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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
February, 1915 
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Essentials for the Living-Room 
(Continued from page 82) 
ture goes well with Chippendale chairs— 
the ladder-back for such a room — or 
shield-shaped, wide-seated Heppelwhites. 
A tall, capacious desk with built-in book¬ 
cases on either side, and an old Colonial 
mirror over the mantel, make up a digni¬ 
fied and thoroughly comfortable room. 
Brass andirons and fender, a brass jar 
made into a lamp and brass sconces on the 
wall are all decorative details. Plants in 
a sunny window are especially suitable 
here, and add a sense of cheerfulness. A 
room of this type has an air slightly old- 
fashioned and full of repose, and most ap¬ 
pealing to many Americans. 
With any of these rooms, where econo¬ 
my is necessary, willow chairs can be in¬ 
troduced instead of the upholstery ones, 
and can be made delightfully comfortable. 
With the decorated furniture they can be 
painted to match in a plain color, or, in 
the Jacobean or Colonial rooms, stained a 
dark brown or black. Another economi¬ 
cal suggestion is to have an old rug dyed 
the proper color, instead of putting a large 
percentage of the money to be spent on 
the room into the floor covering. 
In summer, for the Jacobean and Co¬ 
lonial rooms, chintz covers of some gav, 
yet cool, design, both save the furniture 
and make an agreeable change. 
It is stimulating to think that at this 
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there is a wonderful variety of beautiful 
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Your* Saturday Afternoon Garden 
(Continued from page 87) 
vegetable matter. A geneious propor¬ 
tion should be mixed with the other soil 
so that the soils may both absorb plenty of 
water, but permit drainage of the sur¬ 
plus. Cocoanut-fibre is an excellent ma¬ 
terial for covering seed, when the other 
things mentioned cannot be procured. If 
the soil is very heavy, sand, as well as 
humus, should be added generously to the 
mixture. This makes it more friable and 
less likely to form a crust. 
The seeds should not be covered very 
deeply, a quarter of an inch of light soil 
being sufficient. Each row should be 
plainly tagged. As to the number of rows 
of each to sow, onions and beets are the 
things of which you will require the most 
plants; celery and lettuce next; and of 
cabbage and cauliflower, the fewest. The 
soil in the seed boxes should be in a good, 
moist condition when the seed is put in, 
and should be kept so until the seedlings 
are large enough to transplant. Extremes 
of dryness and moisture will tend to make 
poor plants. All of the seeds mentioned 
will start well in a temperature of 50° to 
55 0 at night, and, if the temperature of 
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