HOUSE AND GARDEN 
April, 1915 
Copenhagen 
Art 
Fayence 
Exquisite 
and 
Dainty 
No pottery today possesses 
such distinct beauty in color¬ 
ing and design as Copen¬ 
hagen Art Fayence. Noth¬ 
ing is more appropriate for 
an Easter or wedding gift 
than a tea, breakfast or 
luncheon set in this fascinat¬ 
ing chinaware. 
Royal Copenhagen Porcelain 
And Danish Arts 
256 Fifth avenue 
New York 
The design illustrated is but 
one of the many artistic 
patterns carried in open 
stock. Tea, Breakfast or 
Luncheon Sets consisting of 
29 pieces, dainty and of 
unique design, are specially 
priced, at $13.50. Each 
piece is hand decorated 
under the glaze in colors 
both vivid and harmonious. 
Vases, Lamps, Flower 
Holders^ 
Figures and Animals in 
Porcelain Sculpture. 
A Terra Cotta 
TILE ROOF 
the only perfect shelter — leak-proof—moist¬ 
ure-proof and absolutely fire-proof. It adds 
architectural beauty and selling value to a 
building. Requires no repairs; lasts forever. 
Write for our illustrated booklet ‘The Roof Beautiful," 
orinted in colors, referring to the origin and use of 
Tiles. It contains views of many beautiful homes with 
roofs of Terra CottaTiles.and is tent free upon request. 
LUDOWICI CELADON CO. 
Manufacturers of Terra Cotta Roofing Tiles 
Gen’l Offices: 1107=17 Monroe Bldg., Chicago, III. 
three hundred and forty-eight of 
the choicest New and Standard 
varieties, which include all types 
and colors of this favorite Fall 
flower, every one having been care¬ 
fully tested and found desirable. 
If you have never grown Dahlias 
you should begin by getting our 
Six “Incomparable” Dahlias for 
Garden Decoration, for $1.25 
Or send for a copy of our Garden 
Book free and make your own selec¬ 
tion. 
HENRY A. DREER, 
Paeony-Flowered Dahlia 
Dahlia 
Specialists 
714-716 Chestnut St. 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
Dreer’s Dahlias 
offer and fully describe in 
our Garden Book this season 
should be filled in with good, rich loam, 
rounded up well above the surface, but 
flat enough so that water will not run off 
to the edges. Allow for the setting of the 
soil, which will amount to two or three 
inches before the season is over. Both 
compost and soil, as they are put in the 
trench, should be made fairly firm with a 
good packing down, not hard enough to 
make the soil hard or lumpy. 
Before you begin to set the plants, von 
should have a plan showing exactly where 
each should go. Then take a section and 
arrange the bed, and arrange these clumps 
in order ready to plant. It is better to 
do this rather than to begin planting one 
by one. Do not expose the plants to wind 
and sun any more than possible during the 
operation of plant setting. If the soil is at 
all dry, water may be used under each 
plant as it is set. But usually at this time 
of the year this will not be necessary. 
The various plants should be set slightly 
deeper than they have been growing be¬ 
fore; or if they are from pots, an inch or 
so over above the ball of earth. Plants 
that have been kept wrapped up and boxed 
and kept from the light for several davs 
should not be immediately exposed to the 
strong sunlight. If they show a tendency 
to wilt, shade for the time being with 
papers, plant them as the sun begins 
to weaken in the afternoon. If dry 
weather follows and the beds require sub¬ 
sequent watering, before the plants become 
established, use a fine spray and go over 
the bed several times until it finally be¬ 
comes thoroughly saturated. The careless 
use of the hose on a newly set border may 1 
do considerable damage by washing and 
packing the soft soil. The plants should I 
be set in as firm as you can possibly get 
them. If there seems to be danger of 
pushing them too far down, then the soil 
in the bed has been left too loose. 
The border already established, and in¬ 
dividual plants or clumps about the ground 
should come in for their share of attention 
in the general spring “cleaning up.” Beds 
that are still in good condition should be 
forked up after the winter mulch has been 
taken off and a dressing of manure and 
bone meal worked into the ground around 
and between the plants as thoroughly as 
possible. This should be done quite early, 
before new root growth and activity begin. 
A root pruning, even though quite severe, 
while the plants are semi-dormant, will, 
with most things, do little or no injury. 
Around lilies, bulbs, iris and other things 
out of the ordinary root formation one 
must be reasonably careful. 
Hardy plants that have begun to crowd, 
either in clumps by themselves or in the 
mixed border, can be taken up, divided and 
replanted and shifted to other positions. 
If you need more plants than you have, 
each clump or crown will usually make 
from three to six good plants. If your 
garden is already well supplied, take one 
or two of the best pieces or “crowns” from 
each plant and dispose of the others to 
vour less fortunate friends. 
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