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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
November, 1913 
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Beautify your floors with 
Sherwin-Williams 
MARMOT 
* FLOOR VARNISH 
the perfect wear-proof, water¬ 
proof floor varnish 
A good floor varnish is a rare find. 
Mar-not is more than mere surface 
shine. It goes into the wood and 
becomes a protecting surface, resist¬ 
ing wear to an unusual degree. 
The real Brighten-Up Paint Store 
in your town is the Sherwin-Wil¬ 
liams agent. He has Mar-not. 
For the great or small improve¬ 
ment of your home you need our 
Portfolio of SuRKestions for Painting 
and Decorating 
It tells you all about Mar-not and other Sherwin- 
Williams Paints and Varnishes. A host of color 
illustrations are contained in this booklet, as 
well as ideas and suggestions that are as practi¬ 
cal as they are artistic. 
Sherwin-Williams 
Paints &Varnishes 
Address all inquiries to 
The Sherwin-Williams Co. 
627 Canal Road. N. W. 
Cleveland, O. 
SILVER LAKE A S3 
(Name stamped indelibly on every 
foot) 
The man who builds a house without 
asking about the sash-cord to 
be used is laying up trouble 
for himself. Insist that the 
,, specifications mention SILVER 
Wmdow LAKE A . Its smooth surface 
offers nothing on which the 
pulley can catch. Guaranteed 
for twenty years. 
Write for Free Booklet. 
SILVER LAKE COMPANY 
S7 Chauncy St., Boston, Mass. 
Makers of SILVER LAKE solid braided 
clothes lines. 
If grasses are wanted, dry them in 
June—then they may be cured a golden 
yellow. Fall drying gives hay-color—be¬ 
sides the stalks are so stiff they are seldom 
graceful. A few sprays of Everlasting 
are advisable — but only a few—it has a 
rank odor. Autumn boughs, small and 
well chosen, can be packed like ferns and 
kept in fair condition to Thanksgiving, 
sometimes to Christmas. Paraffine and hot 
irons make them so stiff and artificial 
looking, better use instead of them paper 
ones—crepe paper cut to shape, and 
splashed with water colors. 
Many roses are worth lifting for winter 
bloom. Prepare them by cutting around 
them a foot at least from the root, in Sep¬ 
tember, with a sharp-edged spade thrust 
as deep as possible. The roots it cuts will 
callous and be ready to make new feeding 
roots after the lifting. Take up with care, 
after watering very freely, keep the ball of 
earth intact, set in a tub or pot somewhat 
larger, and fill in with the very richest fine 
earth — a mixture of leaf mould, rotted 
manure, and rotted sandy turf is ideal. 
Set in shade a day or so after potting, 
watering freely. If there is a pit with a 
glass top, or a greenhouse, set the pot 
there until the first of December. By that 
time the new roots will be fully estab¬ 
lished, and the rose can be encouraged to 
bloom, by warmth and liquid manure. 
Remove all but the most perfect buds, and 
spray freely against dust and red spider. 
Thus treated there should be much winter 
bloom, and the plant be ready to thrive 
when returned next spring to the open 
border. 
Pot bulbs for Christmas flowering early 
in August, in rich soil and well drained. 
Set them a little more than their own depth 
under the surface, and keep dark for al¬ 
most a month so roots may form properly. 
Then set in light, water, and after growth 
begins fertilize with liquid manure. Use 
it sparingly at first — once a fortnight, say, 
As bloom stalks appear, give it once a 
week, but take care it does not touch the 
buds. Spray well with clean tepid water 
after fertilizing — and in between several 
times a week. Crocuses, paper-white nar¬ 
cissi, single jonquils, and early single 
hyacinths are most easily and surely 
brought to bloom, but with healthy bulbs, 
love and knowledge, the list may be in¬ 
finitely extended. 
Almost the showiest of bulbs, and 
among the easiest of culture, are the 
several sorts of Amaryllis. Once a habit 
of Christmas blooming is established they 
stick to it, so long as they are fed and 
given root room. Plant dry bulbs in June 
at the latest, give them unlimited sunshine 
after growth begins, liquid manure once a 
week, with a top-dressing occasionally of 
rotten manure, water freely and spray 
well. Keep outdoors until the very edge 
of frost, then move inside, and set where 
it is warm and sunny. If bloom stalks ap¬ 
pear too early, check development by set¬ 
ting the plant in a cool room, and with¬ 
holding fertilizer, watering rather spar- 
Feel this 
surface 
It is sera 
—noiseless 
“FELTOID” 
Casters and Tips 
save floors and rugs. No dents 
and digs when your furniture is 
fitted with “Feltoids”. They 
work none of the damage so com¬ 
mon to metal, wood, fibre and 
rubber casters. 
“Feltoids” are made of a spe¬ 
cially treated material which is very 
firm and durable yet having a 
tread as resilient as a kitten’s paw. 
Genuine “Feltoids” have the 
name stamped on each wheel. 
Sold at furniture and hardware 
stores. Write for booklet No. 12. 
The Burns & Bassick Company 
n eD t. X Bridgeport, Conn. 
Fall Garden Guide now ready. It’s 
free. Send in your name and address. 
ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON, 
334 West 14th Street New York City 
In writing to advertisers please mention House & Garden. 
