HOUSE AND GARDEN 
116 
August, 
I 9 I 3 
Kelsey Heating 
Saves Coal—Prevents Colds 
It Both Heats and Ventilates 
T HE Basic principle of Kelsey 
heating is to take fresh, pure air 
from outside; heat it in our warm air 
generator; mix it with a desirable 
amount of moisture and deliver it to the 
various rooms through wall registers. 
But don't confuse the Kelsey Genera¬ 
tor with the usual hot air furnaces that 
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able amount of moisture. 
The cold air from outside passes 
through the heated zigzag tubes 
(see cuts at left) and is thor¬ 
oughly warmed and given such a 
velocity that not only is it unaf¬ 
fected by any direction the wind 
blows, but it can be satisfactorily 
driven to remote rooms. 
There is no such thing as dust 
or. gas coming up through either 
wall or floor registers. 
Before you make any decision 
about your heating just look into 
the Kelsey. Let us send you our 
catalog. If we have a nearby 
dealer we will send you his name, 
so if you wish you can at once go 
and talk it over with him. 
are affected by whichever way the 
wind blows and delivers small volumes 
of air so overheated that much of the 
life is burned out of it. Such air can¬ 
not be healthy air. 
The Kelsey furnishes large volumes 
of pure air heated to a moderate tem¬ 
perature and containing just the desir- 
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Appropriate fixtures go far toward furnishing a room tastefully. 
Gaumer 
Hand Wrought 
Cighting Fixtures 
are substantial as well as artistic. They are finished 
in dead black or in old copper, bronze or brass—and 
the finish on genuine Gaumer pieces lasts. 
Progressive Dealers display the “Guarantee Tag’’ 
on all indoor Gaumer fixtures—it assures you against 
expensive refinishing later on. 
Write for our booklet of appropriate designs for Den or Hall, 
Dining Room or Porch, etc., etc. 
John L. Gaumer Co., Dept, a 
22d and Wood Sts. Philadelphia, U. S. A. 
and cheap and constant source of supply 
for the water garden. 
We have still to speak of the water 
lilies and water plants which make any 
water feature so desirable. Within re¬ 
cent years so many varieties have been 
introduced, most of them hardy, that un¬ 
less you have investigated the subject you 
are probably not aware of the wonderful 
effects they produce, or of the wide range 
of colors that are available. Nymphaeas, 
the water lilies, and Nelumbiums, the 
Egyptian lotus, have been so improved 
that as Neltje Blanchan says, “The cul¬ 
ture of many of them is as easy as grow¬ 
ing potatoes.” 
They need a heavy, clayey loam com¬ 
posted with well-rotted cow manure—one- 
third cow manure to two-thirds rotted 
sods, if you must prepare the soil. The 
hardy varieties will thrive in a heavy leaf 
mold or similar rich earth. The plants 
do not require much soil — the hardy 
varieties from 4 to 10 cubic feet, the ten¬ 
der forms somewhat more — perhaps a 
box 3' x 4' x T. 
Although the earth space is small, the 
plants require considerable water surface. 
This is one cause of failure, crowding too 
many plants in a small area; besides hin¬ 
dered growth, the plants are not as inter¬ 
esting if too much water surface is cov¬ 
ered. We speak of tub planting because 
it will be found much more satisfactory 
to sink tubs of water plants rather than 
set out the tubers in the loose soil. The 
roots are not so apt to be injured, the 
plants can ’be more easily tended, and 
tender varieties removed for the winter; 
besides, the water cannot shift the roots 
about. Tubs should be filled two-thirds 
full of soil and sunk about ten inches 
below the water surface. A coating of 
sand or gravel will keep the earth from 
being washed away. There should be 
holes in the tub bottom covered with 
broken stone, much as crocking for pot 
planting is placed. When water lilies are 
to be placed in a large pond where the 
soil warrants permanent planting, the 
roots may be done up in old bagging and 
sunk in the positions they are to occupy. 
There has been much said about the 
necessity of changing the water con¬ 
stantly to prevent stagnation in tanks and 
pools. As a matter of fact, too frequent 
changing is injurious. Nymphaeas and 
kindred plants do not do well where there 
is a cold spring in a pond or a fountain 
spray of any considerable volume. The 
water temperature is apt to be lowered 
too much in the former case, and in the 
latter the plants too much disturbed to 
do well. A very fine spray, however, is 
of slight effect, and is harmless with the 
more hardy water plants. A water gar¬ 
den will do very well, if only the evap¬ 
orated and transpired water be replaced 
from time to time. The growing plants 
oxygenate the water and tend to keep it 
fresh. Of course algae will grow, but 
this green scum will not be prevented by 
numerous water changes. Sulphate of 
copper, the blue vitriol crystals, if put in 
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