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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
November, 1913 
DEXTER TABLE 
Ransack all New England and 
you will not find better examples 
of the fine old, distinctly New 
England, furniture than the 
models made by us. A A 
PLYMOUTH 
DUXBURY 
STANDISH 
BREWSTER 
WINDSO R 
BRADFORD 
it and A it 
WESTCOTT 
CHAIRS 
Straight & Rocking 
WINDSOR 
All built as honestly as their prototypes, 
all faithful reproductions of the finest 
examples in existence, all offered in the 
natural wood, for you to select your finish. 
A WELL-SELECTED PIECE HERE 
AND THERE WILL ADD TO THE AT¬ 
TRACTIVENESS OF THE HOME. 
Get the best furniture at the least ex¬ 
pense, we are manufacturers. Our ware- 
rooms are at all times open to the public. 
You have an unlimited stock to select 
from and the choice of any finish. 
Send for full set No. 4. of over 200 
illustrations and color chart showing 
Leavens’ Standard Stains. 
WILLIAM LEAVENS&C9 
• 32 CANAL ST • 
BOSTON • • MASS 
GO TO HEADQUARTERS FOR 
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Private Water Supply Plants 
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matter what its cause, the prescription is 
‘'Clean up, disinfect, and seal.” Yet even 
here circumstances alter cases, and the 
way the prescription is carried out must be 
adapted to the special cases. The differ¬ 
ences depend mostly upon the length of 
time intervening between the making of 
the injury and its treatment. It is ex¬ 
tremely desirable that wounds be treated 
immediately after they occur. This is not, 
as might be inferred from the analogy of 
wounds in animals, to prevent infection, 
for infection takes place rather slowly, as 
a rule. Promptness is desirable because 
by immediate attention the size of the 
wound can often be greatly diminished, 
and its healing can be correspondingly 
facilitated. This is by virtue of the fact 
that when bark is torn from a tree it is 
the mucilaginous cambium layer which lets 
go. Some of the cambium cells come off 
with the bark and some remain on the 
surface of the wood. If a sufficient num¬ 
ber remain on the wood, and if they do 
not dry out, they have the power of grow¬ 
ing and of developing new bark-producing 
cells, which rapidly replace the detached 
bark. It is obviously desirable to take 
advantage of this recuperative power of 
the cambium. When a tree is barked the 
wound must be protected from the sun 
and wind without a moment’s delay, by 
replacing the torn bark or otherwise cover¬ 
ing it. A dressing for the wound must 
next be secured. For fresh wounds noth¬ 
ing is better than soft or liquid grafting 
wax. A mixture of clay and cow-dung is 
the second choice, with shellac and paint 
to choose from if neither of the preceding 
materials, is at hand. Tar should not be 
used, as it frequently kills the cambium it 
is supposed to protect. 
In preparing the wound for the dressing 
all detached bark must be cut away with 
a sharp knife, care being taken to cut into 
the wood as little as possible. The dress¬ 
ing should be flowed on with a soft brush, 
or smeared on in such a way as to disturb 
the moist surface of the wood as little as 
possible. In two or three weeks it will be 
easy to see whether the operation has been 
successful. The surface will have grown 
outward perhaps an eighth of an inch, and 
scratching will disclose a pulpy greenish 
layer spread over it. It will not of course 
be present where the wood itself has been 
scraped or bruised. The cambium can be 
saved in this way with most uniform suc¬ 
cess in the growing season. 
If the bark wound has not been at¬ 
tended to at once it should first be in¬ 
spected to see whether any part of the 
cambium has escaped drying out and has 
started growing a new bark. Such areas 
should of course be preserved, unless they 
are detached tongues of the kind which has 
been described as being too remote from 
the line of sap flow. In that case they had 
better be removed, for they retard healing 
more than they help it. The first thing to 
do with an old bark wound is to clean it 
up thoroughly. Clear away all dead and 
shredded bark. Sound the exposed wood 
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The Byzantine Wonder Lily 
Blooms without soil or 
water. Needs only a 
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stamens. 12-20 to the 
bulb. 
1 3 12 
Large Bulbs $.20 ,50 1.75 
Momster Bulbs .30 .80 2.75 
Jumbo - each 40 cts. 
Lily of Valley in Bloom 
20 days from planting 
Use any jar, bowl or 
jardiniere, notmetal 
and without drain¬ 
age, plant pips in 
our prepared Moss- 
fiber to have them 
in flower as shown 
in picture. 
6 pips and moss $.35 
12 pips and moss .60 
25 pips and moss 1.00 
Delivery is included in 
all prices. 
We send directions 
how to plant with 
every order. 
Send for our Bulb 
Book, It is free. 
H. H. BERGER & CO., 70 Warren St., N. Y. 
REPUBLIC STAGGARD TREAD TIRES 
will not skid, give more service and are safer than any other 
kind. Our book “The Tire Perfect” free on request. 
THE REPUBLIC RUBBER CO.,Youngstown, O., U.S.A. 
Branches and Agencies in the Principal Cities. 
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Reproductions of rare old 
designs in artistic door 
knockers of all periods. An 
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Copper, Aluminum and 
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A visit to our store will en¬ 
able you to appreciate our 
splendid stock. 
45th Street and 6th Ave., New York 
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