March, iqi2 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
87 
I There’s but one 
I best in anything— 
In Carpet 
Sweepers it’s 
BIS SELL’S 
“Cyco” BALL BEARING 
Runs so easily you wonder if it is sweeping. 
Thirty-six years’ experience in tlie exclusive manu¬ 
facture of carpet sweepers developed this wonderful 
machine, and the astonishing part of it is that the 
"BALL BEXARING" costs the consumer but ^ cents 
more than the old-style sweeper. 
For light running, durability and thorough sweeping, 
our B.VLL BE.VRING Sweeper has no equal, and you 
will never know how easy it is to sweep your carpets and 
rugs until you have purchased one of these machines. 
Even though you have an expensive cleaning apparatus 
in your home, you cannot dispense with the BISSELL 
Sweeper, as ■ it is the daily and hourly necessity in 
every household, -tlways ready, no burden to transfer 
from one room to another, cleans without dust or effort, 
will last ten to twenty years, and costs but $2.75 to 
$5.75. Then consider the saving of time, labor and health. 
For sale by all the best trade. 
Address Dept. 131 for free booklet. (23) 
Bisseli Carpet Sweeper Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. 
(Largest Exclusive Carpet Sweeper Makers in the World) I 
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GET YOUR BULBS NOW 
Tuberous 
Begonias 
are one of the FEW 
bulbs which succeed 
in the shade, and 
brighten dark corners 
with a riotous bloom 
of gorgeous coloring. 
A most exquisite ef¬ 
fect is produced by 
a planting of large 
leaved ferns as a 
background with the 
brilliant bloom of 
Begonias in front. 
For EARLY flowers 
START in the 
HOUSE in MARCH. 
The plants are ready 
to ^et out as soon as 
danger of frost is 
past. 
Prices Include Delivery 
Single flowering sorts. These have very large 
single blossoms: Each Doz. 100 
In separate colors, your choice, white, 
blush rose, dark rose, scarlet, 
carmine, yellow, orange, salmon_06 .50 $4.00 
Mixed shades.05 .40 3.00 
DOUBLE flowering sorts. Bach Doz. 100 
In separate colors, your choice, white, 
rose, scarlet, carmine, yellow... .10 $1.00 $6.00 
All shades mixed.10 .85 5.00 
RARE SORTS: 
BUTTERFLY, beautiful colors, red, 
rose, orange dotted with white.20 2.00 15.00 
FRILLED BEGONIAS. Crispa and 
Cristala, comprising a variety of the 
richest colors, heavily frilled at the 
edges .20 2.00 15.00 
FULL directions “How to Succeed Growing Be¬ 
gonias,” will be sent with every purchase of bulbs. 
If there is a DARK place in your garden that you 
wish to have “BLOSSOM LIKE THE ROSE,” be 
sure to get some BEGONIAS. 
They will do equally well in full sunshine. 
Our Ideai Garden Book for spring 1912 will be sent 
on request. 
Address H, H. BERGER & CO., 70 Warren St., N.Y, 
A tennis court enclostire at Thompsonville, Conn. 
TENNIS BACK STOPS AND NET POSTS 
B efore you know it, the first 
warm days of spring will be 
here and you’ll be itching to 
get out on the court. As much 
fun as the good old game is, never¬ 
theless you don’t want to spend 
half your time again this season 
chasing balls. A back stop is the 
thing. But whatever you do, don’t 
put up one of those clumsy 
wooden post, chicken wired affairs 
that In a year or two will sag out 
of shape and the netting gets full 
of unsightly bulges. 
It costs but so very little more 
for one of these splendid enduring 
Anchor Post Back Stops that what 
is the use of spending your time 
and money for anything else? And 
look at what you get — a neat, 
This post 
guaranteed 
not to sag. 
No holes to 
dig. Can be 
set up in hve 
minutes. All 
galvanized 
and equipped 
with ratchet 
tig lit eni n g 
reel. 
thoroughly practical, attractive 
back stop or enclosure. 
The posts are all Anchor Post 
posts, held in rigid position by 
driven blade anchors. 
No holes to dig — that’s a sav¬ 
ing. The posts are galvanized and 
will last a lifetime. 
Send us your ground measure¬ 
ments and order early so every¬ 
thing will be ready for putting up 
the very first day you want it. Or¬ 
der a couple of tennis net posts at 
the same time — a pair costs but 
$10. 
We make the better kinds of iron 
railing, ornamental gateways, and 
wire fence for every purpose. Send 
for catalogs. 
Anchor Post Iron Works 
11 Cortlandt Street (11th Floor) 
New York 
Anchor Post posts and anchoring iron are driven — no holes to dig. 
Originality; Person¬ 
ality, Individuality 
IN HOUSES BUILT 
FOR HOMES 
is the nameof our new beauti¬ 
fully illustrated 1912 edition, 
containing perspectives, 
floor plans, and reliable item¬ 
ized estimates of homes, 
selected for their refined 
character of design, and 
convenience, comfort and economy of space in the arrangement 
of the rooms. Our estimates are taken from actual contracts 
let, and are not published to trap you into buying plans for _a 
house that can never be built for the price quoted. The esti¬ 
mates cover the foundation, mason work. lumber, glass, paint¬ 
ing, interior finish, roofing, tinning, labor, etc., of each of the 
homes. We give you quality in suggestions embodying the best 
in practical home planning, in preference to a hundred or more 
impossible ones. Now is the time to study .vour plans for Spring 
building, and we have the home for your ideals. Just mail this 
and 50 centc, and take advantage of our special offer to intro¬ 
duce this book. 618-610 Ashton Building, Grand Rapids. Mich. 
m -PIERRE-LINDHOUT-ARCHITECT- — 
SunDialShop 
^ntiquejf 
Interior SDecoration 
MRS. HERBERT NELSON CURTIS 
22 East 34th Street NEW YORK CITY 
TELEPHONE 2970 MADISON 
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