February, 1915 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
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Te sted 
“ The Seeds with a Pedigree ” 
Garden Distinctive 
by planting some of the 
finer varieties of pedigreed 
flowers and vegetables, of¬ 
fered by Jas. Carter & Co., 
of Raynes Park, England. 
Write at once for hand¬ 
somely illustrated catalog, 
American edition. 
Carters Tested Seeds Inc. 
127 Chamber of Commerce Building, Boston, Mass. 
Branch at Seattle, Wash. 
In Canada 133 Kin? Street, E, Toronto 
Branch of James Carter & Co., Raynes Park, Ene. 
ALEXANDER’S QUALITY DAHLIAS 
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY FLOWER 
The Dahlia of to-day is of 
surpassing beauty as a single 
flower, exquisite for private 
gardens, charming in masses, 
and ideal for planting against 
shrubbery. 
Alexander’s Up-to-date 
Dahlias lead the World; be¬ 
cause they are perfect in type 
and shape, beautiful in color 
and, most important of all— 
Free flowering. 
Our many customers are 
satisfied; they receive good 
stock; true to name, and best of all—Guaranteed to Grow. 
All Flower Lovers are invited to send to the Dahlia King 
for his Free Illustrated Catalogue, which contains helpful 
descriptions and valuable cultural hints on Dahlias, Gladi¬ 
olus, Roses, Cannas, Peonies and Iris. 
J. K. ALEXANDER, “The Dahlia King,” 
8-12 Central Street, EAST BRIDGEWATER, MASS. 
effects result from walls that are painted 
soft, neutral shades. This makes the wall 
live up to its real decorative object — a 
background. You should, of course, re¬ 
member that poorly lighted rooms require 
light colors, while sunny rooms can stand 
the deeper shades. 
On these painted walls the plaster can 
be left smooth finished or in the rough. 
The latter looks very well when darker 
colors are used or when the wall is painted 
in stippled effects. But in small rooms 
painted in lighter tints, the smooth finish 
is more desirable. 
The finishing of woodwork is largely a 
matter of taste, but there are a few rules 
which should be followed out in regard to 
floors. In choosing the colors, you should 
be guided by the other decorat’ons of the 
room, especially the woodwork. All 
shades of brown are most practical, but it 
is well to select a shade somewhat lighter 
than the woodwork. If the woodwork is 
in white enamel, either a very light or a 
very dark tone would be appropriate for 
the floor. Painted floors are often de¬ 
sirable, especially when the wood is in 
poor condition and you do not wish to go 
to the expense of making it suitable for 
staining. You can develop some very at¬ 
tractive effects with painted floors — in 
some rooms you can use greens. I have 
seen white floors used to good advantage 
in countrv homes which had white wood¬ 
work and furniture. The new rag rugs 
or plain, bright-colored rugs look very 
well on these white-painted floors. 
W. B. Powell. 
704,000 Golden Flowering Plants 
D URING the last three weeks in Octo¬ 
ber the landscape gardeners of the 
Panama-Pacific International Exposition 
at San Francisco, under the direction of 
Donald McLaren, set out the enormous 
number of 704,000 golden flowering plants 
in the main entrance plaza, facing the 
Tower of Jewels and in the minor courts 
of Palms and Flowers. 
Work was begun October 20th on the 
final transplanting of 27,000 yellow wall¬ 
flowers and an equal number of Golden 
Spanish Iris in the Court of Palms, which 
looks out upon the Palace of Horticul¬ 
ture. The Tower plaza already has been 
planted to 200,000 yellow pansies, 100,000 
yellow daffodils and 100,000 golden pop¬ 
pies. In the Court of Flowers, which 
opens toward Festival Flail, will be 150,- 
000 golden poppies, 50,000 daffodils. This 
first planting will be replaced later by 
other flowers, so as to keep constant suc¬ 
cession of bloom as a carpet for the Ex¬ 
position. There will be no palms in the 
Court of Palms, the space being given 
over to acacias, towering cypress and low- 
growing eugenias. The balustrade sur¬ 
rounding the pool will be overhung by 
trailing muehlenbeckia, or maiden-hair 
vines. 
The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co. 
Dept. 9-W, 623-633 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago 
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