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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
January, 1915 
The Leading American Seed 
Catalog for 1915 is a bright book 
of 182 pages, with hundreds of 
illustrations and carefully written 
descriptions of Vegetables and 
Flowers. It tells the Plain Truth, 
and is a safe guide to success in 
the garden. It is mailed free to 
everyone who wants to plant 
Burpee - Quality 
Seeds that Grow 
Our reputation for efficient service 
is built about the Burpee Idea 
of Quality First, and to “ give 
rather than to get all that is pos¬ 
sible.” H ence, we have not 
advanced prices because of the 
shortage caused by the war and 
we deliver seeds free by parcels 
post. We trust that you will 
read our Silent Salesman. A 
post card will bring it. Write 
today, and kindly mention 
House and Garden. 
W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO. 
Burpee Buildings Philadelphia 
FEED THE WILD BIRDS, 
USE HOWES’ SUET- 
GRAIN CAGE. 
The Best Wild Bird 
Food Made. It Con¬ 
tains All Kinds of 
Especially Selected 
Grains Moulded in¬ 
to a Base of Heavy 
Suet,the Birds Own 
Choice. 
1 lb. Cakes, made to fit the tree, 25 Cents. 
2 lb. Cakes, made to fit shelters, 50 Cents. 
Postage Extra. 
We make every kind of bird attractor in our own 
factory. Send for illustrated list (H). See Our 
Exhibit at the Sportsman’s and Travel Show, New 
Grand Central Palace, New York, February 20 to 27, 
1915. 
THE MAPLEWOOD BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY, 
Stamford, Conn. 
Walls From the Outside In 
(Continued from page 37) 
the wall itself between the inside and out¬ 
side brick, which, hollow, serves to stop 
moisture from getting through to the brick 
on which we have placed our plaster. 
We must tie our two walls together in 
the same way, either with a spanning brick 
at intervals, or better, iron ties built into 
the joints as the wall goes up. Of late 
years it has become a common practice in 
building a twelve-inch wall to make the 
outside eight inches any desired brick, and 
the inside four, a hollow terra cotta brick 
bonded to the other to make a solid wall. 
A cheaper form of wall that is a com¬ 
promise between the frame wall and that 
of masonry is the brick veneer wall. In 
this method the studs are erected and 
boarded as for a shingle or clapboarded 
wall, but against this outside boarding is 
built a four-inch brick wall secured to the 
boarding behind by metal ties built into 
the brick joints as the wall goes up, and 
fastened to the boarding. 
The commonest type of wall is the 
wooden stud, wall lathed and plastered on 
the inside and on the outside covered with 
one-inch boarding, and either shingles, 
siding, clapboards or plaster. 
Of these walls, the clapboards are the 
cheapest, unless we are to consider the 
future cost of keeping them painted. The 
siding is about the same, and we may 
stain this if we like. The shingles, 
which are slightly more expensive, should 
also be stained, unless we elect to save 
again, and allow the weather to lay on its 
own stain with its wind and rain. Cypress 
shingles and red cedar are the best in this 
case. The claim made by certain stain 
workers that their stains act as a wood pre¬ 
servative have foundation, although its 
importance may be easily exaggerated. In 
no case should shingles be painted with 
lead and oil paint, as decay sets in much 
earlier. 
If we are a little tired of the shingle 
wall as we see it around us, we may get a 
much better effect if we use the hand-split 
cypress shingle of the South. While these 
shingles are more expensive by the thou¬ 
sand, they are very much bigger and thick¬ 
er, and we may lay them more to the 
weather, the 7 or 8-inch covering more 
surface than with our ordinary 16-inch 
shingle. For this reason, the cost is only 
slightly greater. The butts are seldom cut 
at right angles to the sides, so that when 
laid we have them giving us a broken line 
of shadow which is much richer and softer 
than the thin mechanical look of the other. 
The plaster wall or, as it is sometimes 
called, “cement,’’ or “concrete,” may be 
done either over a frame wall, which is the 
most common, or over terra-cotta blocks, 
which is the best. 
First, the frame wall. We have the 
studs and boarding as for shingles or clap¬ 
boards ; over this we tack one, or better, 
two thicknesses of damp-proof paper well 
(Continued on page 6) 
— from contamination, 
ptomaine and the ice 
man’s muddy tracks 
Get a modem McCray Refrigerator. 
It will keep your foods from spoiling. It will 
protect your family’s health. It can be ar¬ 
ranged for icing from the rear porch so the ice 
man will not track up the kitchen or pantry 
floor with mud and dirt. 
Much of the family ills can be directly 
traced to an inefficient refrigerator. Take no 
chances. Use a McCray. Specify one for the 
new home. Be safe. 
McCray 
Refrigerators 
Regular Stock Sizes or Special Built-to-Order 
Sanitary 
Scientific 
The walls are insulated with odorless, heat 
repelling materials. No outside heat can per¬ 
meate them. No ice is wasted. No food is 
spoiled. The McCray patented system keeps a 
current of clear, cold, clean, dry air constantly 
circulating throughout each chamber. Germs 
simply cannot exist. All impurities are carried 
off through the water sealed drain pipe. 
Opal Glass, Porcelain and White 
Enamel Linings 
The clean, snowy-white linings are easily 
kept clean, sweet and sanitary by merely 
wiping with a damp cloth. Zinc is never used 
in a McCray. It corrodes and forms poison¬ 
ous oxides that are dangerous to health. 
McCray Refrigerators are used wherever 
perfect refrigeration is demanded. 
After rigid tests, they were adopted by the 
U. S. Pure Food Laboratories as best com¬ 
plying with their exacting requirements. They 
are used in the U. S. Senate Restaurant, U. S. 
Hospitals and many other Government insti¬ 
tutions. For thirty years the McCray has been 
used in the finest residences, hotels, clubs 
and public institutions. 
Ask Us for Catalog 
No. 92 — Regular Sizes 
for Residences. 
No. AH — Built-to-Order 
for Residences. 
No, 73 — For Florists. 
No. 69 — For Grocers. 
No. 50 — For Hotels, 
Clubs. Institutions. 
No. 61 — For Meat 
Markets. 
McCray Refrigerator Co. 
744 Lake Street, Kendallville, Ind. 
New York, McCray Bldg., Chicago, 
7-9 W. 30th St. 1000 S. Michigan Ave. 
For branch salesrooms in other cities, 
see your local telephone directory 
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What Breed ot Chickens 
Do You Keep ? 
Write to us for information on the 
best breeds for your purpose, whether 
it be for laying or breeding. We are 
glad to suggest or help in any way. 
Manager POULTRY DEPARTMENT, 
House & Garden, 31 E. 17th St. 
New York 
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