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HOUSE & GARDEN 
Japan Bamboo Stakes 
Invaluable for staking Herbaceous plants. 
Gladioli. Lilies. Strong and DURABLE, do 
not decay like wooden stakes or Southern cane. 
NATURAL COLOR 
25 50 100 1000 
6 feet long.$0.40 $0.75 $1.25 $10.00 
8 feet long.75 1.25 2.25 17.50 
GREEN COLORED 
INVISIBLE BAMBOO 
ft. 
long 25 50 
100 
1000 
2. 
$0.25 
$0.40 
$0.65 
$5.00 
3.. 
. .35 
.60 
1.15 
7.50 
4. . 
, .45 
.75 
1.25 
10.00 
5. . 
.50 
.85 
1.50 
12.00 
VERY HEAVY BAMBOO 
Suitable for Dahlias, Tomato bushes, or 
wherever SThONG support is needed. 
NATURAL COLOR 
Ft. long 12 50 100 
6 (% to I in. 
diam.) .$1.50 $6.00 $10.00 
8 (% to M/ 4 in. 
diam.) . 2.00 8.00 15.00 
Bamboo is much used for Japan¬ 
ese Gardens. Bridges. Kiosks, etc. 
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crumbling as long as the house stands. 
It contains no metal to rust and break. 
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This Way 
J UST turn on the water 
then turn the water any 
way you want it to water 
and let it water like the gentle 
rains of the heavens. One 
line fifty feet long will water 
2500 square feet. $13.75 buys 
just such a portable line that 
can be attached directly to 
your garden hose. It is 
equipped with special coup¬ 
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easily moved. 
Spray nozzles are of brass. 
Pipe is galvanized. 50-foot 
portable line $13.75. Deliv¬ 
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with order. 
100-foot lines cost $26.25. 
Other lengths in proportion. 
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231 Water Street TROY, OHIO 
Finishing Interior Woods 
(Continued from page 14) 
Another of the panels shows a 
piece of chestnut. You will note the 
beautiful figure of this wood, which 
can be treated in m?ny ways to in¬ 
tensify and to bring out the growth. 
This panel is finished with three 
coats of material. The first coat is 
a non-fading oil stain, specially con¬ 
structed for this type of wood, and 
followed by two coats of a specially 
prepared finishing varnish, which is 
very inexpensive, lightly rubbed to a 
dull sheen with curled hair to ac¬ 
quire the texture of surface. This 
finish on chestnut is economical, 
practical, durable and satisfying. 
The lower portion of the panel shows 
the same wood finished with paint 
and enamel, using the same specifi¬ 
cation as on the panel first described. 
Here we have three coats to acquire 
a practical finish as against six, when 
using the paint and enamel. 
The ordinary yellow pine panel is 
finished exactly the same as the 
chestnut. Here the stain has been 
successful in bringing out the figure 
of the wood, and with the use of the 
varnish rubbed to a dull sheen, a finish 
has been obtained that would other¬ 
wise have been very unattractive. It 
is to be noted, however, that in the 
use of pine, unless your wood trim is 
selected for figure, it is often much 
better to finish with paint and enamel 
or, in the instance of the wood being 
used in bed chambers, it is often 
advisable to finish with a hard dry¬ 
ing, washable flat paint. 
Finally there is white pine finished 
with a coat of stain and two coats 
of varnish specially prepared. It is 
possible to bring out the natural fig¬ 
ure and markings even of this wood, 
if the right stain is employed to de¬ 
velop them. Though space will not 
permit detailed information relative 
to the finishing of all woods and their 
possibilities, the following classifica¬ 
tion may help in the selection of the 
wood for the home interior before it 
has been installed, and guide you in 
the refinishing of the woods which 
may be already installed. 
Other Woods 
All native American woods can be 
stained to bring out and intensify na¬ 
ture's woven markings in the fiber 
of the wood and further finished with 
varnish, wax, lacquer and other pro¬ 
tective materials, designed scientific¬ 
ally, according to the specific texture 
of finish required. The right type of 
stain must be used for the different 
woods, and it might be well to note 
that some will require an oil stain, 
others acid stains, others spirit stains, 
others straight chemical stains, and 
some few, water stains. 
A few manufacturers who have de¬ 
veloped stains and finishing materials 
for woods both interior and exterior, 
have a department which devotes its 
entire time to furnishing detailed in¬ 
formation relative to the finishing of 
each specific wood and advising you 
on every problem relative to such 
work. It is advisable to consult ex¬ 
perts of one of these departments 
before the selection of the wood is 
made, before starting refinishing. 
