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House & Garden 
Make Your Stucco House 
Waterproof and Non-Staining 
There is probably no type of home more beau¬ 
tiful than a stucco house. And now this beau¬ 
tiful exterior finish can be made absolutely 
damp-proof, waterproof and non-staining with 
medusa WATERPROOFINr 
i I i V * T Avo POWDEFC VJ 
Medusa is not a paint or surface mixture, but an in¬ 
tegral waterproofing material that becomes an insepara¬ 
ble part of the Portland Cement without affecting its 
strength, setting or color. 
It absolutely prevents efflorescence, the common cause 
of discoloration and staining in both gray and white 
cement. It makes the beauty of your stucco permanent 
whether applied to metal lath, hollow tile, brick, con¬ 
crete block or monolithic concrete construction. 
Medusa Waterproofing is furnished in both paste and 
powder form. It is inexpensive and can be used by in¬ 
experienced workmen. We can also furnish Medusa 
Gray Cement and Medusa White Cement Waterproofed. 
This material is used the same as any good Portland 
Cement. 
We also manufacture Medusa White Cement, the 
original non-staining pure white cement. This material 
is especially well adapted for the most beautiful ex¬ 
terior and interior decorations in columns, steps, rail¬ 
ings, balustrades, pergolas, fountains, concrete garden 
furniture, etc. 
Whether you contemplate building immediately or not, 
learn about these artistic and economical building mate¬ 
rials now. Write for free illustrated booklets, “Medusa 
Waterproofing” and the “Medusa Waterproofed White 
Cement.” 
S THE SANDUSKY CEMENT COMPANY 
Dept. D., CLEVELAND, OHIO 
Illustration shows white stucco home of F, D. Adams, 
New Haven, Conn. Made permanently waterproof and 
non-staining with Medusa Waterproof White Cement. 
•''W/cS* Von Beren, Architects, New Haven, Conn. 
UNION METAL 
PERGOLAS 
“THE ONES THAT LAST A LIFETIME” 
These pergolas with columns of galvanized open hearth steel, 
will withstand the dampness of vines and shrubbery and the 
heat of summer sun as long as your house itself. Wood columns 
placed on the open ground 
soon swell and shrink, open 
up at the joints and finally 
rot out, just as the climb¬ 
ing vines are reaching the 
perfection of maturity. 
Union Metal Pergolas come 
in any length complete with 
metal columns, beams, raft¬ 
ers and trellis strips ready 
to put together on the spot. 
Any workmen can erect it 
or you can do it yourself 
and enjoy the work. 
Wire for illustrated Per¬ 
gola Book No. 82. 
The Best White FI o w e r s 
(Continued front page 64) 
The marshmallows (Hibiscus mos- 
cheiitos), giant form, will grow prac¬ 
tically everywhere, though they are 
originally dwellers in swampy or 
marshy places. If the extremely large 
giant form is not wanted—they reach 
a height sometimes of 8' and the 
flowers are as large as a plate—select 
the ordinary “crimson eye” variety, 
which has lovely pure white flowers 
with a crimson spot in the center. 
Seen at a distance, their effect is 
practically all white, so they can be 
properly included here. 
Seven Good Species 
The white Iceland poppy grows 
close to the ground, but its flower 
stems are about T high; thus the 
delicate blossoms are lifted well up, 
where their beauty counts to the full¬ 
est degree. If it were not for the 
fact that the foliage of the Oriental 
poppy dies down after the plants 
have flowered, leaving a bare space 
of ground until it starts its fresh 
growth late in the summer, I should 
include the new white form of this 
in my list of indispensables. But 
this habit makes it undesirable for a 
garden border that must be on view 
throughout the season. 
Knot-weed grows anywhere, and 
without any special culture; the Jap- 
anse bell-flower is very like the 
campanulas, but happily is truly pe¬ 
rennial instead of being a biennial. 
It blossoms in midsummer usually, 
grows from 2' to 30" high, and is 
perfectly hardy if well mulched in 
the fall with litter. 
Stokes’ aster (Sfokesia cyanus 
alba) is one of the lovliest of native 
plants. As its name implies, it re¬ 
sembles the cornflower; and its color, 
in the type, is lavender-blue. Be 
sure to specify alba, therefore, if 
ordering the white form. Its height 
is usually about 18", and it will grow 
anywhere in a sunny place. 
