HOUSE AND GARDEN 
212 
March, 
I 9 I 3 
will appreciate the 
refinement of your 
home, you and they 
will be relieved from 
em barrassmentfif the 
closet in your bath¬ 
room is a properly 
installed 
Trenton Potteries Company 
ft W Noiseless 
* W Siphon Jet 
Closet 
I his closet is noiseless because we 
planned it to be noiseless. It did not 
just happen that way. 
Moreover, it is thoroughly sanitary, 
flushes perfectly, has deep water seal 
and is made of Vitreous China, with 
the texture so compact that, even with¬ 
out the glaze, acids, etc., cannot pene¬ 
trate it. 
I renton Potteries fixtures of Solid 
Porcelain and Vitreous China in your 
bathroom give to that room the touch 
of refinement that fine China and Cut 
Glass do in your dining room. 
Ask your architect or 
plumber about Trenton 
Potteries Vitreous China 
and Solid Porcelain. 
May we send you our new free illustrated hook S 8 , 
“Bathrooms of Character, ” giving particulars? Please send 
us your name and address at once. 
The Trenton Potteries Go. 
Trenton, N. J., U. S. A. , 
The Largest Afanufactzirers of Sanitary Pottery 
in the U. S. A. 
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CHEAP AS WOOD 
40 Styles. All Kinds of Fence. 
Ne Agents. Catalog Free 
UP-TO-DATE MFG. CO. 
BOX P, TERRE HAUTE, IND. 
Made-to-order 
rugs for porch, 
bungalow or / 
Summer 
home 
Exclusive fabrics 
of soft, selected 
camel’s hair woven 
in undyed natu¬ 
ral color. Also 
pure wool, dyed in 
. / any color or com¬ 
er bination of colors. 
/ Any length. Any 
width — seamless up to 
16 feet. The finishing 
touch of individuality. 
Made on short notice. Write 
for color card. Order through 
your furnisher. 
THREAD & THRUM WORKSHOP. Auburn, N. Y. 
Christmas £ 
U Q dJk C The Elm City Nursery Co. 
^ ^ ^ New Haven, Dept. N, Connecticut 
HORSFORD’S 
COLD WEATHER PLANTS 
and Flower Seeds that grow 
Be sure and get Horsford’s free catalogue 
before buying plants or seeds. You save 
money and get better stock. A long list 
of the best kinds to select from, all tried 
in cold Vermont. Plants, shrubs, trees, 
vines, wild flowers, hardy ferns. 
F. H. HORSFORD, Charlotte, Vermont 
rived, the chief question to be settled is 
whether the extra fruit secured in the 
early years will pay for the sacrifice of a 
number of the bushes later on, when thin¬ 
ning becomes necessary. Thick planting 
also demands consideration as to whether 
the land is in a sufficiently clean condition 
to render it a safe proceeding. If goose¬ 
berries are put out four feet apart in very 
large gardens, horse labor can seldom be 
utilized in the destruction of weeds and 
surface cultivation, and this means addi¬ 
tional expense or an equally serious neg¬ 
lect. 
On the other hand, if a distance of six 
feet be allowed, both between the rows and 
plants, either in a garden, farm, orchard 
or market plantation, the bushes will have 
ample space for development, and the 
usual operations can be performed eco¬ 
nomically. Besides this, the intermediate 
spaces can be devoted, if necessary, to veg¬ 
etables and flowers, or, where the position 
is favorable, to strawberries—at any rate, 
for the first two or three years. There is 
a marked difference in the growth of 
varieties. The advice here given refers 
only to those of good habit which are most 
extensively cultivated. The weakly vari¬ 
eties, some of which are included in gar¬ 
den collections, may be planted three feet 
apart, while the restricted forms, like up¬ 
right cordons, require still less space 
whether trained to walls or wire trellises. 
The chief point is to secure a well-fur¬ 
nished bush with seven or eight main 
branches radiating and rising equally from 
the main stem, allowing sufficient space 
between these to permit the free admission 
of sun and air, and enabling the fruits to 
be gathered easily from any part. Suffi¬ 
cient young growth must be retained to 
provide for the due extension of the bush, 
and all beyond this should be removed, 
particularly in the central parts, as well as 
all suckers from the base, which are apt to 
be a constant source of trouble if there is 
no stem clear above the ground level and 
the original cuttings were not rightly pre¬ 
pared by the removal of the lower buds. 
The gooseberry thrives in indifferent 
soil, provided this be not dry or poor, nor 
excessively heavy. In every case it should 
be thoroughly cultivated and drained pre¬ 
vious to planting. But there is one mat¬ 
ter which is of critical importance, and 
that is the provision of suitable manure. 
Old well-stored stable or farmyard manure 
dug or plowed in before planting time is 
the best preparation, and from ten to fif¬ 
teen tons per acre, according to the char¬ 
acter of the land, usually give the best re¬ 
sults. Such applications can be supple¬ 
mented later on by surface dressings each 
year of similar manure, or by a mixture of 
superphosphate of lime and kainite in equal 
parts at the rate of four hundredweight 
per acre, alternately with the organic fer¬ 
tilizer. If growth is deficient, nitrate of 
soda in the spring, as the buds are start¬ 
ing, is helpful; about two hundredweight 
per acre are sufficing as an extreme 
dressing, and less often answers the pur¬ 
pose. Judgment must be exercised in the 
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