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Build a Greenhouse and H ave 
A Perpetual Summerland with 
Its Fruits and Flowers 
N OTHING quite takes the dread 
and “shut-in” feeling out of 
winter like having your own green¬ 
house with its various garden chap¬ 
ters to interest and delight you every day from 
the falling of the leaves to the return of the swal¬ 
lows. If you want only a little house (one so little 
as two hundred and fifty dollars’ worth) or an ex¬ 
tensive one with ample room for numerous vegeta¬ 
bles, flowers and fruits, we will build you the ideal 
house best adapted for your needs. 
Our catalog is full of suggestions — most of them 
illustrated. Send for it. There’s still time to 
build before winter completely grips things. 
900 Louisa St. 
Elizabeth, N. J. 
“The Janitor that 
never Sleeps. ” 
ERE is the opportunity to end your heating troubles without risking 
a cent until you are satisfied they actually are ended. If you are tired 
of under-heated or over-heated rooms, prove to your own satisfaction that 
you can have uniform heat—just as you want it—all the time. 
Automatic Thermostat 
Heat Regulator 
fSdJd-Llil. 
will end your daily grind of trips up and down stairs to change drafts and dampers in an effort to keep the 
furnace regulated. The “Crandon” consists of a small mechanical thermometer, which is placed in the living 
room and connected by wire with a simple device over the furnace, which automatically regulates the draft and 
check dampers if the heat in the living room varies one degree from the desired temperature. Regulates hot¬ 
air, hot-water and steam-heating systems. Pays for itself in coal saved. So simple that anyone can install it. 
Write for full details of trial offer, and copy of our booklet “Automatic 
Comfort.” Name your heater-man or plumber, if possible. 
CRANDON MANUFACTURING CO., 11 Bridge St., Bellows Falls, Vt. 
In writing to advertisers please mention House and Garden. 
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The kind of plants it is advisable to use 
will depend of course upon local condi¬ 
tions ; it may be, for instance, that the out¬ 
look from the window in which the box 
is placed is not a pleasant one, and in this 
case it would be desirable to use plants 
tall enough to shut out the view from the 
lower part of the window, thus furnishing 
the double purpose of a beautiful ornament 
and a screen. For such a situation, a row 
of begonia Vernon, white and pink, in the 
outer edge of the box, with sweet alyssum 
and lobelia (white and blue) in front, and 
vinca, a few plants, or tradescantia trail¬ 
ing down at the front, make a very pleas¬ 
ing, artistic effect. If it is preferable to 
keep the full view of the window, some 
lower growing plant, such as English 
daisies, verbenas, portulacas — or prim¬ 
roses ; if the window faces east or west — 
are used. In this case, the monotonous 
effect is broken by placing a plant of taller 
growth, such as a geranium, begonia, rub¬ 
ber plant, lemon verbena or small dra¬ 
caena, at either end of the box, forming 
a sort of living framework for the exterior 
view. Some of the prettiest effects imag¬ 
inable are to be obtained in this way. 
For summer planting outside the win¬ 
dow, or on the edge or rail of the veranda 
— an excellent place for keeping the mov¬ 
able window box when it is not wanted 
inside the house — the greatest range of 
effects is possible, for there is generally 
no restriction as to height or depth, and 
large dracaenas and rubbers, Paris daisies, 
tall-growing geraniums, summer vines, 
such as cypress and Cobea scandens, and 
trailing vines and plants, such as nastur¬ 
tiums, vinca major, ivy, geraniums, sed- 
ums, and German ivy, may be used to 
great advantage — only, as indoors, the 
most pleasing results are obtained with 
masses of one or two colors and forms, 
rather than from mixtures. One of the 
most attractive combinations I know is 
S. A. Nutt or Silverleafed Nutt gera¬ 
niums, interspersed with dracaenas of me¬ 
dium size with a row of Mme. Salleroi 
foliage geraniums in front, and a hang¬ 
ing border of alternate vincas and ivy 
geranium, Corden’s Glory. The only 
colors are red, green and white, but the 
effect is very striking and well maintained, 
as all these plants stand the sun well. 
The window box is not necessarily re¬ 
stricted to the first story. Very original 
and beautiful effects are achieved with 
balcony and bay window boxes, especially 
where they can be placed on a sheltered 
side of the house. Vincas and other hang¬ 
ing vines, under such conditions, will at¬ 
tain remarkable length and beauty. Abroad 
it is no uncommon sight to see several 
rival window gardens one above the other 
on the face of the same building. 
The most neglected possibility of the 
window box is the way they are left empty 
and unsightly from mid-autumn to late 
spring. In localities where the thermom¬ 
eter does not go below zero there are a 
number of plants that will come through 
safely. While undoubtedly more pleas¬ 
ure is to be had by bringing the box in- 
