HOUSE AND GARDEN 
March, 1913 
’for Hot-beds 
and Cold-frames 
ie Sunlight Double Glass Sash Co, 944 E. Broadway, Louisville, Ky. 
Tour celery and 
cauliflower will 
be Digger-earlier 
With Sunlight Double Glass Sash, you don’t 
have to cover and uncover the frames with 
heavy mats and boards. The small s i inch 
air space between the layers of glass af¬ 
fords perfectprotection against frost, and 
hyour plants get allthe light and warmth 
1 they need. 
Now is the time to get ready to start yoar 
cauliflowers, celery, cabbages, melons, etc. 
With Sunlight Double Glass Sash, your 
plants will be earlier—hardier — and you 
You can get 
earlier—bigger— 
more profitable 
plants 
And with far less 
labor and expense 
than with an ordi¬ 
nary single glass 
sash 
can begin gathering while they are still a 
luxury on the market. So order new! 
Send us your name and address and we shall 
mail you our free catalog and net price list. We 
shall make Immediate 
shipment on receipt of 
order. On receipt of 4c 
we will mail you in ad¬ 
dition, Prof. Massey’s 
book on cold framesand 
hot beds, an authority 
on the subject. Write 
for these books today. 
Plant White Pine 
Look at this Picture! 
White 
Pine 
planted 
28 years. 
Timber 
alone 
worth 
$ 200.00 
^ We have 
25,000.000 
healthy 
forest trees 
White 
Pine, 
Red Pine 
Norway 
an acre. Spruce. 
Our stock is vigorous, hardy and free from 
disease; grown from selected seed. Prices very 
reasonable. Write today. A postal card will do 
Keene Forestry Association 
Keene, N. H. 
White Pine Planted 28 Years 
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g complete description and illustration. 
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ESSER MFC. C( 
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And Lawn 
It’s easy to double the yield of the garden 
and also produce better vegetables—lettuce, 
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peas and beans full-bodied and rich; corn 
with a good ear and a juicy grain; melons 
large and luscious; full hills of sound pota¬ 
toes, and tomato vines that bear all summer. 
You can also hurry the growth for early 
table use. But you must feed the soil with 
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Richest of all manures. No weed seeds—all 
killed by intense heat. Rich in nitrogen, 
phosphoric acid and potash. Adds humus to 
soil by decomposition of animal matter. 
Dried and pulverized, ready to apply. Get 
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Head. 
A wonderful fertilizer for lawns to secure 
a quick growth of green grass. Also for 
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200-lb. barrel, $4.00. Smaller quantities 
if desired. Freight prepaid East of Missouri 
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Natural Guano Co., 804 River St., Aurora, III. 
It Hakes Things Grow 
rugs made of a plain color, Axminster or 
velvet carpet which you can buy for a 
moderate price are very effective and satis¬ 
factory. 
In any case, the rugs should be a deep¬ 
er shade than the walls of the room. 
Query . — I expect to get new curtains 
and drapery for my living-room and I 
would be delighted if you would help me 
to get something stylish and in good taste. 
The living-room is finished in oak with 
tan walls and the Wilton rug is a mixture 
of tan, old rose and blue. The room has 
four windows, one north, one south and 
two on the east. 
The dining-room is finished in Mis¬ 
sion furniture and has dark green walls 
with two windows on the south. 
I want something pretty but not too ex¬ 
pensive. Write me how long the drapery 
should be and would the same material do 
between living- and dining-room, for a 
portiere? Would also like something in¬ 
expensive for pink and blue bedrooms. 
M. H. C. 
Answer . — It seems to me you could 
carry the color scheme of your living- 
room into tan and blue, bringing in notes 
of old rose (as in your rug) in an occa¬ 
sional pillow, piece of pottery, lamp and 
candle shades, etc. I am enclosing a 
sample of unfading fabric in tan and blue 
for overhangings and other draperies. For 
the dining-room draperies I am sending a 
sample of linen tapestry, in which there is 
a good deal of soft green. The living- 
room side of the portieres (from your 
letter, I judge that the dining-room and 
living-room open into each other) could 
be lined with this old blue cotton velvet. 
The sample of curtain net which I am 
sending is very effective in the piece. The 
curtains should come slightly below the 
sill. 
You did not mention what the woodwork 
of your bedrooms is. If it is oak, this 
sample blue and white cretonne will not 
be as good as though the woodwork were 
white. I will be glad to send you other 
samples, should these not be satisfactory, 
and to purchase any materials which you 
may select at no extra cost to you. Should 
you like to see larger samples of the cre¬ 
tonnes (that you may see the patterns and 
try them in your rooms) I will be glad to 
send them to you, if you will return them 
promptly. 
Query . — I wish to furnish my living- 
room new. It is in an apartment house, 
and quite a good sized room. I wish to 
have an upholstered davenport. What color 
would you suggest and also what material 
for it. What color scheme would you 
use in the room, as the woodwork is fin¬ 
ished in mahogany with an old-fashioned 
brick fireplace; and what other furniture 
would you suggest for the room? 
M. E. D. 
Answer . — If the woodwork of your liv¬ 
ing-room is of a brown tone, I would sug¬ 
gest carrying the color scheme out in 
brown and old blue. If the woodwork, 
however, is rather red, you had better 
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