HOUSE AND GARDEN 
June, 
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Garden ornaments find a place in informal as well as in 
formal gardens. Note the delightfully informal effect j 
achieved in the illustrationabove. If you are planning to v 
add to the charm of your grounds we can give your orders 
special attention during the winter months, making de¬ 
liveries any time you desire next Spring. 
Our catalogue, showing a wide range of models for repro- 
1 duction in Pompeian Stone, will help you in your selection. jj 
H To those desiring marble ornaments, we offer special facilities, insuring reasonable prices and prompt deliveries- g 
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Astoria, L. I. 
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R. Hayes, Builder 
Roofed with 
Hudson Asphalt 
Shingles 
HUDSON ASPHALT SHINGLES 
Red • Slate Surfaced • Green 
Beautify the home 
Need no painting or staining, and make a perma¬ 
nent, leak-proof, fadeless, fire-resisting roof 
Samples will be sent jree , postpaid , upon request 
ASPHALT READY ROOFING CO. 
Dept. 451 9 Church Street New York 
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT POULTRY? 
Do you desire reliable information regarding the best breed of 
fowl to suit your purpose? 
Are you in doubt about the kind of poultry house to buy or build? 
Are you getting the most from your chickens — can their laying 
qualities be improved? 
Do you want to know where clean, healthy stock can be obtained ? 
If we can help you by answering these or any other poultry 
questions, our staff is at your service. Write to the 
Manager of Poultry Dept., House & Garden 
31 East 17th St., New York City 
The Birds Will 
Come! 
May and June 
are good months to 
win the birds to your 
garden. Plenty of 
time yet for nesting. 
Colonial BathPedes- 
tal of simple classic 
design. A beautiful 
ornament for any 
garden. Birds flock 
to it. 
Villa double Wren House 
of pleasing design; dur¬ 
able and attractive. 
This drinking and bath¬ 
ing pedestal will give 
you great pleasure all 
summer. All kinds of 
birds will come and 
enjoy it, especially in the 
hot dry months. 
The artistic and practical 
designs of UNIQUE bird 
houses and baths give a much 
desired touch of interest and 
quaintness to the garden. 
Send for The Garden Unique 
Catalog showing the full line of 
exclusive and beautiful styles. 
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A natural manure for the use of Gardeners, Truck 
Growers and for General Farming. 
It is largely HUMUS and rich in Plant Foods, which are 
immediately available. It also stimulates bacteriological 
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Furnishing the Garden 
Living-Room 
(Continued from page 413) 
and inexpensive. In many cases no floor 
is necessary, the grass being sufficient. It 
were wiser, however, to provide little 
wicker footstools to guard against damp¬ 
ness. Striped awnings give a gay touch 
of color to the garden. They come in 
striking combinations, from the expensive 
painted ones of orange, brown and green 
stripes, to the cheaper woven variety of 
blue and white. Some are painted green 
on the under side, shedding a soft, subdued 
light. 
Canton furniture is the best to use in 
these canopied pavilions. It is light, cheap 
and durable and has rather a look of the 
East, especially harmonizing with the gay- 
striped awnings. 
A simple way of making a little pavilion 
is to stretch a canopy from the garden 
wall. This, of course, forms little pro¬ 
tection in rough weather, but at least it 
affords a shady resting place. A long settee 
with drawers under the seat provides a 
place to tuck away cushions and covers in 
case of a shower. 
One must expect to give the outdoors 
living-room some attention and care. 
While it is bothersome to have the care 
of our garden furniture on our mind, yet 
if we relegate to it more than the bare 
necessity of bench and table we must be 
willing to have a care as to cushions, cover 
and books when necessary. 
The terrace and pergola are an elabora¬ 
tion of the canopy hung from the garden 
wall. The terrace brings to our mind 
peacocks and urns and garden hats and 
high tea in England. They are the amphi¬ 
theater of the garden, and from them the 
garden is a thing of vistas. Their centers 
of attraction may be a sundial amidst the 
flowers, or a bird bath and a marble or 
terra cotta bench, or a bee-hive within 
hailing — but calling distance. Best of all 
is a fountain as the center or as the cul¬ 
mination of a vista. A marble bust may 
be placed against the green background 
of a hedge, and always most lovely is a 
marble vase or urn. Terra cotta jars, 
similar to the oil jars of Sicily, make a 
good silhouette. All garden effects are a 
matter of silhouette and color masses. 
Terra cotta vases are not expensive. Their 
substitute, blue and gray ironware jars, 
well set in a simple garden, add a note of 
distinction. The desirable point is always 
the beauty of outline. Large Italian 
and Spanish glazed vases are wondrous 
things in a garden, but alas! bring pro¬ 
hibitive prices. 
There are interesting effects to be 
gotten in a Japanese garden, although we 
are apt to tire of it. It would seem a 
little too trivial and exotic. As a side fea¬ 
ture of a larger garden it is a charming 
thing to wonder at and wander through. 
But it is really too detached to take its 
place in our Western world; moreover, 
very few houses lend it a suitable back- 
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