HOUSE AND GARDEN 
250 
March, 
: 9 X 3 
NOTABLE SPRING PUBLICATIONS 
The Dutch Colonial House 
By Aymar Embury, II 
Mr. Embury, whose characteristic designs 
for small and large country homes have be¬ 
come so well known throughout the country, 
has based the majority of these designs upon 
the flexible style of architecture that was 
evolved by the Dutch settlers through northern 
Jersey, parts of Long Island and, to some ex¬ 
tent, along the Hudson above New York. Mr. 
Embury’s contention is that the Dutch Colo¬ 
nial — or gambrel roof—-type, 
presents the most logical and, 
at the same time, the most at¬ 
tractive solution of the prob¬ 
lem of securing the most room 
and the most charming ex¬ 
terior appearance in a home, 
coincidentally with a mini¬ 
mum of cost. 
Illustrated, $2.00 net; 
postage, 20c. 
Reclaiming the Old House 
By Chas. Edw. Hooper 
It was Alfred Austin, poet laureate of Eng¬ 
land, who said he could not understand why 
a man should prefer to build a new house or 
to occupy one built for him rather than adapt 
an old one to his needs. Many people un¬ 
doubtedly feel the same but are perturbed by 
a lack of knowledge as to the proper proced¬ 
ure in reclaiming an old house, so as to pre¬ 
serve the charm of the past while incorpor¬ 
ating the present - day con¬ 
veniences. Mr. Hooper 
shows just how this may be 
done and supports his direc¬ 
tions with an abundance of 
splendid photographs, plans 
and diagrams. It is an essen¬ 
tially practical book. 
Illustrated, $2.00 net ; 
postage, 20c. 
Modern Farm Buildings By Alfred Hopkins 
Mr. Hopkins is known throughout this country and abroad as an architect who has special¬ 
ized in stables and farm buildings of all kinds. In his many years of active practice he has 
developed a knowledge of methods, materials and design that is unrivaled; and best of all, Mr. 
Hopkins has put most of this knowledge into a book. Photographs and diagrams illustrate 
practically every detail, and it is astonishing to find to what extent modern scientific methods 
have revolutionized the art of building the hay barn, stable, sheep fold, ice house, dairy, garage 
and all the rest. Illustrated, $3.00 net; postage, 20c. 
The Gardener and the Cook 
By Lucy H. Yates 
To keep a constant supply of fresh vege¬ 
tables upon the table, and to grow those that 
were the most tasty, was the ambition of the 
author of this book. She enlisted the co-oper¬ 
ation of a clever cook and a capable gardener, 
and gives the reader the fruit of her experi¬ 
ence. Not only does the book tell what vege¬ 
tables and fruits are profitable to grow, but 
gives the instruction to transform them into 
delicious courses, tempting salads, preserves 
and jellies. 
Illustrated, $1.25 net ; postage, 15c. 
Lilies By H. S. Adams 
This is the first in a series of Flower Mono¬ 
graphs which deal in an instructive and 
authoritative way with the more important 
families of popular flowering plants. Mr. 
Adams, who is well known as a writer on hor¬ 
ticultural subjects, has given us in this book 
the last word on the lily—its classification, 
the peculiarities of varieties, and its culture 
indoors and in the garden. 
Illustrated, $1.00 net ; postage, 10c. 
The Home Poultry Book 
By E. I. Farrington 
Here is the just the book for the beginner 
who wants to keep a few hens to supply fresh 
eggs for the table. No elaborate systems or 
expensive fixtures are advocated. Good, sound 
common-sense is the keynote of every chapter. 
Detailed plans and photographs of successful 
small houses are given, together with specific 
information covering every phase of poultry¬ 
keeping. 
Illustrated, $1.00 net ; postage, 10c. 
