HOUSE AND GARDEN 
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August, 
1914 
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Perpetuate the real pleas¬ 
ures of Summer by having 
flowers and vegetables 
the year round. 
Let us submit plans and 
estimates for a 
KiNr GREEN - 
tVll\u HOUSE 
Now is the time to write us stating 
what you have in mind. We can 
furnish any kind from an inex¬ 
pensive sectional greenhouse to 
sumptuous palm houses and con¬ 
servatories of King Channel Bar 
Construction. 
Every “King” is the result of years 
of experience in building for pro¬ 
fessional growers. Full of new 
features and new ideas to make 
them more productive, more beau¬ 
tiful and more easy to operate. 
Write today for Bulletin No. 43 and 
47 , and see for yourself why we can 
offer the most for the money in 
practical artistic greenhouses. 
KING CONSTRUCTION CO. 
277 Kings Road, North Tonawanda, N. Y. 
All the Sunlight All Day Houses 
SSSQB51MI 
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damp places especially, all over the United 
States. 
The hemlock of classic lore is not native 
to this continent, but it is as common a 
weed as any by our roadsides, neverthe¬ 
less. Happily it is not tempting, and the 
colloquial name of “stinkweed” tells why. 
But it is poisonous in leaves and seeds and 
roots; and as its stems make excellent 
whistles, children are often poisoned by 
blowing on these. Then, too, its seeds 
are mistaken for anise sometimes, and its 
roots for parsnips, and so it gets in its 
deadly work. And deadly it is, too, al¬ 
though not painful in its effect. Instead, 
slow paralysis steals over the victim, all 
the powers failing gradually except the 
mind, which is clear until the end. This 
is the hemlock which furnished the brew 
to Socrates. 
Then there is the beautiful pokeweed, 
big and striking and rich growing, often 
as tall as our heads. It has gorgeous red 
berries that look like pigeon-blood rubies, 
and when crushed bleed a crimson life- 
iuice. In root and berry this is deadily. 
So are wild black cherry pits’ kernels, and, 
of course, many fungi forms of the toad¬ 
stool order, the “death-cup” being quite as 
dreadful as the water hemlock. A piece 
the size of a peanut has killed the unfor¬ 
tunate who ate it. There is no antidote, 
for the poison does not begin to manifest 
itself until many hours have elapsed — 
from nine to fourteen usually. By that 
time it is, of course, assimilated, and a 
lingering, agonizing death is the only end. 
“Never taste anything you do not 
know,” said the painter as a last word, be¬ 
fore he came back to talking about the 
“weeds” that are in danger of extermina¬ 
tion because people always want to pick 
everything that they find blooming in 
woods or meadows. “Leave them there! 
They belong to every man. No man shall 
claim them for his own.” The fringed 
gentians, for example — “weeds” surely, 
for wild they are and native — will be ex¬ 
terminated ; and the sweet trailing arbu¬ 
tus, and even the great laurel, and I do not 
know how many others. I only know I 
came away cherishing a firm resolution 
to refrain from plucking anything when I 
go walking in the woods, save wild asters 
—a few now and then—and golden-rod, 
and daisies and clovers and black-eyed 
Susans and a few such old standbys. 
~~ BOBBINK & ATKINS- 
World’s Choicest Nursery and Greenhouse Product 
Our 300 acre Nursery places us in a position to supply 
material to beautify Lawns and Grounds of any size 
Among the ROSES Our Illustrated 
Specialties RHODODENDRONS General Cata- 
We grow BULBS AND ROOTS logueNo.40 
are ORNAMENTAL TREES describes 
EVERGREENS AND PINES them 
HARDY CLIMBING VINES 
BOXWOOD AND BAY TREES 
SHRUBS AND HEDGE PLANTS 
HARDY OLD-FASHIONED FLOWERS 
FRUIT TREES AND SMALL FRUITS 
OUR NEW HYBRID GIANT-FLOWERING 
MARSHMALLOW 
PLANT TUBS, WINDOW BOXES, ENGLISH 
GARDEN FURNITURE AND RUSTIC WORK 
“ We Plan and Plant Grounds and Gardens 
Everywhere,** Visit Nursery. 
NURSERYMEN; FLORISTS and PLANTERS RUTHERFORD, N, J, 
Homes That Architects Have 
Built for Themselves 
(Continued from page 82) 
place is fairly alive with songsters of all 
sorts and, though scarlet tanagers can 
scarcely be praised for their vocal powers, 
a pair of them has come to lend distinction 
to the spot by nesting in that, not twenty 
feet from the piazza. Bird boxes and suet 
blocks add cordiality to the invitation to 
bird colonists, and their nesting liberties 
In writing to advertisers please mention House & Garden. 
Kellastoned Homes 
possess that power of attraction which is 
not laid out by rule. The passerby cannot 
resist stopping and admiring the dis¬ 
tinctive simplicity — the clean, beautiful, 
attractive and yet substantial appearance 
of Kellastoned homes. And the beauty of 
it all is the fact that the attractiveness of 
is not merely skm deep." It*s everlasting; 
tor Kellastone contains no Portland cement 
or lime, and is mixed with a compound 
instead of water which makes it weather¬ 
proof and moisture-proof. It requires no 
after treatment to retain these qualities. 
It is fireproof and more nearly crack-proof 
than any other stucco made. It is used with 
equal success as an interior plaster. 
Kellastone Composition Flooring 
possesses an unusual resiliency. It is sanitary, 
waterproof, fireproof and abrasion-proof. It 
is not slippery and is easily cleaned. 
Send for the Kellastone Booklets before yon boild. 
THE NATIONAL KELLASTONE CO. 
5j8 Association Bldg., Chicago, III. 
“TwrtRBsoSi 
We have issued a very interesting catalogue show¬ 
ing a series of new designs in “ Pergolas,” Lattice 
Fences, Garden-houses and Arbors. Can be had free 
on request. 
Catalogue“P28”for Pergolas and Garden Accessories 
“ “P40”for Exterior and InteriorWood Columns 
HARTMANN-SANDERS CO. 
Main Office and Factory : 
Elston and Webster Ave. 
CHICAGO, ILL. 
Eastern Office: 
6 East 39th St.,New York. N.Y. 
Pacific Coast Branch: 
A. J. Koll Pig. Mill Co. 
Los Angeles. Calif. 
NO WEEDS IN LAKES, PONDS OR STREAMS to interfere with: 
Power Boats, Bathing, Fishing, Ice-Harvesting 
or in any water where they are undesirable. 
Ziemsen’s Submarine Weed Cutting Saw is easily 
operated from the shore or from boats, and clears large 
spaces in shortest time. Write for references and illus¬ 
trated circular, which explains how it is worked. 
ASCHERT BROS, Cedar Lake, West Bend, Wis. 
