House and Garden 
T H E delicate 
tracery of the 
work of the Broth¬ 
ers Adam executed 
in metal when well 
done is worth while. 
A little portfolio con¬ 
taining examples of 
Ornamental Hard¬ 
ware in many schools 
will be sent on request. 
The Yale SfTowne Mfg. 
Company 
9 Murray Street, New York 
Chicago 
Philadelphia 
Boston 
San Francisco 
Fig ure it out: 
A larger heating plant than your house 
should require — more heat, more coal, 
than your house should need; against— 
one small sheathing expense, a smaller (less 
expensive) heating apparatus, and a smal¬ 
ler coal bill, year by year. 
Sheathe your new house with a good 
sheathing—it means a great saving. The 
one good sheathing is Neponset paper. 
NEPONSET 
SHEATHING PAPER 
Keeps Houses Warm 
It seals the walls against all 
draughts. Less heat is required be¬ 
cause the heat stays in the house. 
It cannot leak out. You get 1 00 
per cent, on your fuel expense. In¬ 
sist on Neponset waterproof sheath¬ 
ing paper and see that if s used. 
Write our special Department 
of Building Counsel for free sam¬ 
ples and advice on any building 
subject. We are helping many; 
we can help you. Write now. 
Building Counsel Department 
F.W. BIRD & SON 
-Est. 1817- 
East Walpole, Mass. 
PAROTD : — The famoiis 
Ready Roofing' for all classes 
of biiildijigs. Contains no iar^ 
is highly fire resistmg, 
Se7idfor Paroid Proofs sho^v- 
ing where it has been used and ho7V 
to use it. 
Jeff'S, 
Fruit and Ornamental 
Shrubs, Evergreens, Roses, 
Hardy Plants 
Largest and most varied collections In America 
at best prices, direct from the grower. We 
have no agents. New Illustrated catalogue 
FREE on request. 
ELLWANGER & BARRY 
Mount Hope Nurseries, Rochester, N. Y. 
be other houses at Chicago or in other 
Western cities manufacturing similar 
fertilizers, but if so] the information is 
not at hand. 
■ 'A liberal use of proper fertilizers will 
more than recompense for any outlay 
in purchase price or time and trouble in 
application. This w ill be showm from 
the early spring until the frosts of winter 
claim all vegetation in increased growth 
and beauty of foliage. 
THE EDITOR’S TALKS 
(Continued from page 105.) 
A very attractive effect is obtained by 
using a floral overhead with plain or two 
toned stripe on the lower w'all. Where 
the plaster is to be tinted, as in the case 
of a new house where the walls have not 
yet settled, or where the owner is prej¬ 
udiced in favor of sanitary wall tints, 
the general scheme for the room may be 
much improved by a papered ceiling, 
the paper extended to the picture rail, 
or wTere no picture rail is used a paper 
showing garlands of flowers may be se¬ 
lected—the lower edge cut out following 
the design. This irregular edge can be 
applied directly to the plastered w^all 
with pleasing results. Where a floral side 
w all is used the ceiling to the picture rail 
should be w'hite or tinted in some light 
plain color harmonizing with the wall 
covering. Many attractive bedroom pa¬ 
pers may be found as low as twenty-five 
cents a roll of eight yards. It is not well 
to buy a cheaper paper than this, as it is 
impossible to find them in at all perma¬ 
nent colors. Very attractive papers for 
the nursery are now on the market and 
may be purchased at much more reason¬ 
able prices than in the past. 
In choosing the new wall covering, if 
the portieres to be used in the doors show 
decided figures no more pronounced de¬ 
sign should be allowed in the paper than 
a two toned stripe, or if the carpet or 
rugs show much of figure the same rule 
should hold. In all rooms there should 
be some plain, unfigured spaces or massed 
color upon which the eye may rest. 
CORRESPONDENCE 
SELECTION OF TILES 
Would you kindly give me some ad¬ 
vice in regard to the choice of tiles for 
my new home ? I have open fire¬ 
places in my library, living-room and 
den. The library is dark oak wood- 
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