
has already been alluded to, but it will 
bear amplification. If there are rats or 
mice about your place—and few homes 
are entirely free from these pests—a 
dachshund will make their lives exceeding¬ 
ly hazardous and exciting, to put it mildly. 
One finely bred dog which came under 
our notice would crouch sometimes for 
fifteen or twenty minutes at a time beside 
a mouse or rat hole, perfectly motionless 
save for a slight quivering of his muscles. 
When the rodent tentatively thrust his 
nose out from his retreat the dog, instead 
of making a futile dash and digging mad¬ 
ly at the hole into which his intended vic¬ 
tim had of course disappeared again at 
the first hostile motion, would hold his 
position until the mouse was well away 
from its refuge ; then a sudden bound with 
nose and fore paws together generally re¬ 
sulted in another death in the rodent 
family. 
And finally, let us consider the dachs¬ 
hund from the standpoint of the man, 
woman or child who wants a bright, cheer¬ 
ful companion and playfellow about the 
house or grounds or on walks or drives. 
Here, if anywhere, the breed can be 
strongly recommended, though, of course, 
there are individual exceptions the same 
as with any other kind of dog. It makes 
no difference whether you want a romp 
in the evening or prefer merely to sit be¬ 
fore the open wood fire; you may go for 
a long tramp or simply visit the flower 
garden to see how it is progressing; the 
weather may be hot or cold, wet or dry; 
whatever may be the requirements of the 
moment, your dachshund will be always 
there and always ready. 
A few points to be looked for in a well- 
bred dachshund may be of some value to 
the intending purchaser who is unfamiliar 
with the breed. Avoid the dog which 
shows any tendency toward coarseness of 
appearance, such as heavy, short ears, 
badly curved tail, thick hair without gloss, 
etc. As regards size, there is considerable 
latitude of choice, from the light weight 
dog of sixteen pounds to the heavy¬ 
weight of perhaps twenty-five. The color 
may be red or yellowish red in the single¬ 
colored specimens, and brown, deep black 
or gray, each with tan spots over eyes, on 
sides of jaws and lower lips, breast, in¬ 
sides of legs and under tail, in the two- 
colored. 
Editor’s Note:—Previous articles in this 
series on dogs suited to the country home 
have considered the Airedale, the Scotch 
collie and the English setter. 
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