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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
April, 1912 
For the Country Home 
Residents of the country are usually 
lovers of nature and of simplicity. To this 
class much credit is due for the great pop¬ 
ularity of “CREX” floor coverings. 
Being made of that long, jointless, silky, 
"Carex” or wire grass, absolute cleanliness 
and perfect sanitation are assured. 
A gentle shake, followed by brushing 
with a damp broom, keeps your room free 
of dust and your coverings fresh and bright. 
For the living porch, no covering equals 
a “CREX” rug or runner. Dampness 
does not affect. They lie flat — never curl. 
We would like to send you a copy of our 
latest catalogue giving dimensions and 
showing a great variety of patterns in actual 
colors. A complete story of “CREX” 
products will also be yours for the asking. 
The word “CREX” as applied to 
grass floor coverings has the same 
meaning as the word “Sterling,” in 
the silverware trade — it’s THE 
standard of quality. LOOK FOR 
TRADE MARK ON ALL RUGS. 
CREX CARPET CO. 
White Street 
Near Broadway 
New York City 
MILLS: 
St. Paul, 
Minn. 
(^CCTX't^ 1 Noiseless Closet 
^ I Should Be in Every Home 
L __ ^ / Outside of its immediate 
y environment it is not i 
possible to hear the 
o 1 Noiseless ■ 
biweicloif" g 
when it is flushed, if properly installed. Its sani- ^ 
tary features are perfect. 
The Siwelclo is made of Tren- , , ^ 
ton Potteries Vitreous China, the 
most sanitary material for all 
plumbing fixtures. Strong, im- ' '8 
pervious all the way through, and lE ^ 
will last forever. Costs no more ^ 
to install than tlie cheapest closet. ^ 
Ask your architect or plumber •' B 
about it and Ideal Solid Force- - 
lain, tlie best material for wash- ^ A: ^ 
tubs, bath tubs and sinks. ‘ ^ 
Write for book No. S.8 on ; 1 ^ 
“siwelclo siphon Jet Closet” and ^ 
our book on “Solid Porcelain . ^ 
Washtubs and let us tell you Ift 
about Trenton Potteries Products. « 
THETRENTON POTTERIES CO. ^ m 
Trenton, N. J. j .■ ^ 
Largest Manufacturers o,f Sanitary I- 
Pottery in the United States ^ 
blooms, a total of eighty-two on one bulb. 
The first flowers opened on October 15th, 
and I had some flowers at the end of Jan¬ 
uary. The treatment which has produced 
good results with about a hundred pots of 
it was as follows: As soon as the flowers 
are over, the pots are laid on their side, be¬ 
neath the staging of a house with a tem¬ 
perature of 55° to 60°. About the middle 
of March, when the new growths begin to 
push from the base of the bulbs, they are 
shaken free of the soil and well washed in 
warm soapy water before being dipped in 
the best insecticide for mealy bug and 
brown scale. The roots are shortened to 
about an inch, and then potted in a com¬ 
post consisting of two bushels of good 
fibrous loam broken up into pieces about 
the size of a walnut, one bushel of peat 
fibre, chopped sphagnum moss, half a peck 
of half-inch nodules of charcoal, half a 
peck of dried cow manure broken to pass 
through a quarter-inch sieve, one bushel of 
oak leaf soil, half a peck of quarter-inch 
bits of soft brick, and half a peck of clean 
silver sand. These are thoroughly mixed, 
and then warmed in a house for three days. 
The bulbs are potted singly, the largest in 
six-inch pots, the next size in five-inch pots 
and the remainder in threes in six-inch 
pots. The pots are filled to one-third of 
their depth with clean crocks, over which 
a layer of the rougher portions of the com¬ 
post is put; the bulb is then held in posi¬ 
tion and the compost pressed firmly into 
the pot, the roots left on them serving to 
hold them firm until new roots have gained 
a grip of the compost. When finished the 
base of the bulb is just below the soil, room 
being left for top dressing when the pots 
are well filled with roots. When firming 
the soil round the bulbs care is taken not 
to injure the new rootlets which emerge 
from the base. All the bulbs being potted, 
they are placed in a house the temperature 
of which is kept at 55° to 60° in winter 
and 60° to 70° in the summer. An ordi¬ 
nary side stage covered with shingle or 
ashes is a suitable position, setting each pot 
on an inverted five-inch pot so that it will 
be convenient to dampen the shingled stag¬ 
ing, etc., several times a day with a small 
watering pot. It is not advisable to syringe 
the calanthes unless the temperature is 
higher than the figures given, as if the 
leaves are wet in a low temperature the 
foliage is likely to be disfigured with black 
spots. Until the young growths are grow¬ 
ing nicely, usually early in April, the 
plants are not watered, the soil being kept 
all the while on the dry side. Beyond the 
maintenance of the required temperature 
and shading there is little to be done, ex¬ 
cept removing superfluous growths, only 
one growth being allowed for each bulb. 
From the middle of June, or when the 
growth begins to bulb, a stimulant is given, 
liquid cow manure and soot water being 
good. A month later a top-dressing with 
a mixture of loam, leaf soil, cow manure 
and brick rubble in equal parts, and all 
passed through a quarter-inch sieve, may 
be given, after which clear water only 
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A nn killed by science 
KA IS.J^ANYSZ virus 
is a Bacteriological Preparation 
AND NOT A POISON — Harmless to Animals] other than 
mouse-like rodents. Rodents die in the open. For a small house, 1 tube. 
75o; ordinary dwelling, .8 tubes. $1.75; larger place — for each 6,000 sq . 
ft. fioor space use 1 dozen. $0.00. Send now. 
Indepeodent Chemical Company. 72 Front Street. New York 
We have pr. pared sp-cially for you a catalog that 
illustrates over 160 artistic designs in Willowcraft 
Hand Made Furniture — really the style book in 
willow furniture, covering a wide range of treat¬ 
ment. This book is valuable to you even if you 
need but one piece. For it shows what is correct 
in design and the best in the world in^the^line. 
THE WILLOWCRAFT SHOPS 
Box C, No. Cambridge, Mass. 
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