50 
H 0 USE & GARDEN 
“How To Make Your 
Garden Grow” 
A PROFESSIONAL hand-book for the Ama- 
** teur Gardener, written in simple, everyday 
language and full of helpful suggestions. Send 
4 cents to Department H. 
Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co., Cambridge, Mass. 
BULL-DOG 
casement adjusters 
Make the beautiful case¬ 
ment window fly-proof, rain¬ 
proof, trouble-proof. 
Our Casement Window Hand¬ 
book gives interesting details. 
Write for it today. 
The Casement Hardware Co. 
1 So. Clinton St., Chicago 
D A N E R S K 
Becoratibe Jf urmture 
insures absolute exclusiveness. Exquisite 
Productions of original quality and artistic 
beauty—single articles or complete sets. Your 
choice from a large assortment of pieces for 
all rooms of the house, decorated and fin¬ 
ished in color harmonies developed for your 
individual requirements. Pieces held in stock 
ready for immediate finishing. The decora¬ 
tion and finish will prove the unity of any set. 
Write for complete Catalog “A" and tell 
us of your immediate requirements. 
ERSKINE DANFORTH CORPORATION 
2 West 47th Street NEW YORK 
Y OU will wonder how you 
“ever got on without them'’ 
after applying a pair of 
Stanley Garage Door Holders to 
those garage doors of yours. 
The door is held open firmly; yet 
a slight pull on the chain leaves it 
free to close. 
Stanley Garage Hardware and the 
Stanley Holder may be had of any 
hardware dealer. Write us for the 
Garage Hardware Book "H." 
NLW BRITAIN 
CONN.. U. S.A. 
The Garden of Sweet Perfumes 
(Continued from page 31) 
ers; the catchfly (Silene noctiflora ), a 
tall, leafy plant with large white flow¬ 
ers ; and four o’clocks—all these are 
easily raised from seed. 
Sweet herbs as well as flowers must 
have a place, as they are wanted for 
sachets and pot-pourri. Southern¬ 
wood and borage are both aromatic. 
A lotion made by steeping sweet fern 
leaves in boiling water will relieve the 
burning irritation of ivy poison. 
Raising Lavender from Seed 
Lavender is hardy when it is once 
firmly established, but it is not the 
easiest perennial to start in this 
country. At first I bought nursery 
stock, but out of two dozen plants 
which I got from four different 
sources in two years only one lived, 
and that was always a semi-invalid, 
so I resorted to the slower method. 
In March a shallow box was filled 
with potting mould, thoroughly 
soaked with water, then covered 
with about YU' of soil, patted down 
firmly. The box was then covered 
with glass and placed in a west win¬ 
dow. As soon as the seedlings ap¬ 
peared the glass was removed, but 
they were shaded from direct sun 
and slightly sprinkled every morn¬ 
ing. When 2" high they were trans¬ 
planted to a deeper box and set 2" 
apart. About two months later they 
were set in a partly shaded seed bed 
in the garden, and the last two leaves 
were nipped off each plant to ensure 
a bushy growth. 
Cultivation was constant all sum¬ 
mer until August, when they were 
again transplanted — this time to a 
bed which was to be their perma¬ 
nent home, a border partly shaded 
by shrubs. It happened to be a very 
dry summer, so they were sprinkled 
every evening. When cool weather 
set in, dead leaves were scattered be¬ 
tween the plants, and the quantity 
increased as the weather became 
more severe. In the spring the mulch 
was removed and a little bone meal 
raked into the ground around the 
plants. The ground must be covered 
every winter, and it is well to have 
a dressing of well rotted cow manure 
dug into the bed in the early fall. 
Thyme and Rosemary 
There are two varieties of thyme: 
the broad leaf English for flavoring 
stews and soups, and the almond- 
scented for the flower garden. It is 
a pretty, variegated plant which re¬ 
mains green all through the year, and 
is used only for sachets and pot¬ 
pourri. Both varieties are perennials, 
but if sown early in the spring will 
mature the first season. The seed 
should be sown in rows 9" apart, on 
rich soil that has been worked into 
a fine, loose condition with a fine 
garden rake, and later smoothed off 
with the back of a spade or with a 
board. Then sprinkle thoroughly, 
using a fine rose on the watering can. 
Keep the can moving back and forth 
until the ground is thoroughly satu¬ 
rated to a depth of 1". Wait for an 
hour, then scatter the seed thinly on 
the marked lines and cover about 
1/16" with dry, fine soil. It is a good 
plan to fill the flour dredger with 
soil and shake it over the rows, for 
then you are sure of its being evenly 
distributed. After the seed is cov¬ 
ered, put a board over the row and 
press gently to firm the seeds into 
the ground and aid germination. 
