HOUSE AND GARDEN 
7 -^ 
March, 1912 
The Brenlin Before you select your 
15 ] shades, write lor this 
DOOK booklet. In it are 
actual samples of Brenlin in all colors and 
in Brenlin Duplex, light one side; dark the 
other; and many helpful suggestions for the 
treatment of your windows. 
Brenlin is the most attractive, durable win¬ 
dow shade material made. It is a closely 
woven cloth — not a coarse muslin with 
chalk of clay “filling.” It is this “filling” 
in ordinary shades which cracks and falls 
out after a few months’ use, leaving un¬ 
sightly cracks and pinholes. 
There is no “filling” whatever in Brenlin. 
It will outwear several ordinary shades. It 
always hangs smooth and even — never 
wrinkles. The sun won’t fade Brenlin, 
water won’t spot it. 
Brenlin is not expensive. There is scarcely 
any difference in cost — for a few cent's 
more a shade, you can get Brenlin. 
Write today for this booklet 
With it we will give you the name of the 
dealer in your town who handles Brenlin. 
So that you may know that you are getting 
Brenlin. the name is perforated, BRENLIN 
along the edge of every yard. Be sure that 
you see it when buying, and when your 
shades are hung. Clms. IV. Breneman & 
Co., 2069-2079 Reading Road, Cincinnati, O. 
BRENLIN BRENLIN 
Landscape Gardening 
A course for Homemakers and 
Gardeners taught by Prof. Craig 
and Prof. Beal of Cornell Uni¬ 
versity. 
Gardeners who understand up- 
to-date methods and practice are 
in demand for the best positions. 
A knowledge^ of Landscape 
Gardening is indispensable to 
those who would have the pleas¬ 
antest homes. 
2S0 pag€ Catalog frme, Writo to^day^ 
THE HOME CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL 
Dept. 226, Spring^fleld, Mass. 
on one side and keep moist and partly pro¬ 
tected from the hot sun. When the sod 
has all been removed spade up the soil to 
a depth of eighteen inches, removing all 
stones, roots and obstructions. Rake over 
carefully and roll down to a level, water¬ 
ing frecjuentl}" and hlling in all depres¬ 
sions. When a perfect level has been ob¬ 
tained replace the grass sods. 
These must be put down carefully so 
that the edges meet snugly. Open cracks 
and seams must be filled in with smaller 
pieces of sod. Roll, water and level the 
surface until all is satisfactory. Fresh 
sods may have to be cut and placed wher¬ 
ever thin places appear during the first 
season. In the spring of the year fresh 
grass seed may be sown. 
If the turf or grass is poor it will be 
better to omit sodding entirely and sow 
the surface with perfectly new seed. It is 
better in such a case to make the grass 
court in the fall of the year. The winter 
storms will settle it thoroughly and reveal 
weak spots. In the middle of March rake 
up the surface, level, sow the seed and roll 
carefully. It should be sowed twice from 
different directions, so that an even catch 
is obtained. Sowing can he made in the 
fall or sjjring. Al)out five bushels of grass 
seed will be needed for the full-size court. 
Do not use clover seeds in the sowing, nor 
guano for fertilizers. When the grass is 
high enough to cut use the scythe or sickle 
first, and keep the mowing machine for 
later cutting. Remove weeds as fast as 
they appear, uprooting them, or if the 
roots persist rub salt on them. When the 
grass is tall enough for regular cutting 
use the mower at least once a week, and 
oftener in wet weather. 
In many localities worms are very nu¬ 
merous and destructive to tennis courts. 
By working up to the surface they form 
little mounds and holes which permit 
water to trickle through and cause depres¬ 
sions. In regions where the worms are 
a great nuisance a layer of finely sifted 
cinders is placed on the stone foundation 
of the dirt court or at the bottom of the 
excavation of a grass court. These cin¬ 
ders will keep the worms from working up, 
but if placed on the grass court the cinder 
layer must be at a depth of a foot or more 
below the surface, so as not to interfere 
with the grass roots. 
One should remember that grass courts 
wear out more rapidly and require more 
care than those of dirt, especiallv when 
they are subjected to constant usage. 
The cost of making tennis courts will 
vary considerably, as one may readily see. 
As much as $200 and $300 is sometimes 
])aid for making tennis courts, but others 
are made at no greater cost than $25 where 
conditions are favorable and one is willing 
to do some of the work. The hardest 
courts to make are dirt ones laid on rocky 
foundations where blasting is necessary. 
Grass courts that are nearly level can 
sometimes be made by removing only a 
part of the sod and replacing it after dig¬ 
ging out some of the under soil. This may 
cost only a few dollars. 
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