House and Garden 
'J'HE BROUGHTON SELF-CLOSING BASIN COCKS HAVE 
BEEN IN USE FOR SEVERAL YEARS. MANY OF 
THE LARGEST HOTELS AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN 
THE UNITED STATES ARE EQUIPPED WITH THESE 
GOODS. ::: MADE IN BRASS, NICKEL OR SILVER 
PLATED, AND IN SOLID SILVER-METAL. ::: 
EVERY ONE WARRANTED 
Manufactured only by 
E. Stebbins Manufacturing Co. 
SPRINGFIELD; MASSACHUSETTS 
Works at Brightwood 
GOR.TON 
Side=Feed 
BOILERS 
For 
STEAM 
and 
HOT WATER 
HEATING 
Insure a 
WARM 
BUILDING 
day and night 
in 
COLDEST 
WEATHER 
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GORTON & LIDGERWOOD CO. 
96 Liberty Street, New York 
Old Colony Bldg., Chicago 77 Oliver Street, Boston 
U-Bar Greenhouses 
Designed and Built by 
Pierson U-Bar Company 
Metropolitan Building 
Fourth Avenue and 23rd Street - New York 
JOSEPH P. McHUGH & COMPANY 
OF NEW YORK: ESTABLISHED 1878: 
Will ship on receipt of $5.00 
(Monsy Order or N. Y. Draft) 
THE BAR HARBOR CHAIR, 
(Natural Willow, Floss Cushion) 
Will mail for 25c. in Stamps 
THE PORTFOLIO OF 1000 SKETCHES, 
illustrating Quaint and Unusual 
Willow, Mission and Upholstered 
FURNITURE OF ORIGINAL DESIGN. 
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odicals at publishers rate. 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
1006 Arch Street, Philadelphia 
SWEET PEA CULTURE 
^ I ^HE seed of sweet peas should be 
planted as early as the weather 
will permit, yet it is well to be on the safe 
side, and be sure that danger of hard 
frosts is past. I have grown the finest 
sweet peas in town for many years, and 
my method of culture is as follows: 
I have a portion of the kitchen-garden 
quite near the house, which is devoted to 
the culture of early vegetables; this in¬ 
closed by a fence of poultry wire six feet 
high, which is strengthened at the base 
by a board one foot wide. Just behind 
this fence a trench one foot deep is dug, 
and in this a small quantity of well de¬ 
composed manure is placed, which is 
covered with a layer of soil, on which the 
seed is sown and covered to a depth of 
about three inches. Then, as the vines 
make their appearance, the soil is grad¬ 
ually drawn up around them, until the 
trench is filled and the vines are so 
deeply rooted that all danger of drouth 
is averted. Besides, as the vines are so 
near the house, the water from the 
weekly washing serves as a fertilizer, also 
helping to supply moisture, and the 
poultry netting furnishes the best pos¬ 
sible support for the vines besides pro¬ 
tecting them and the garden vegetables 
from the depredations of frost, stray 
animals and children. 
If choice seed is purchased at the out¬ 
set and the blossoms are gathered before 
seed is allowed to form, you need have 
no fears but that you will have a plentiful 
supply of lovely, sweet flowers through¬ 
out the season, and if your home is near 
a large town you may be able to earn a 
few dollars by selling the blossoms to 
others less fortunate than yourself, be¬ 
sides making many sweet gifts to your 
friends .—Farm and Home. 
MAKING VENEER IN WESTERN MILLS 
T T OW veneer is manufactured is a 
-*■ mystery to the majority of people. 
The industry is not only one of the chief 
occupations of Mattoon, Wis., but an 
exceptionally interesting one also. 
After a tree has been cut in the woods 
and brought to the mill on flat cars it is 
rolled into a pond near the mill. Logs 
are hoisted from the pond to a drag saw, 
where they are put into a steam box for 
at least twelve hours in order to soften the 
timber. This steam box is a large box 
directly behind the drag saw into which 
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