HOUSE AND GARDEN 
J 
ANUARY, 1913 
That Garden 
Now 
LlOW did your garden pan out 
last year? Weren’t there 
some things you wished you had 
planted—more Giant Pansies or 
some of those wonderfully col¬ 
ored Spencer Sweet Peas? 
Did some of the seed you 
planted, with great expectations, 
fail you? 
Why not send right now for 
out 1913 Garden Guide, and 
run through it ? 
It is full of ideas. 
There is no element of chance 
on the seed, for they are abso¬ 
lutely first quality selected. 
Lots of the varieties are prize 
winners—seed from which we 
have on hand. 
They’re all shown in the Guide. 
Shall we send it? 
Where? 
ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON 
334 West 14th St. New York City 
1 HI H " 
<J Protects the 
building just 
where most 
needed — above 
the opening 
flTlie heavy 
steel hopper 
catches all the 
coal. 
€j| When not in use, 
tlie hopper lies i 11 
the bottom of the 
chute body *|The 
door locks auto¬ 
matically either 
open or closed 
Strictly burglar- 
proof *2 With l A 
inch vvne glass or 
steel panel in door 
Write for circular and address 
of nearest dealer. 
Majestic Furnace Co 
Dept. H. Huntington, Indiana 
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FO U N DATION 
COAL CHUTE 
Following is a list of the best half 
dozen house ferns : Whitmani —plumed 
drooping fern for pedestal or stand; Scot- 
tii — Boston type, more compact growth 
and shorter fronds than “Boston”; Schol- 
zeli — plumed sort for tables or use with 
other plants ; Adiantum Croweanum —best 
maidenhair to withstand the hardships of 
house culture; Pteris Childsii —most beau¬ 
tiful of all the “spider” ferns; C. Roch- 
fordianum — the crested Holly fern; the 
best of the decorative heavy foliaged ferns. 
The Way the Architect Works 
(Continued from page 25) 
Now, let us consider the sub-division of 
the arrangements and go over it piece¬ 
meal with an eye to the minor conveniences 
which are not necessarily a matter of 
money but of foresight, and which one 
may just as well have right as wrong. 
Considering the exterior first, there is 
hardly any one thing that will do so much 
for the homelike cottage character of a 
house as setting it low on the ground. 
The majority of houses would be helped 
fifty per cent, if they had their under¬ 
pinning knocked out and were dropped 
down so that the turf came just under the 
woodwork. The Philistine who would 
sacrifice everything for his light cellar is 
gradually being converted to the idea that 
the joy to be had from a flood of light in 
his cellar is more than offset by the pleas¬ 
ure that he and his family and the rest 
of the world get from the added attrac¬ 
tiveness of his whole place. Nor is it apt 
to leave him in darkness. He may have as 
many area windows as he pleases and 
probably, unless the line is absolutely level, 
he may have some full windows. The 
owner should early learn that building is 
a series of compromises and he must con¬ 
stantly give up the less important for the 
more. It is in wise judgment in these mat¬ 
ters that the success of the whole lies. 
The matter of piazzas and sleeping 
porches is a troublesome one. A cov¬ 
ered piazza means the shutting out from 
the rooms behind of a great portion of sun, 
light and air. On the other hand, the use¬ 
fulness of an uncovered piazza has its 
limitations, not only in its exposure to 
the sun and rain but to the impossibility of 
its being screened. An awning stretched 
over a pipe frame is often used as a com¬ 
promise roof to be removed in the winter 
when the piazza is not in use and the sun 
most desired in the house. This is often 
a happy solution of the problem as a shel¬ 
ter from the sun in the hot summer, the 
feeling of coolness and airiness being 
enhanced by the lightness of the shelter. 
The second floor outdoor sleeping porch 
is a very difficult thing to handle satisfac¬ 
torily ; those which are hollowed out of 
the body of the house and covered with 
its roof are least objectionable. One piaz¬ 
za on top of another is apt to be an ex¬ 
crescence. It will not tie in with the 
'Cj'OR a nominal yearly amount we 
will contract to make periodical 
examinations of your orchard, advis¬ 
ing as to its condition, and thi care 
it needs. It puts your trees under the 
advisory care of an orchard expert of 
wide experience. It assures you that 
what work is done is correctly done. 
We detect the unnecessary work, and 
develop the best means of economic¬ 
ally executing the necessary work. 
This service is more than advisory; 
besides the care of the trees, it thor¬ 
oughly embraces economies of cultiva¬ 
tion, harvesting, packing and marketing. 
Write and let us explain the details 
of this valuable service and how we are 
carrying it on. With our answer will be 
mailed a valuable little booklet, “Trees 
—The Care They Should Have.” 
Munson Whitaker Co. 
Forest Engineers 
New York : 823 Fourth Ave. Bldg. 
Boston : : : 623 Tremont Bldg. 
Chicago: 513 Commercial Bank Bldg. 
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McCRAY REFRIGERATORS 
Active cold air circulation—Sanitary linings. 
Send for Catalogue. 
McCRAY REFRIGERATOR COMPART, 
393 Lake St., Kendallville, Ind. 
Livingston’s Tomatoes 
are valued by all friends of this fruit as the choicest 
procurable. For sixty years we have bred tomatoes 
for yield and quality and our new “globe” shaped 
sorts are as near perfection as anything evolved. Of 
ideal shape with solid meat of finest flavor, they stand j 
unsurpassed. 
Trial Packet of Livingston’s “Globe” Illustrated 
below (enough seeds for 250 plants) 10c, postpaid 
Useful 130 page Catalog rnrr 
and Tomato Booklet 11\ EL 
Nearly 300 illustrations from photographs and 
honest description make the catalog one of the most 
reliable seed books published. ‘‘Tomato Facts” ex¬ 
plains why we are the leaders in the tomato line. 
Both books are free. May we send copies to you? 
In writing to advertisers please mention House and Garden. 