Golf for the Late Beginner 
By Henry Hughes 
The title describes precisely the purpose of 
this practical book. The author himself took 
up the game in middle age, and with his ex¬ 
perience fresh upon him, explains the correct 
principles of golf in a way especially helpful 
to the late beginner. The illustrations are 
from actual photographs, showing correct and 
incorrect methods, also the various positions 
for the different strokes. 
Illustrated, 60c. net ; postage, 5c. 
By Ernest K. Coulter 
Introduction by Jacob A. Riis 
The Children in the Shadow 
Mr. Coulter, who was for ten 
years Clerk of the Children’s 
Court of New York City, pre¬ 
sents graphically and forcibly the 
obligations of the State toward 
the •‘citizens of to-morrow.” 
Forty years ago children were 
being hanged in England; to-day 
in many cities of the United 
States they are confined in 
jails with hardened criminals, 
and there is still much work 
to be done in the establish¬ 
ment of children's courts. The 
author of this vitally interest- 
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ing book points out the evils 
of congestion in the tenement 
districts of the larger cities, and 
suggests remedies for legislation 
to cu'rb this potent factor in 
making for delinquency among 
the children. He traces the de¬ 
velopment of the Children’s 
Court as it is to-day, and shows 
its inner workings. There is also 
a chapter on the Big Brother 
Movement, of which Mr. Coul¬ 
ter was the founder. 
Illustrated from photographs, 
$1.50 net ; postage, 15c. 
the Shadow.” 
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faded away, you will be proud indeed of 
your phlox border when it comes into its 
glory. 
Ralph E. Danforth 
A Garden of Delight in One Plant. 
T HOPE, for the increased beauty of 
their gardens, that before another 
planting season, many people will learn 
of the merits of the beautiful new German 
rose — Tausendschon or “Thousand Beau¬ 
ties.” This is a hybrid, from crossing a 
rambler with a tea, and the wonderful 
variety of coloring has led to its name. 
I planted a small rooted cutting next a 
high wire fence two years ago this spring. 
It grew rapidly, and the following year 
showed many biooms, in semi-double’ form, 
of a dainty pink. As the coloring was 
quite uniform, I concluded that it was 
just another case of over-worked imagina¬ 
tion on the part of the descriptive catalogue 
writer, who said no two blooms would be 
the same. By the second summer the 
bush covered over twenty feet across the 
fence. On the 30th day of May—Decora¬ 
tion Day—we cut three large clothes- 
baskets of blooms, leaving the plant still 
so loaded as to fill us with wonder. The 
individual flowers are large for its class — 
fully three inches across — and of an ele¬ 
gant, graceful form. It seems to need 
several years of growth to produce flowers 
of the wonderful color variations — as the 
second season’s bloom showed all that was 
promised by catalogue description — and 
more. As a matter of fact, its full variety 
could never be described. Palest of pinks, 
deep rose, without shading, pink and rose, 
blended like an apple blossom, pink, 
mottled and streaked with red. A beauti¬ 
ful form is of pale pink with ruffled edge 
of red like the Tulip class of roses. 
Many other variations are like those 
found in the Dianthus or pinks. Another 
interesting peculiarity is the varied form 
of stems. Thousands grow on their own 
graceful individual stem, but all over the 
plant are thrown out strong shoots three 
or four feet long bearing each a bunch or 
cluster of ten to twenty roses, each a 
bouquet in itself, and in this cluster will 
be found no two of the same shading. 
These strong wands of bloom are fine for 
decoration, on a large scale. Those on 
single stems make the most graceful of 
center pieces. Added to everything else 
is the keeping quality of the flowers — on 
the bush. It keeps as a cut flower like 
a camelia, being still fresh and perfect a 
week after cutting. 
The bush bloomed freely for three 
months. As a bush without bloom, it is 
an ornament through the year, its dark, 
slender, glossy leaves adding to the 
garden’s charm in the winter. It is said 
to be hardy in all climates, and it certainly 
would be hard to imagine it taking on 
delicate airs, in any situation. E. S. 
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