HOUSE AND GARDEN , 
i/8 
September, 1912 
So quietly do Siwelclo Closets flush, W 
p! that they are now being placed in j® 
i lavatories under the stairs in lower halls. | | 
p This should satisfy every one that the g 
L Siwelclo 
Noiseless 
Siphon Jet 
Closet t 
1 
can not be heard outside its immediate en¬ 
vironment. Its sanitary features are perfect. 
Made of Trenton Potteries Vitreous China. You can ® 
find nothing to equai 
our Vitreous China and 
Ideal Solid Porcelain 
for your household. 
Ask your plumber or 
architect. 
Send for Booklet No. 
S8, which tells fully 
about the Siwelclo 
Closet. Ask also for 
booklet "Solid Porce¬ 
lain Washtubs and 
Sinks.” 
THE TRENTON 
POTTERIES CO. 
Trenton, N. J. 
U. S. A. 
The Largest Manufacturers 
of Sanitary Pottery in the 
U. S. A. 
See the picture of the 
beautiful chaste 
Madonna 
Lily 
DEPARTMENT H-27 
the only hardy, deli¬ 
ciously fragrant snow 
white lily. To bloom 
richly next June, bulbs 
must be planted be¬ 
fore October 1st. This 
lily is essentially a 
Garden Lily. 
1 12 100 
Large Bulbs...10 $1.15 $8.00 
Mammoth 
Bulbs .15 1.50 10.00 
Jumbo Bulbs..25 2.50 15.00 
Price includes delivery 
Our Fall Bulb Book is ready. Send for 
it — it is free. Contains full information on 
How to make your house bright — and your 
friends happy — with bright flowers this win¬ 
ter. Tells you all about Growing Bulbs in 
our prepared Moss Fiber — a cleanly, rapid 
and grateful method. Address 
H. H. BERGER & CO. 
70 WARREN ST. NEW YORK 
be stored away carefully, laid flat and 
placed as close together as possible. 
Boards should first be laid loosely across 
the foundation of stones. A space of 
eight to ten inches should be left between 
the ice and the walls of the house for saw¬ 
dust. The insulating material should be 
put in the space and rammed down hard 
as each layer of ice is piled up. The cakes 
of ice should be packed on a level, and to 
secure this, snow or shaved ice must often 
be used to raise up corners and edges. 
When the last layer is in, the top should be 
covered with a foot of sawdust, shavings 
or other material. 
Before the ice house is refilled each 
winter, all the old ice should be removed 
and also the loose sawdust. The doors 
and windows should be thrown open so 
that the interior can dry out. It does not 
as a rule pay to carry old ice over the 
second year. It is apt to become rotten 
and cave in. If carried over it should be 
removed and packed on top of the new 
crop so that it will be the first to be con¬ 
sumed. 
If the ice house is properly supplied 
with drainage and ventilation it is not un¬ 
sanitary—not even when located near the 
house. The low temperature of the ice 
prevents any germs from flourishing there. 
The very principles which are essential to 
the preservation of ice preclude the pos¬ 
sibility of germs growing. This fact 
should be born in mind for the reason 
that some people insist upon a distant lo¬ 
cation of the ice house from the residence, 
under the impression that it is unsanitary 
and unhealth ful to have it very near. 
Convenience of handling and reaching the 
ice should be considered in building an ice 
house, and for this reason a good many 
build what may be called combination ice 
houses and cold storage rooms. 
The ice house after all solves only one- 
half the perplexing problem. It provides 
no cold storage place for articles of a 
perishable nature. About all it provides 
is an abundance of ice for the refrigerator, 
the table, and for refrigerating articles 
when shipped to market. Meanwhile, 
eggs, dairy products and other goods 
must be stored in places where the tem¬ 
perature is neither uniform nor low 
enough in summer to do much good. 
For the purpose of solving both ques¬ 
tions in one, the plan of an ice house and 
cold storage room is presented here. It 
is a workable plan, and one that has given 
satisfaction in a number of instances. It 
can be built on a simple or elaborate scale, 
and can be made of wood, bricks, stone 
or concrete. 
If such a building is located close to 
the kitchen so that the cold storage room 
can be entered easily, it will provide ad¬ 
ditional attractions to the housekeeper. 
Milk, butter, fruits, eggs, and all perish¬ 
able articles can be kept in it. The room 
is cool, dry and perfectly sanitary, and 
practically no additional ice is used for 
keeping it cold. The ice stored in the 
space above is removed as needed, but so 
Roofed with Fireproof Asbestos "Century” Shingles. 
Last forever. Never require paint. 
■pOR residences especially, ask your 
A roofer about the French or diagonal 
method of laying Asbestos “Century” 
Shingles. Every Shingle is anchored at 
the tip to the shingles below. The roof 
is light — flexible — self-supporting, 
even after the roof frame is weakened 
or destroyed by fire. Write us for 
Booklet, “Roofing: A Practical Talk.” 
KEASBEY & MATTISON CO., Factors 
Dept. C., Ambler, Pa. 
Branch Offices in Principal 
Cities of the United States 
INTERIOR DECORATORS 
Color Schemes Planned and Executed 
Stencil Work and Applique Work : ; 
Samples and Estimates on Request 
BOWDOIN & MANLEY 
546 Fifth Avenue New York 
) THE ENGINE/REFINEMEN 
Tor 
finest boats t/tat/Yoat 
For Runabouts Cruisers and Speed Boats. 
Sterling Engine Co., 
1255 Niagara St 
Buffalo, N. Y. 
Meehans' Mallow Marvels. 
Huge, brilliant blossoms 
the width of this page. 
(See our Specialty Book) 
UNUSUAL 
PLANTS 
Individualize your 
home grounds by the 
use of distinctive, un¬ 
usual plants —not the 
commonplace sort 
which may be had any¬ 
where. 
Aside from the im- 
I mense collection of 
general nursery stock, we have, in our 
58 Years Experience as 
America’s Pioneer Nurserymen 
collected a splendid group of rare 
and unusual plants, which are 
hardy, reliable and just as prac¬ 
tical to plant as common stock. 
Write for our Specialty Book K, 
telling about some of these plants, 
which will give character to your 
garden—lift it from its surround¬ 
ings. 
We welcome the opportunity to 
assist you in beautifying your 
home grounds. Write us about 
your problems. 
Thomas Meehan & Sons 
B0x 4o 
Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa. 
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