Mahogany, hickory, chestnut, ash, 
American walnut, Circassian walnut, 
butternut, oak, ebony, rosewood, and 
cherry, should never be painted. 
Finish them either natural or stained 
as may be desired. 
Red gum, spruce, cypress, hard or 
yellow pine, white pine, birch, bass¬ 
wood, redwood, cedar, fir, holly and 
laurel can be stained or painted as 
desired, providing care is taken to 
select the growth of the wood show¬ 
ing some little figure. 
Yellow poplar, poorly figured hard 
or yellow pine, white pine, cypress 
and fir should be painted or enam¬ 
elled in shades as desired. 
Collecting Chairs of Character 
(Continued from page 34) 
Collecting,” by Vallois (all of them 
illustrated), will be found valuable. 
From such sources one learns that 
walnut came to be greatly used in 
English chairs after 1650; that Hep- 
plewhite suggested horsehair for 
chair coverings; that the Carolean 
crown is a distinguishing mark of 
chairs of the Restoration period; 
that Queen Anne furniture is marked 
by simplicity and that its beauty de¬ 
pended, as a rule, on its fine lines, 
graceful curves, extremely delicate 
veneering and slight and restrained 
inlay; that mahogany came into use 
between 1720 and 1725 and not into 
general use before 1730; that Chip¬ 
pendale’s best pieces were made be¬ 
tween 1730 and 1760; that in all real 
Chippendale ball-and-claw termina¬ 
tions the claw is carved to express a 
gripping, not merely tamely resting 
on the ball, as in imitations and in 
most reproductions. These are but a 
few of the hundreds of interesting 
points every collector of old furni¬ 
ture should know, points that enable 
one to collect chairs intelligently and 
with joy in the pursuit of a hobby at 
once delightful and practical. 
How Do Your Rooms Face? 
(Continued from page 15) 
Lot: At least 100' frontage. 
Frontage: North, east, south or 
west. 
First floor plan to comprise the fol¬ 
lowing rooms: Dining-room, living- 
room, kitchen and pantry and kitchen 
porch, maid’s room and bath, cloak¬ 
room, lavatory and toilet in connec¬ 
tion with front hall. The living- 
room and front hall to have intimate 
connection with the garden. Dining¬ 
room to have two aspects, one toward 
the east, and one toward the south. 
Living-room to have at least two as¬ 
pects, one toward the south and one 
toward the west. Kitchen to face the 
north, with a slight east outlook. 
Second floor plan to comprise the 
following rooms: three bedrooms, 
one of which is to have a private 
bath-room and dressing-room, the 
other two to have one bath-room in 
common. A linen room, opening off 
the hall. All bedrooms to have large 
clothes-closets. All bedrooms to have 
at least two aspects, one toward the 
east, the other either toward the 
north or south. Bed-rooms in no case 
to have windows toward the west. 
The plans in the body of this ar¬ 
ticle show the solution of the above 
problem for four houses, fronting re¬ 
spectively east, south, west and north. 
It is to be observed that no two of 
these various plans are alike in form, 
yet in each of them the disposition 
of the various rooms is such as to 
fulfill exactly the requirements of the 
program for one of the four points 
of the compass. 
Garden Furniture 
and 
Decorations 
in Reinforced 
Cast Stone 
BIRD BATHS 
Sun Dials, Fountains 
Vases Settees 
Flower Boxes 
Benches 
Send for illustrated 
Price List 
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157 W. 32nd Street New York 
To La^y 
ON ROADS, DRIVES and PATHS 
SOLVAY 
Granulated Calcium Chloride 
Economical - Practical-Efficient 
Shipped direct to your station in 
air-tight packages ready to apply 
Stock carried at many points 
Write for illustrated Road Book 
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mm 
CON-SER-TEX 
Makes a neat, attractive, dur¬ 
able surface, which will last 
as long as the house itself. 
This roofing material costs less than 
most others, is inexpensive to lay and 
for years has been giving satisfactory 
service. 
Wherever a neat, artistic waterproof 
surface is wanted CON - SER - TEX 
should be used. It will not leak, 
buckle, crack, stretch, peel or rot. 
CON-SER-TEX is a canvas roofing 
chemically treated to protect the fiber 
from mildew and the detrimental action 
of the oil in paint. 
Water-proof Weather-proof 
Wear-proof 
Investigate its merits. :Send 
us the dimensions of your roof, 
porch floors, sleeping balcony, 
or the surface you want covered. 
IVe will mail you samples show¬ 
ing quality, width, weight and 
complete information on cost of 
laying this material. 
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8 Thomas Street New York City 
Chicago Distributor: 
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California Distributors: 
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The Pacific Building Material Co. 
San Francisco 
