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DOOR-YARD POSSIBILITIES 
i:)Y the proper selection and ar- 
rangement of Shrubs, Plants 
and Vines, the most modest home 
mav be made attractive and in¬ 
viting. If vou hesitate because 
you’ve had no experience in this 
work, while wishing something 
might be done about your place, 
without extravagance, write to 
me. I’LL HELP YOU. 
J. WOODWARD MANNING, Reading, Mass. 
JULIUS ROEHRS CO. 
RUTHERFORD, N. J. 
Growers, Importers and Exporters 
ORCHIDS 
CATALOGUE ON REQUEST 
Flowering Plants and Orchids always 
in stock. 
Visitors always welcome. 
PEACHES ! 
Elberta Peach 'I'ree, 
1 Red Cross Currant Bush, 1 C. A. Green 
New White Grape Vine, and 2 Live*For- 
ever Rose Bushes, all delivered to your 
house by mail for 25 cents, or two of these 
collections for 50 cents, or four of these col¬ 
lections for $1.00. (Capital $100,000.00.) 
Sendforfree Fruit Catalneue, and a copy of Green'sFruit 
Macrazine. Established 30 years. Five Nursery Farms. 
GREEN’S NURSERY CO Rochester, N. Y. 
Buy “Kalamazoo Komfort’’ Now 
Enjoy that luxurious rest and relaxation 
which gives renewed energy and 
makes the liot, sultry days cool 
delightful. ]5e truly comfortable when read¬ 
ing, resting or ill. The expen.se is only 
nominal. Our Reclining chair, automatically ad 
justing itself to every position, will do all 
this for you. Write us for free trial 
and catalogue No. 74, showing ten 
models of this chair and sixty other 
xlesigns of summer furniture. A.sk your 
dealer for Superior Quality lawn furniture and 
make your home comfortable, attractive and distinctive. 
Each 
Piece 
Trade- 
Marked and 
KALAMAZOO SLED COMPANY 
520 3hd street, KALAMAZOO, MICH. 
Roses 
For nearly threescore years we have 
been known as “The Leading Rose Gronxsers 
of America.'' Each year adds to our 
knowledge and experience in the cultiva¬ 
tion of Roses and the best conditions 
governing their successful growth, so that 
the “Dingee Roses” offered for 1908 are 
even more beautiful, more varied than 
ever before. The thirty-ninth annual 
edition of our 
New Guide to Rose Culture 
For 1908 
affords you the latest and most up-to-date 
knowledge to be had on the subject of 
Rose growing. It is larger, handsomer 
and more valuable than ever. Many 
pages illustrated in color. Describes over 
a thousand distinct varieties of Roses that 
we now have in stock—all on their own 
roots—all strong, hardy plants. Tells 
how to grow Roses successfully and all 
other desirable flowers. Contains select 
lists of flower and vegetable seeds. 
Mailed free to all who write for it. 
10 Famous Roses—$1.00 
The 1908 “Dingee Collection” is offered to tliose 
who consider quality rather than numbers. It com¬ 
prises ten strong, hardy Hose plants, all on tlieir own 
roots, all different, all lahelled and true to name, 
including tlie wonderful Tausendsclion (Rose of a 
Tlionsand Ileauties), I.a France, Killarney, Helen 
(iould. The Coeliets—sent postpaid anywliere for 
$1.00. Guaranteed 1,0 rea<’h you safely and to prow 
and bloom. The greatest collectioit ever offered. 
Orders booked for delivery wlien wanted. A dollar 
bill will bring them. Now is the time to order. 
THE DINGEE & CONARD CO., West Grove, Pa. 
T/tf Leading Rose Qrolvers of America. 
Established 1850. 70 Greenhouses. 
Stanley’s Ball-Bearing Hinges 
Nothing equals them for 
hanging doors either in 
Big Public Buildings or 
Private Dwellings 
Two will frequently take the place of three 
ordinary hinges, and their action is noise¬ 
less and perfect. 1[Made in Wrought 
Bronze and Steel. 
THE STANLEY WORKS 
Myrtle Street, New Britain, Conn. 
New York Office: 79 Chambers Street 
is very ugly, being of pine finished with 
hard oil. This I wish to remedy. Also 
I would like a suggestion for curtaining 
the windows of these rooms. The 
window^s are narrow and of ordinary 
sliding sash design. I do not like lace 
curtains. 
Answer: It would be a very easy 
matter to improve the woodwork in your 
two rooms. Cleanse these with a 
varnish remover to take off all of the 
oil in the present finish. When the 
wood has thoroughly dried apply three 
coats of white lead, follow’ed by two 
coats of enamel in a shade of ivory 
white. This will give you a beautiful 
smooth finish and one which will be 
lasting. 
1 he color combination of dull blue 
and soft yellow is very good, and 
we are glad to know that you are opposed 
to lace curtains. Since your windows 
are narrow in effect, we would suggest 
that you set rods at the top of the frame, 
extending about three inches on either 
side of the wood trim. From this 
extension, and covering the wood trim, 
hang curtains of domestic linen taffeta, 
these to extend only to the sill. In your 
blue room select a taffeta in a shade of 
tan with dull blue figures. For the 
dining-room use plain blue, the color of 
the w’alls in the sitting-room. Next 
the glass hang straight curtains of figured 
white batiste. The figure should he small 
and the batiste very sheer in quality. 
d his does not necessarily mean that 
it will be an expensive quality, as the 
coarser weaves are most effective and 
launder better for curtains. I am send¬ 
ing you samples of this domestic linen 
taffeta and the batiste. The price of 
the taffeta is seventy-five cents a yard, 
fifty inches wide; the batiste varies in 
price from thirty cents to sixty cents a 
yard, thirty-six inches wide. 
DKCORATIVF. LOOSE BINDINGS FOR BOOKS 
“New England,’’ “A Book Lover,’’ 
and “A Reader,’’ have all asked about 
decorative loose bindings for books and 
illuminated monograms to he used on 
them, ddiese can be obtained in many 
of the leading shops, but where spe¬ 
cial designs and something distinctly 
personal Is desired, they can be made to 
order. The illustrations given show’ 
some of the designs, w hich are partic¬ 
ularly effective. If we are supplied 
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