The false dragon’s head I have 
never seen where I did not put it 
myself, save in one garden—and there 
they did not know what it was. Why 
it is not used more frequently I can¬ 
not imagine, for it is a beautiful 
midsummer perennial, always a 
highly desirable thing to have. Typi¬ 
cally it is pink, but the white form 
is very lovely. It is of simplest cul¬ 
ture. So, too, are the Fair Maids 
of France, which grow about 2' high, 
and bloom in Alay and June. These, 
by the way, are one of the truly old- 
fashioned flowers; they were highly 
prized in the flower gardens of two 
lumdred years ago. 
Speciosuni lilies like shade over the 
ground at their roots, but planted in 
a mass they will provide this for 
themselves. The flowering spurge is 
another easy-to-grow, midsummer 
flowering perennial, very showy and 
airy and decorative. 
Do Not Omit the W’hite Annuals 
In addition to the permanent flow¬ 
ers, one may always use annuals 
freely with good effect. I do not be¬ 
lieve in confining one’s garden entirely 
to either the one or the other. Peren¬ 
nials and annuals should be used in 
proper combination, for best results; 
for there are almost sure to be gaps 
in the procession of bloom, if peren¬ 
nials alone are relied upon, while on 
the other hand, annuals cannot sup¬ 
ply the earlier months. Moreover, 
there are so many flowers that we 
cannot do without in both sections 
that this would be a sufficient reason 
for combining them. 
The lists include annuals as well as 
perennials. Their character of growth 
is, of course, divisible into the two 
classes—horizontal and vertical—quite 
the same as the perennial things are 
divided. 
W'hite Flowers, Classified Accord¬ 
ing TO Line Effects 
Vertical 
Tall 
Artemisia lactiflora, 3' to 4'. All 
of September. 
Astilbe grandis, 5'. June and July. 
Bocconia cordata, 6' to 8'. July 
and August. 
Campanula pcrsicifolia, gigantea 
Moerheimi: Zyfl. May and June. 
Cimicifuga simplex, 2' to 3'. Sept, 
and Oct. 
Citnicifuga racemosa, 4' to 6'. July 
and August. 
Dictammis fraxinella, ZYT. June 
and July. 
Delphinium Chinense, album, 2' to 
3'. July. 
Digitalis gloxinaflora, alba, 2' to 
3'. June. 
Hollyhock, double white, 6' to 8'. 
June. 
Lupinus polyphyllus, albus, 3'. May 
and Tune. 
Physostegia I'irginica, alba, 4'. 
July and August. 
Veronica Virginica, 3' to 4'. July 
and August. 
Loiv Growing 
Antharicum liliastrum qiganteum, 
2'. May. 
Campanula pcrsicifolia, alba, 2'. 
June and July. 
Chclone glabra, alba, 2'. Aug. and 
Sept. 
Heuchera virginal, 2'. July and 
Aug. 
Lysimachia clcthroidcs, 2'. July to 
Sept. 
Horizontal 
(True horizontal, or broad and 
spreading.) 
Tall 
Funkia subcordata grandiflora, 2' 
to 3'. Aug. and Sept. 
Hibiscus Moscheutos (Crimson 
Ej-e), 5'. July and on. 
Iris Siberica (Snow Queen) 3)4', 
June. 
Iris Florcntina, alba, 2' to 3'. May. 
Lilium spcciosum, album, 3'. Aug¬ 
ust. 
Papaver orientale (Perry's White), 
3'. May and June. 
Platycodon grandiflorum, album, 
2)4'. July and Aug. 
Polygonatum gigantcum, 3'. May 
and June. 
Polygonum cuspidatum, 5'. Sept. 
Anemone Japonica, alba, 2' to 3'. 
August on. 
Anemone Japonica Whirlwind. 
Same as above, semi-double. 
Lozv Growing 
Anthemis tinctoria, alba, 15". All 
summer. 
Achillea ptarmica, fl. pi., 2'. June 
and on. 
Aquilegia chrysantha, alba, 21. May. 
Aqiiilegia flabellata nana, alba, 8". 
May. 
Aster ptarmicoides, 12". July and 
August. 
Campanula Carpatica, alba, 8". 
June to October. 
■ Ccntaurca montana, alba, 2'. July 
to Sept. 
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum fl. 
pi, 15". June, July and on. 
Dianthus deltoides, alba. Creeping 
—June and July. 
Iberis sempervirens. Creeping—■ 
May. 
(Continued on page 68) 
