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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
September, 1912 
LEAVENS MADE” 
FURNITURE 
Makes its strongest appeal 
to people of taste and refine¬ 
ment. A large business of sup¬ 
plying the purchaser direct has 
been built upon the simple, ar¬ 
tistic lines of our designs, solid 
construction, and a variety of 
custom finishes, meeting every 
possible requirement of dis¬ 
criminating people. 
A large assortment of Furniture 
in the natural wood or stained to 
suit the individual taste. Your 
choice of any of several finishes to 
harmonize with the color scheme of 
your rooms. 
*! Send for set of illustrations and color 
chart, mailed upon request. 
William Leavens & Co. 
Manufacturers 
32 CANAL STREET, BOSTON, MASS. 
S AVE \ OUR TREES and maintain the value 
of your place. We have the skill and experience to 
care for them properly. 
Appleton & Sewall Co.. Inc,, _160 Fifth Ave., N. Y. 
HorsforcFs Hardy Plants 
r For Autumn Planting 
Set hardy plants in autumn—they get started before -winter 
and do finely next summer. Lillies, Tulips, Hyacinths, 
Daffodils and many other varieties for fall planting are 
described in Horsford’s Autumn Supplement 
HOME GROWN LILIES 
Most of the lily bulbs sold in this country have been dug, 
dried, and roots removed before shipping from abroad and 
are reduced in vitality. Horsford’s fresh bulbs right from 
the beds they have been grown in, with roots and firm 
outside scales give better results and enable you to plant 
long before the imported bulbs are in. Tulips, Daffodils, 
Crocuses, etc., have time to make their root growth before 
cold weather. Send for free Autumn Supplement and Spring _ 
Catalogue. • 
F. H. HORSFORD, Charlotte, Vermont. ^ 
well done when one possesses an active 
imagination and taste cultivated by much 
study of the accidental beauties of nature. 
There is a way of planting such a com¬ 
bination of trees, shrubs and flowers, 
called by Miss Jaeckyl the drift system, 
where the shrub masses make irregular 
bays, peninsulas or even islands. The 
perennials are planted somewhat in the 
bays, but instead of being in dense masses 
are planted in light drifts with ferns or 
small shrubs between. 
It must not be supposed from this that 
one is to be restricted to the things one 
sees in any particular locality, or that the 
restrictions in the use of material are very 
great. Anything can be done in the way 
of planting, provided it looks right and 
enhances the effect of the landscape as it 
existed. 
The Practical Ice House 
(Continued from page 135) 
be a little more than the wooden house 
in the end they prove the cheapest. This 
type of house should not be confused with 
the all-concrete ice house. The walls are 
made of field stones bound together with 
concrete, and the only wood used is for 
the doors and roof. To build walls for a 
grout, house some sort of a temporary 
mold must be made. Posts are driven in 
at the corners, and boards nailed to them 
as the wall is laid up in cement. A grout 
wall of this character, if made thick 
enough, is very durable, and it practically 
forms its own insulation against the out¬ 
side heat. 
The walls should be at least twelve 
inches thick, and made of stones ranging 
in size from an egg to a small cocoanut. 
The cement should be made liquid enough 
to pour in the molds and fill all the inter¬ 
stices between the stones. Small medium 
size stones make a better bond with the 
cement than large ones. The walls are 
raised to the desired height, and then a 
plate is laid on top to receive the roof. 
Such an ice house without any double 
walls or air space or sawdust insulator 
will preserve the ice very well, but in 
storing the ice plenty of sawdust must be 
used, around the sides. The drainage is 
obtained in the usual way by making a 
floor of six or more inches of stones and 
gravel. If the soil is very thick, however, 
it will be well to make the floor a foot or 
more in thickness, using larger size stones 
for the first six inches of foundation. 
Grout ice houses of this character are 
sometimes finished off inside with a wood 
inelosure so that a space for sawdust can 
be had. If this is contemplated openings 
or niches should be made in the walls for 
the ends of joists to which unmatched 
lumber is nailed. This gives the desired 
space between the walls and the boards 
for insulation. 
The all-concrete ice house is made of 
hollow concrete blocks or from home¬ 
made molds set up one at a time as the 
—now made in three popular 
priced grades 
The original Brenlin Unfilled Shades hang at a million 
and a half windows. From coast to coast they are 
known as the finest shades made. 
Where, however, there is need for shades of a lower 
grade there lias been an insistent demand for a Brenlin 
standard of quality in those grades. To meet this demand 
we have now brought out two new shades, making in all 
three Brenlin quality grades, priced for the ordinary 
window — (1 yd. x 2 yds.) — at 
75c, 55c and 25c 
(Except in the Far Wesf) 
Brenlin Unfilled — the original Brenlin—should always 
be used where length of service and attractive appearance 
are first considerations. For this shade is made of closely 
woven cloth without the “filling” that cracks and falls out 
in unsightly streaks and “pin holes.” Sun won’t fade it 
nor water spot it. It is supple—not stiff, yet always hangs 
straight and smooth — and really shades. Made in many 
artistic tones. For windows i yd. x 2 yds., 75c. Special 
sizes and Brenlin Duplex— white one side, dark the other 
- — made to order at proportionate prices. 
Brenlin Filled at 55c, and Brenlin Machine Made 
at 25c, for windows 1 yd. x 2 yds., 
will be found by far the best values 
in window shades at these prices. 
Cut generously long, finished with 
unusual care and mounted on the 
best rollers made. 
Write for the Brenlin Book 
It shows actual samples of Brenlin 
in all colors, and gives many help¬ 
ful suggestions for the artistic treat¬ 
ment of your windows. With it we 
will send you the name of the Brenlin dealer in your town. 
Chas. W. Breneman & Co., 2069-2079 Reading Road, 
Cincinnati, Ohio. 
For sale by leading dealers everywhere. 
Mail Orders 
If no dealer in 
your town can 
supply Brenlin, 
write us and we 
will supply you 
direct. We Sat¬ 
isfactorily fill 
thousands of or¬ 
ders by mail 
every year. 
PEONIES for FALL PLANTING 
Don’t order until you have received a copy of 
our catalogue. We send it free upon request. 
GLEN BROS., Glenwood Nursery, 2001 Main Street 
ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
Made to ordet—to exactly match 
the color scheme of any room 
"You select the color—we’ll make 
the rug.” Any width—seamless up 
to 10 feet. Any length. Any color 
tone — soft and subdued, or bright 
and striking. Original, individual, 
artistic, dignified. Pure wool or 
camel’s hair, expertly woven at 
short notice. Write for color card. 
Order 1 ..ough your furnisher. 
Thread & Thrum Workshop 
Auburn, New York 
In writing to advertisers please mention House and Garden. 
