HOUSE AND GARDEN 
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ouse Suggestions 
and Location 
As to location, we generally encourage 
placing the greenhouse as near the resi¬ 
dence as possible, so it will be easy to 
reach, no matter what the weather. 
With our special curved eave construc¬ 
tion and the introduction of many archi¬ 
tectural departures and refinements in 
design, surely the attractiveness of Hitch- 
ings’ houses, of all houses, warrants their 
proximity to the residence. 
There are many little kinks and wrinkles 
about this greenhouse question well worth 
your careful consideration before investing 
your money. We speak frankly in this 
way, because so many disappointed owners 
have only themselves to blame for the lack 
off satisfactory results or excessive up¬ 
keep cost of their greenhouses. 
We want you _ to have our catalog and 
carefully investigate our houses. 
V ERY naturally the size house you 
need depends entirely on the gamut 
of things you want to grow. How¬ 
ever, for an all around general purpose 
house, one like this, 50 feet long, and di¬ 
vided into two compartments, makes an 
admirable little layout. 
The work-room is of regular green¬ 
house construction and the glass is ground 
or painted to take off the glare and make 
it cooler to work in. Some prefer to 
have one of our specially designed wood 
or masonry work-rooms; all of which, 
of course, depends on how much money 
you want to spend. But these are de¬ 
tails that can be talked over after you 
have seen our catalog and selected the 
house you would like. 
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1170 Broadway 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
Pennsylvania Bldg., 15th and Chestnut St: 
Factory: Elizabeth, N. J 
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Max Harold Westhoff, Architect , Saranac Lake, N. Y. 
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To secure “that natural effect’ 
For the mountain camp or boathouse use the -wood browns and 
■ens, weather gray or the many other soft, artistic shades of 
1 ENGLISH SHINGLE 
_ BELQTHER.S 
They harmonize with natural surroundings perfectly. Bring out all 
the beauty of the grain, and waterproof the wood, adding years to its 
life. The high grade English ground colors cannot fade. Cost less than 
half as much as paint and are easier to apply. 
Write for 22 stained miniature shingles and Booklet A. 
DEXTER BROTHERS CO., 115 Broad St., Boston, Mass. 
BRANCH OFFICE: 1135 Broadway, New York 
Also makers of DEXTROLITE, the WHITE ENAMEL which 
does NOT TURN YELLOW 
AGENTS: H. M. Hooker Co.. Chicago : Asam Bros.. Inc.. 917 
Arch St., Philadelphia: F. H. McDonald, Grand Rapids: F. T. 
Crowe & Co., Seattle, Tacoma. Spokane, Wash., and Portland, 
Ore.; R. McC Bullington & Co., Richmond ; Hoffschlaeger Co. 
Honolulu : and DEALERS. 
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the car pretty well, I sha’n’t forget the 
cesspool again, and Larry can buy a new 
feathered tribe. We are all healthy and 
happy, aren't we?" 
And Mr. Spence whirred off to the sta¬ 
tion. 
But it was not until the following fall, 
when the household accounts, the garden 
accounts and incidental expenses were 
gone over, that Spence realized what they 
had really accomplished. 
“It is almost incredible,” he began one 
evening, “what we have managed to do in 
the way of reducing our cost of living, 
just by having this place instead of our 
home in Willisport. And I don't know 
just how to balance up this sheet fairly and 
squarely, either,” he went on, quizzically, 
looking at his wife and two children. "For 
there is no appropriate money value to set 
down opposite three items. There is a 
boy who is utterly healthy, whose work at 
school has improved, whose spare time is 
taken up in useful work, and who finds a 
joy in the labor of his hands, in the keep¬ 
ing of his feathered tribe safe from disease 
and accident — how can I say what the 
profit is there? 
“Then there is a small daughter. Two 
years ago she was flabby and nervous — 
now she’s a bundle of nerve with no nerves 
at all! I can count with fair accuracy the 
result to the household of her activities as 
a farm lassie, but what money value will 
I set opposite these items—her red cheeks, 
indicating healthy circulation, her strong 
muscles and springy step, her absence of 
nerves and her healthy body? 
“Then there is Mother. Mother hasn't 
had an ache or a pain, a complaint or an 
ennuied moment for so long I can't count 
the time. Any special money value, dear, 
to put opposite that item?” 
“No, John, I can’t think of any — only I 
wouldn't go back to the city for — for any¬ 
thing you could give me there,” answered 
Mrs. Spence. 
“Well, we’ll just leave that aside. We'll 
just forget any but monetary profits and 
consider them. 
“I find that we have invested in our gar¬ 
den this year, in seeds, fertilizer, tools and 
accessories, for our three acres, and not 
counting any labor at all, the enormous 
sum of one hundred and thirty-seven dol¬ 
lars and forty-three cents. We have sold 
vegetables and fruit to the value of three 
hundred and twenty-nine dollars and 
eighteen cents, and we have supported a 
table for seven people besides. Now, if 
we count Jack's wages for a year as our 
labor cost, we have three hundred dollars 
to deduct, which wouldn’t leave much. No, 
honey, I'm not forgetting your labor,” to 
Dorothy, “but T don’t know how to value 
it, since I can't state the number of hours 
nor the market value of your labor, any¬ 
way. But it seems to me fair to say this 
in the statement — Jack hasn’t put in all his 
time on the garden by any means. We 
would have had him work about the place, 
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