HOUSE AND GARDEN 
316 
November, 1914 
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The Continental pattern of 
Seth Thomas Clocks was 
originated nearly a century ago. 
Today, more than ever, it is 
favored as a household clock 
This quaint and venerable re¬ 
corder weaves the threads of time 
with traditional Seth Thomas 
exactness. The movement is an 
eight-day. Hours and half- 
hours are struck by a Cathedral 
bell. The case is mahogany with 
scroll top and base—below the 
dial is an artistic tablet. 
Truly, the Continental is a clock of caste 
and worthy of a place in your home. It and 
other Seth Thomas Clocks of equal beauty 
and accuracy can be seen at most jewelers' 
Descriptive booklet on request. 
SETHTHOMASCLOCK CO 
15 Maiden Lane New York City 
Established 1813 
Seth Thomas' 
Clocks 
BRUNS WIC K 
Household Refrigerating and Ice Making Plants are designed 
especially for country homes. 
Brunswick Refrigerating Co., New Brunswick, N. J. 
SetH Thomas CIocK 
8 Day, Hour and Half-hour 
Strike, Cathedral Bell, Height 
9 inches, Length 14 inches. 
Mahogany Case 
<f“1 O 7C Delivered 
q>10./0 Prepaid. 
W.H.Enhaus&Son 
Jewelers. Est. 1847 
31 John Street, N.Y. 
Complete Line of Seth Thomas Clocks WRITE FOR 
350 Designs for Selection. _ CATALOGUE 
part a suggestion of its aroma to preserves 
or marmalades. Many uses will, indeed, 
suggest themselves to the inspired cook, 
Once it is tested cautiously, without over¬ 
doing. It is a pungent, sweet odor with¬ 
out a corresponding sugary quality in the 
taste, so it lends itself equally well either 
to sweet or savory — but, like all herbs, it 
must be used “to taste,” and none can tell 
another how much this is. It is a matter 
of experiment. 
Rose petals for potpourri require to be 
salted while fresh, and spread to dry in an 
airy place where they may be stirred and 
turned over during the curing process 
daily. For five days they are kept usually 
in just the salt; then spices are added — 
cinnamon, cloves, leaves of lemon verbena, 
if a plant of this is available, and a few 
sprigs of rosemary and of lavender; and 
some orris powder from the chemist’s, un¬ 
less you have the iris Florentina, whose 
root furnishes this. The process of curing 
the root is a long one, however, for it takes 
three years to bring it ti its full flower, so 
the powder is resorted to usually. With 
all these ingredients stirred into the salted 
rose leaves, much as seasoning would be 
stirred into a cake, the potpourri is made, 
and only needs setting away in a covered 
jar to blend and season. After this is 
done, sachets filled with the mixture have 
always seemed to me the most satisfac¬ 
tory way of enjoying it; and they insure 
one a perfume altogether individual and 
unusual. 
The beads made of rose petals are sel¬ 
dom seen nowadays, vet their manufacture 
is very simple. Why more rosaries are 
not strung of them to-day for gifts by 
those who have gardens and roses is one 
of the unanswerable questions. Perhaps 
it is because the making of them is so 
nearly a lost art. Let us revive it! 
Pull the petals from the sweetest roses 
—dark red hybrid perpetuals, like “Gen¬ 
eral Jacqueminot” and “Baron de Bon- 
stetten,” are the best of this class, while 
“General MacArthur" and "Rhea Reid” 
are good examples of fragrant hybrid teas ; 
of course, the cabbage roses are very de¬ 
sirable if the garden has a specimen or 
two — while the roses are fresh. Put them 
through the finest grinder of a meat chop¬ 
per — or work them in a mortar if no meat 
chopper is available—every day for five 
days, letting them stand in an iron vessel, 
covered, during this time. The action of 
the iron upon them turns them black; and 
when they are at last ready to mold they 
will have been reduced to a dark paste 
which will stain the fingers considerably 
during the molding process. If the hands 
are washed in water without soap, how¬ 
ever, the stain will not persist. 
Roll the beads in the palm of the hand 
as a chemist rolls a pill, making them any 
desired size. Ornament their sides with a 
tracery made by pressing the head of a 
clove against them, unless you have some¬ 
thing else withwhich you can make such 
an imprint. Of course, any form may be 
used that is not too large: sometimes a 
Garden and 
Hall 
Furniture 
Guaranteed to 
stand any climate; 
Marbles, Terra 
Cotta, Stones, etc.. 
Vases, Benches, 
Sun Dial Termin¬ 
als, Tables, Foun¬ 
tains, Flower 
Boxes, Mantels, 
Statues, Reliefs, 
etc. 
Send 25c for Illus¬ 
trated catalog of 
295 pages. 
The best copies of 
the best originals. 
EUGENE LUGGHESI 
748 Lexington Aye. 
and 121 S. 59th St, 
NEW YORK 
Eat. 20 years 
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