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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
November, 1912 
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H OW would you like to have a copy of the book which contains the original of this handsome 
illustration, greatly enlarged, besides many other views, both interior and exterior, of classy, 
modern homes? This plate is a reproduction of a pagein “The Door Beautiful,” an artistic book of 
MORGAN S DOORS 
full of straight, common-sense information about home building, and clear, convincing illustrations 
to explain the text. We are giving a copy of this book free to every prospective builder who asks 
for it. May we send you one ? Your name on a postal, with request, will bring it. Write today. 
MORGAN SASH & DOOR COMPANY, Dept. B-6, CHICAGO, U. S. A. 
MORGAN COMPANY MORGAN MILLWORK CO. 
Oshkosh, Wis. Baltimore, Md. 
ARCHITECTS : Descriptive details of Morgan Doors 
may be found in Sweet's Index, pages 910 and 911 . 
- ' - A 11 " •—. ....v Morgan Doors are sold by dealers who do not 
’MORGAN MORGAN 
Now or Never!! 
All spring-flowering bulbs 
should be planted before 
the close of November. 
Don’t delay if you want 
your garden gay next 
spring. We have the best 
of everything in spring¬ 
flowering bulbs: 
Hyacinths, Tulips, Narcissus, Jonquils, 
Snowdrops, Crocus, Lily-of-the-Valley, 
Squills, Lilies, Iris, etc. Also the best 
and most complete line of Old-Fashioned 
Hardy Plants — Hardy Climbers, Hardy 
Shrubs and other plants that should be 
planted in the Autumn. All are fully 
described in our Autumn Catalogue. 
Sent free on application. 
HENRY A. DREER 
PHILADELPHIA 
Hide Your Ugly Views 
With a Screen Plant¬ 
ing Like This. 
T OMBARDY Poplars were used 
here. Besides being effective they 
grow quickly and are inexpensive. 
Write us about them and other trees 
and shrubbery suitable for screening 
things from view. 
A catalog of Moons’ Hardy Trees 
and Plants for Every Place and Pur¬ 
pose will be mailed upon request. 
The Wm. H. Moon Company 
Makefield Place, Morrisville, Pa. 
Philadelphia office Room “D,” 21 South 12th St. 
One of the most beautiful and satisfac¬ 
tory all-year-round flowers is the oxalis. 
There are several types and colors, all 
well worth trying, and at the price of fif¬ 
teen cents per dozen everyone can afford 
them. Their culture is simple; just put 
a few bulbs in a hanging basket, pot or 
pan (for these latter you can get wire 
“pot hangers” at five cents apiece, making 
a practical hanging basket) so that they 
are just below the surface, hang near a 
window where they will get plenty of sun¬ 
light, and keep the soil moist; the blos- 
soms-—in pink, white, rose, red, lavender 
and yellow — are borne in the greatest pro¬ 
fusion, not only for weeks, but for months 
— from November to June. They should 
then be rested by gradually withholding 
moisture, and started into growth again 
in September. 
For the maximum of show and the mini¬ 
mum of care, no bulb equals the amaryl¬ 
lis. It will bloom in the same pot for 
years without being disturbed, and the 
handsome, striking, lily-like flowers, borne 
three to five upon a stem two feet high, 
never fail to attract attention. The new 
hybrids are much more beautiful than the 
older varieties, usually of solid red or scar¬ 
let, and have attractive variegations and 
stripings. Although the bulbs are com¬ 
paratively expensive, they are a good 
flower investment. 
The calla is another long-lived bulb of 
easy culture. Its two chief requirements 
are a very rich soil and abundance of 
water. The bulbs should be potted up, as 
soon as received, in six-inch pots, taking 
care to “crock” them properly — and using 
a soil, if possible, containing one-third 
rotted cow manure. It is best to keep 
rather cool and shaded for the first few 
weeks, but if this is not convenient, they 
may be put at once into light and heat— 
the latter should be kept as close up to 
sixty degrees at night as possible. The 
large white calla ordinarily seen is the 
most satisfactory, but besides this there 
are several others, among them “Little 
Gem,” a dwarf sort, Golden yellow (R. 
Elliottiana ), Black (really an arum, but 
of similar habit of growth), spotted leaf, 
and Godfrey, a dwarf, free-flowering sort, 
very desirable for a pot plant where the 
large white calla would prove too cum¬ 
bersome. 
Two splendid bulbous plants for grow¬ 
ing inside in the winter—though both are 
comparatively unknown for this purpose 
as yet — are the gladiolus and the Spanish 
iris. The latter, which is quite distinct in 
appearance from the well-known German 
and Japanese irises, is so beautiful as to 
have deserved the title of “orchid of the 
hardy garden.” The roots, unlike those 
of the common sorts, are bulbous, and it 
may easily be forced under the same treat¬ 
ment as that accorded tulips. The colors 
range through yellow, white, blue, bronze, 
primrose and violet. The netted bulbous 
iris (I. reticulata) is also very easily 
forced, the beautiful purple and gold 
flowers being borne on stems only four or 
five inches high. 
In writing to advertisers please mention House and Garden. 
