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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
April, 1915 
OUR doctor will tell you that a refrigerator which cannot 
be kept clean and wholesome like a Monroe is always 
dangerous to the health of your family. 
The Monroe is the refrigerator with food compartments of genuine 
solid porcelain ware—modeled in one piece—over an inch thick— 
every corner rounded. Not cheap enamel porcelain on a metal base, but 
one piece of beautiful, smooth, 
white, unbreakable porcelain 
ware which can be kept free from 
breeding places for disease germs 
that poison food which in turn 
poisons people. Nothing to 
cr ack, chip or absorb moisture 
as easly cleaned as a china 
bowl—not a single crack, joint, 
corner, or any other lodging 
place for dirt and the germs of 
disease and decay. 
£>ft c “Monroe” 
30 Days’Trial-Cash or Credit 
Direct from factory to you — saving you 
store profits. We pay freight and guarantee 
your money back and removal of refrigerator 
at no expense to you if you are not absolutely 
satisfied. Send for book now — letter Q r 
postal. 
Send for 
FREE 
BOOR 
about refrigerators which 
explains all this and tells 
you how to select the 
home refrigerator — how 
to have better, more 
nourishing food — how to 
keep food longer without 
spoiling — how to cut 
down ice bills — how to 
guard against sickness— 
doctor’s bills. 
Read what physicians and others say 
about the wonderful ice-saving and 
health protection the Monroe affords: 
" Using about one- 
third the ice the 
others did,” T. G. 
Mackie. New Or¬ 
leans. “Cut ice 
bills from S36 to S8,” 
T. W. Williams. Mil¬ 
waukee. Will save 
50 per cent of ice 
over ordinary refrig¬ 
erators,” C. E. 
James, Chattanooga 
“Reduced ice bills 
nearly 40 per cent. 
Dr. B. H. Wells, 
Southport, Conn. 
“Saving 60 per cent 
on my ice bills,” H. 
W. Webb, Columbus, 
O. “ Don’t use much 
over half the ice we 
did before,” Dr. G. 
F. Beasley, Lafay¬ 
ette, Ind. “Much 
more economical 
than any other of sev¬ 
eral I have had.” Dr. 
O. B. Shreve, Salem, 
Mass. “Saved about 
50 lbs. of ice per day 
over another make of 
same size,” W. M. 
Rieke, Paducah, Ky. 
“Monroe twice as 
large as former re¬ 
frigerator. cut ice bill 
more than half,” S. 
Dickson, West Or¬ 
ange, N. J. "Econo¬ 
mical in use of ice; 
and preserving in 
best manner articles 
placed in it,” Dr. R. 
E. Starkweather, Ev¬ 
anston, Ill. “An ice 
saver a germ pre- 
ventor, hfnce a 
health preserver to 
any family,” Dr. 
Chas. Hupe, Lafay¬ 
ette, Indiana. 
Monroe Refrigerator Co. ( ms ) Sta. 4C, Lockland, Ohio 
Is Your Refrigerator Poisoning Your Food? 
CON-SER-TEX 
THE IDEAL 
COVER1NC FOR I 
INVESTIGATE 
Secure Satisfaction — Avoid Future Expense 
What is Con-ser-tex? It is a canvas roofing, 
chemically treated to preserve the fibre from the 
mildew and the detrimental action of the oil in 
paint. Will last as long as the house does. 
Does It Cost Much? Con-ser-tex is very in¬ 
expensive. Cheaper than most other roofing 
materials. It is easy to put on — thus saving time 
and eliminating trouble. 
Does It Do the Work? It never rots or stretches. 
It hugs the porch or roof surface tightly. Neat 
and artistic in appearance. It deadens sound, 
is water proof and weather proof. Defies treading, 
coal gas, or any other wearing influence. 
What Are Its Uses? It is used for Porch and 
House roofs, piazza floors, sleeping balconies, 
bathroom walls and floors, kitchen floors and all 
other places where a serviceable fabric is required. 
Anything Else? Yes, we will send you a sam¬ 
ple of this wonderful fabric. A moment’s in¬ 
vestigation will show you its superiority over 
Cotton Duck and other roofing fabrics. 
We will send you descriptive folder and price list. 
WM. L. BARRELL COMPANY 
8 Thomas Street New York City 
Chicago Distributor: Geo. B. Carpenter & Co.. 430-40 Weils St. 
California Distributors: 
Waterhouse & Price Co. The Pacific Building Material Co. 
I.os Angeles San Francisco 
Advantages 
of Kelsey Health Heat 
I T ventilates while it heats. The air in your 
Living Room, for instance, can be com¬ 
pletely changed every fifteen minutes. 
Think what it means to have a continuous day 
and night supply of fresh air, absolutely without 
draughts. 
Think what this absence of draughts means to 
the health of children playing on the floor; or to 
the older members of the family who now have to 
sleep in stuffy rooms for fear of draughts. 
The Humidifier automatically furnishes just 
the right amount of healthy moisture in the air. 
The Kelsey Health Heat can be installed in old 
or new houses, and is as easy to run as a kitchen 
stove. 
It burns less coal than other heats, and we can 
prove it. Just give us the opportunity. 
Let us send you our Booklet called “Some 
Saving Sense on Heating” 
Would you like to know what the owner of 
the above house thinks of his Kelsey? A line 
from you will bring the information. 
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and cover completely with dry sand or 
some other suitable material, such as saw¬ 
dust or tanbark, to prevent freezing or 
loss of vitality by drying or shriveling. 
There is such an endless variety of fine 
dahlias that it is impossible to have one 
specimen of each in a small garden. My 
policy has been to plant two good roots of 
each of the chosen varieties, so as to be 
fairly sure of success. 
Time to Set Out Asparagus, etc. 
(Continued from page 273) 
each a generous depth and width, and 
put in a good layer of manure, working 
this into the soil at the bottom and stamp¬ 
ing it down. Fill in the soil to 4" or so 
of the top, and set the roots on this sur¬ 
face, and cover them in. Where only a 
small bed is to be set out it may be made 
5 or 6 feet wide, putting in three rows, 
one in the middle and one a foot or a foot 
and a half from each edge. The plants 
should be set a foot apart. Rhubarb 
roots should be set 2 or 3 feet apart each 
way. If you are transplanting clumps of 
your own or getting some from a neigh¬ 
bor, do not set the whole clump into one 
hole; cut it up into several pieces. You 
will get fewer stalks from a hill in this 
way, but they will be a great deal better. 
A few plants of sea-kale should be put in 
with the asparagus and rhubarb, as they 
are treated in much the same way—that 
is, they make their growth during the 
summer and store up plant food for a 
rapid growth early in the spring. The 
plants are heavily mulched in the spring, 
to blanch the immature leaf stalks, which 
are very delicious. 
Dormant roses should also be set out 
early this month. These are usually 
budded or grafted plants. They should 
be planted deep enough so that the union 
between stock and scion comes at least 
three inches below the surface, otherwise 
the stock is likely to throw up a cane 
which will destroy the growth above it. 
Dormant roses should be pruned back 
very severely when planted. Leave only 
three or four buds or eyes to each branch. 
Be careful to cut just above an outside 
bud, so that the new growth will be made 
toward the outside of the plant. Above 
all, get them in solid. A dormant rose 
will stand tramping on with both feet, and 
while that method of treatment is not 
recommended, it is better than handling 
ic as if it were glass, and gently covering 
the earth in about the roots with a gloved 
hand. Be careful not to expose the root 
to dry winds or bright sun while planting; 
it is an easy matter to carry them about in 
an old basket, covered at the roots with 
moss or damp burlap. 
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