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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
September, 1913 
WOLFF 
T HE owner of this beautiful 
residence at Elkhart, Indiana, 
enjoys his Bath Room as much as 
any room in the house. It, together 
with the Kitchen, Pantry andLaun- 
dry, is equipped wilh the most 
modern fixtures from the Wolff fac¬ 
tories which harmonize perfectly 
with the architecture of the home. 
Get our booklet on Bath Room 
Suggestions. 
L.Wolff Manufacturing Co. 
Plumbing Goods Exclusively 
E. Hill Tlimock 
MAIN OFFICES—601-627 W. LAKE ST. 
SHOWROOMS — 111 N. DEARBORN ST. 
CHICAGO 
BRANCHES: DENVER. OMAHA. MINNEAPOLIS. DALLAS. 
ROCHESTER 
POTTERY. TRENTON, N. J 
P LANT during September your vacant land with White 
Pines. Cut shows a 5-foot plant—the best size for For¬ 
estry planting. Set 10 feet apart, and 43 ® trees to the acre. 
We are the largest growers of hardy trees and plants in 
New England, and can supply in quantity everything re¬ 
quired for Forestry, Landscape and Garden planting. Cor¬ 
respondence solicited relative to any planting problem. 
Send for illustrated Catalog. 
The New England Nurseries Co. 
Dept. “A” Bedford, Mass. 
good wearing qualities, besides being eco¬ 
nomical. 
Almost everybody has odd pieces of 
furniture stored away in the attic. Many 
of these have become scarred or blistered, 
probably by being placed too near the fire. 
It is unnecessary in places such as this to 
scrape the paint off. Take a blunt knife 
and remove the blisters, going over the 
entire surface with sandpaper to make it 
smooth. Paint it with one coat and set it 
away for a week to dry. When thorough¬ 
ly hardened, treat it to a coat of enamel 
paint, which is the highest grade for in¬ 
terior finish. It takes about two days for 
this to harden sufficiently for the second 
coat to be put on. There is an advantage 
in this enamel, for it gives a fine gloss 
which is effective. Also, anybody, even if 
he has never tried it, can apply this by 
using a little common sense. 
While four-posters are always advisable 
for Colonial chambers, more especially if 
these pieces of furniture are old heir¬ 
looms, yet in the house under discussion 
white beds with brass trimmings have been 
fittingly used. There is advantage in 
using this kind of beds, for they are sani¬ 
tary and easily kept clean. If the paint is 
worn off, it is an easy matter to do them 
over with a fresh coat of enamel. In the 
Charles River house one notes that great 
care has been taken to have the furnish¬ 
ings as much as possible of the period. To 
be sure, in some cases the willow has been 
used, but this has been done so effectively 
as to make the results in good taste. 
Saving a Year on Perennials 
(Continued front page 154) 
your carefully planted bed erect a light 
framework oVer which you can place a 
light wooden frame covered with florist s 
protecting cloth or any light, partly trans¬ 
parent stuff, such as an old sheet; or a 
screen made with laths placed an inch or 
so apart, such as are used over cold- 
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