HOUSE AND GARDEN 
September. 
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I N rummaging around in grandmother's 
garret, did you ever come across an old, 
old umbrella having heavy reed bows, 
or frame, instead of the light steel ones 
now used ? 
That reed-framed umbrella might well be 
taken as a comparison, for greenhouses built 
in the usual way. The light, strong, all- 
steel framed umbrella corresponds to the 
U-Bar construction with its entire frame¬ 
work of galvanized steel U-.Bars. 
No other greenhouse is so constructed. A 
frame of steep roof-bars is true only of the 
U-Bar construction. This frame gives the advantages of: 
Greater lightness—which means better plants, easier grown. 
More blooms. Repairs: practically nil. 
Greenhouses so constructed have a graceful, clean-cut beauty of 
line unattainable with other constructions. 
U-Bar houses have curved eaves. _ But don’t 
think thatevery curved-eave house is a U-Bar 
house. It may look like the U-Bar curved 
eave, but that’s the only way it is like it. 
The only U-Bar greenhouse builder is the 
Pierson U-Bar Company. 
One owner in his enthusiasm called his 
U-Bar house “a bubble of glass” — another, 
"the house with the cobwebby frame.” 
Naturally. U-Bar greenhouses cost a bit 
more than others, and logically are worth more. 
Investigate. Send for catalog. Or send 
for us. Or both. 
U-BAR GREENHOUSES 
PIERSON U-BAR CO 
ONE MADISON AVE_ NEW YORK 
Canadian office. 10 Phillips place, Montreal 
A Book of Distinctive 
Interiors 
Edited by WILLIAM A. VOLLMER 
This is the most useful 
book for the home-maker 
ever published. It pictures 
scores of rooms that have 
been decorated and fur¬ 
nished with good taste and 
distinction, Put not neces¬ 
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There are helpful chapters 
on all the rooms of the 
house —living-room, dining¬ 
room, kitchen, nursery, etc. 
Illus. $1 net; postage 10 c. 
-Four Practical 
The Dutch Colonial House 
By AYMAR EMBURY, II 
Mr. Embury has based most of his own well- 
known designs on the flexible style that was 
evolved by the old Dutch settlers through New 
Jersey, Long Island and the upper reaches of 
the Hudson. He contends that this Dutch Col¬ 
onial —• or gambrel roof — type of house is the 
most logical solution of the an¬ 
cient problem of securing at a 
minimum cost, an attractive 
house with a free sweep of air 
and light, and plenty of room. 
As with the preceding volumes 
of the Country House Library 
there are many illustrations from 
photographs and floor plans. 
Illustrated. $2 net; postage 20 c. 
Ho use Books— 
Reclaiming the Old House 
By CHAS. EDW. HOOPER 
All through this country—especially the New 
England States—there are scores of rambling old 
houses which, abandoned by the unknowing, are 
merely waiting for you to come along and turn 
them into great cheerful homes; homes that hold 
something of the atmosphere of other days. Mr. 
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splendid photographs, plans and 
diagrams. It is a remarkable 
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Illustrated. $ 2.50 net; postage 20 c. 
Furnishing the House 
of Good Taste 
By LUCY ABBOT THROOP 
A fascinating and author¬ 
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furnishing of your home, 
written by a well-known in¬ 
terior decorator. The au¬ 
thor, after a survey of the 
period styles of decoration, 
takes up in detail the home 
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Illus. $2 net; postage 20 c. 
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