HOUSE AND GARDEN 
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M 
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Factory 
Astoria, L. I. 
Villa Lante, Bagnaja, Italy. 
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provided it is not a smother. Inverted 
peach baskets set over a plant are not ad¬ 
visable ; whatever you use, let it be up from 
them so the air can reach them. 
Usually the soil is in the best condition 
for transplanting on the day after a rain; 
but it is not necessary to wait for this, in 
order successfully to transplant. Dry soil 
is preferable to too much moisture, and the 
time just before a shower is usually ideal, 
both as to soil and overhead conditions. It 
is not possible to time the work quite as 
exactly as this, ordinarily, however; so a 
good general rule is to choose fairly dry 
soil and water freely at the time, after the 
holes are filled, just as with trees or 
shrubs. 
The transplanting of cone bearing trees, 
otherwise evergreens, is not seasonable at 
this time of year, these being' more gener¬ 
ally moved late in August or September. 
A hatever may be planned in connection 
with them, therefore, should be planned 
for these months. 
Trees Most Easily Transplanted 
Tili a (linden) in variety, 
Catalpa (catalpa), 
Betulia (birch), 
Aesculus (horse chestnut), 
Robinia (locust), 
Acer (maple), 
Platanus (plane tree), 
Populus (poplar), 
Sali.v (willow). 
Trees Difficult To Transplant 
Fag,us (beech)—Only nursery trees can 
be transplanted, and these must be cut 
back severely at the top when trans¬ 
planted. 
Hicoria (hickory) — Can only be trans¬ 
planted when small and nursery-grown. 
Liquidamber styracifhia (sweet gum) — 
Transplant only when small, and in the 
spring. 
Quercus (oak)— Must be closely pruned 
when transplanted, so that no more than 
a quarter of its buds remain ; let some of 
these be at the ends of the branches, 
removing principally side shoots. 
Liriodendron tulipifera (tulip tree) — 
Transplant in spring only, and prune 
severely. 
Homes that Architects Have Built 
for Themselves 
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of Portland cement and sand or pulverized 
stone when mixed with water can be ap¬ 
plied to any surface. The outside walls of 
the house may be in stone, brick, tile, con¬ 
crete or wood, any of which may be cov¬ 
ered with stucco. When properly made 
and applied it is durable, and affords a 
warm covering in winter and a cool one in 
summer. It lends itself to interesting- 
color schemes of creamy or soft gray 
tones. Even white walls can have a pleas¬ 
ing variation in tone, for they improve 
with age as the weather softens the too- 
elean appearance of a newly-stuccoed 
house. 
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