HOUSE AND GARDEN 
286 
April, 
I 9 D 
KSva.r; 
Pisss 
I IfBil 
» «m a mm k m a ® m?iir 
VKSSSSS! Ajjr 
s m a s ® a « b ss es s§ rs sa b @isgV^ 
13 a a a is e a n a EBflj^r 
Can These Things Be Replaced? 
T HE arm-chair, where perhaps you sit as you read this magazine — how comfort¬ 
ably it conforms to the curve of your back. How often you have thought of its 
welcoming arms as a haven at the end of a hard day — and 
the side - board that has been in the 
family for more than one generation. You 
can remember how you had to stand on 
tip-toe to reach the sugar bowl on its 
shelf — and 
the old secretary in the corner. 
Old friends, these. 
Could they ever be replaced? Is there 
any insurance in the world that could cover 
them in case of 
destruction by fire? 
You can safeguard them as well as all 
the other home treasures made priceless 
by association — if you build your house 
of Natco Hollow Tile — Fireproof; damp 
proof; vermin proof; age proof; warmer 
in Winter; cooler in Summer. 
The house built of Natco throughout 
— walls, partitions, floors and roof—is con¬ 
structed rapidly and economically. Its cost 
of maintenance is low; it is durable and 
interior fire risks are absolutely controlled. 
Natco Hollow Ttle is precisely the same material — the same Company’s product 
—that has been used in the construction of the greatest fireproof buildings in the 
world. The twenty years’ experience of this Company has developed a perfect 
form of Fireproof Construction. “Natco” stamped on every tile. 
Investigate this modern form of construction before you decide upon your build¬ 
ing specifications. A line will bring you our new 32 - page hand-book, “Fireproof 
Houses.” Contains photographs of typical Natco residences, large and small. An 
invaluable guide to the prospective builder. Mailed anywhere for 10 cents (in 
stamps or coin). Write today. Address Dept. Y 
NATIONAL- FIRE • PROOFING COMPANY 
Established 1889 
Office* in All Principal Cities PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA 
hundred 
auras 
Why are the largest properties being planted with groups of a 
or more of each color of 
Meehans’ Mallow Marvel 
For the same reason that this plant creation of the century is being used the country 
over on smaller properties — because no other hardy plant provides such a pro¬ 
fusion of immense bloom, in brilliant reds, soft pinks and pearly white. 
Plant them now . Two-year roots — will bloom plentifully this year— 
Pink or White 50c each, $4.00 for 10 ; $34 per hundred. 
Red.75c each, $6.00 for 10 ; $50 per hundred. 
Mixed Colors..35c each, $3.00 for 10 ; $25 per hundred. 
MEEHANS’ SUMMER CATALOG 
shows what hardy plants to use 
between April 1st and October 1st. 
Tells how to get quick results on 
that new property. 
THOMAS MEEHAN & SONS 
Box 40 Germantown, Phila. ^ 
rolling with a 1.500-pound roller will do 
much to discourage them. 
It is surprising how much damage a 
colony of ants can do on a lawn. They 
should be looked after the first time they 
are noticed, for they work rapidly, and the 
longer neglected the more difficult it is to 
eradicate them. 
There are many remedies recommended, 
but the best one lies in the use of bisulphide 
of carbon. This is very effective, but it 
has come into such common use that a 
word of caution should be given as to its 
handling. It is very volatile and, when 
near flame, powerfully explosive, and 
should be handled with great care. Pour 
it into the runways of the ants, and then 
throw over these a mat. The fumes will 
speedily kill all the ants. A better way, 
however, is to drive a stick into the ground 
in several places where the colony is 
located, and in these holes pour the carbon, 
afterwards plugging the holes up tightly. 
Moles are frequently found on lawns, 
but they are not serious, because they can 
be easily controlled by heavily rolling or 
by traps made to catch them. Where there 
is a suspicion of the presence of moles, 
no time should be lost in getting after 
them. They sometimes work for a long 
time before their destructive borings are 
evident, and then it will take much labor 
to get ahead of them. Keep the heavy 
roller going as a preventive.—Luke J. 
Doogue. 
The garden at the seashore is usually an 
afterthought, but often these afterthought 
gardens can be a success, as you will dis¬ 
cover in the Aday House and Garden. 
Country Houses. By Aymar Embury 
II. Doubleday, Page &-Co. $3.00. 
Every man has in his heart the vision 
of the house that he will build some day. 
A few of us are able eventually to attain 
that vision and see our dream crystallized 
into permanent fabric; as for the re¬ 
mainder — a plausible majority — they buy 
picture books of houses and go on with 
the dream, which is true wisdom. Such 
a picture book is this volume showing the 
work of Aymar Embury II. Though 
holding firm to the best traditions of the 
Colonial and Dutch Colonial craftsman- 
builders, he has gone forward in the in¬ 
corporation of exquisite detail and in¬ 
genious planning, so that his houses may 
be said to represent the best of American 
domestic architecture of the day. Of 
each house are shown the plans, and ex¬ 
terior and interior views. The costs range 
from modest structures of $5,000 or $6,- 
000 to the more elaborate country home. 
Several of the pictures have been repro¬ 
duced in House and Garden, bringing 
from the readers a deserved measure of 
interest; others are new; but all are worth 
the seeing and the knowing, even if one 
belong to that plausible majority which 
never attains the real house, but has to 
content itself with looking at pictures. 
In writing to advertisers, please mention House & Garden. 