Thyme, marjoram — in fact, all 
small seeds—do better if they are 
partly shaded. I make long, narrow 
frames of slats and cover them with 
unbleached muslin, then drive a few 
sticks into each side of the row and 
lay the frames over them. For 
safety against wind it is well to put 
a few nails through the frames into 
the sticks. About eleven o’clock in 
the morning it is advisable to sprinkle 
the muslin with water, as the evapo¬ 
ration will prevent the seedlings be¬ 
coming too dry. If time will not per¬ 
mit making the frames, spread two 
or three thicknesses of paper over 
the rows, using stones to hold them 
in place, or mulch with lawn clip¬ 
pings. I like the former better, be¬ 
cause they are easier to remove and 
are not so untidy as a grass mulch, 
which dries and blows about. When 
the seedlings are well established 
the mulch will have to be removed, 
but if the frames are used they can 
remain for another week. 
Rosemary is another scented per¬ 
ennial, and the plants can be easily 
obtained from any nursery. If you 
want to raise from seed, proceed 
exactly as for thyme. After you 
have one well-grown plant it is bet¬ 
ter to propagate by cuttings than to 
raise from seed. Rosemary requires 
rich soil and a sunny position, and 
needs some light protection during 
the winter. The whole plant is aro¬ 
matic, but the flowers are the strong¬ 
est. The essential oil which is 
distilled from them is the principle 
ingredient of eau-de-cologne. 
How to Use Them 
A cupful each of lavender, thyme, 
rosemary and mint, steeped in two 
quarts of hot water for two hours, 
strained and added to a warm bath, 
banishes fatigue in a miraculous 
way. In cases of convalescence a 
cupful of the mixture in the sponge 
bath is both gratifying and refresh¬ 
ing to the invalid. 
Ten pounds of lavender flowers 
and one pound each of musk, thyme, 
rosemary and mint leaves, all dried 
and mixed with one ounce of ground 
cloves, was grandmother’s formula 
for the moth bags which preserved 
our furs and woolens just as effect¬ 
ually as camphor balls or tar mix¬ 
tures do in these modern days. 
To keep your garden blooming 
constantly, flowers must be gathered 
from day to day. They may he used 
to make pot-pourri, which will keep 
the house fragrant all winter. Make 
the concoction in a big stone jar 
which has a lid, and in the fall fill 
fancy jars from it. 
Silhouettes Old and New 
(Continued from page 21) 
published in Hartford in 1846 and 
is as rare, perhaps, as Eduart’s. 
Among modern artists who have 
produced silhouette pictures one may 
mention Paul Knoewka (famous for 
his Shakespearean silhouettes), Ar¬ 
thur Rackham, Howard Pyle, F. 
Vallotin, Valentini, Caran d’Ache, 
Phil May, Henri Riviere, Jules Diez 
and Maxwell Ayrton. 
There are, to be sure, new sil¬ 
houettes offered to collectors as old, 
but reliable antique dealers will not 
stoop to such catering, and the col¬ 
lector who becomes interested in sil¬ 
houettes will find the trouble of 
rummaging in the attic often repaid 
by the discovery of some old shadow 
picture, relegated thither when pho¬ 
tography appeared, for a time, to 
displace the delightful old art that 
alone has preserved to the present 
generation the outline portraits of 
many of those who otherwise would 
have passed shadeless from this 
world into oblivion. 
Silverton Cord Tires 
The B. F. Goodrich Co. 
Akron, Ohio 
Potted Strawberry Plants 
DREER’S 
Mid-Summer Catalogue 
offers the best varieties and gives 
directions for planting in order 
to raise a full crop of Strawberries 
next year; also offers Celery and 
Cabbage Plants, Seasonable Vege 
table, Flower and Farm Seeds for 
summer sowing, Potted Plants of 
Roses, Hardy Perennials and 
Shrubbery which may safely be 
set out during the summer; also 
a select list of seasonable Decora¬ 
tive Plants. 
Write for a free copy, and kindly 
mention this publication 
HENRY A. DREER 
PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
The Audubon 
Bird Bath 
Something New! 
This newly patented bird bath has a 
graduated bottom. Also, and greatly 
appreciated by the birds, 
PERCHES 
on which they can stand w«’th shallow 
water on one side, deep water opposite. 
T he center piece serves as food tray, 
or, when connected with running water 
as water-spreader mak¬ 
ing a 
SHOWER-BATH 
Send for illustrated 
circular 
A Permanent and 
Beautiful Fence 
Nothing adds more to the beauty and at¬ 
tractiveness of your grounds than a good 
substantial fence. Permanency is of prime 
importance, too. We all know that rust 
is the great destroyer of the ordinary wire 
fence. Select the fence that defies rust 
and withstands all weather conditions. 
Excelsior Rust Proof fences are made of 
big, strong wires with clamped joints which 
prevent slipping, sagging or twisting. This 
exclusive feature assures unusual rigidity 
under the most severe strain. Excelsior 
fences are dipped in molten zinc, which 
makes them practically indestructible. 
Write for Catalog C, from which to select 
the style best suited to your needs Ask 
your hardware dealer for Excelsior "Rust 
Proof" Trellises, Arches. Flower and Tree 
Guards. 
WRIGHT WIRE COMPANY 
WORCESTER, MASS. 
RUST PROOF 
