HOUSE AND GARDEN 
November, 1914 
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Bedroom Water Set 
Made of beautifully etched glass. Pitcher 
is on tray and tumbler is inverted and set on 
a shoulder inside the neck as shown. This 
feature keeps pitcher and inside of tumbler 
clean and dustproof. Price, in design shown, 
S5.00. 
Other sets: Plain, gold banded, $6.00. 
Cut Glass, several designs, $7.50 and $8.50. 
Without tray, sets run from $2.50 to $7.50. 
China Croton Set 
Made of very finest English China. Decora¬ 
tion is of gold encrusted bands and rose 
wreaths in delicate pink and yellow. Set 
comprises Soap Dish, Brush, Vase and Mug. 
As illustrated, $10.50. 
Other sets of finest China with simple floral 
design and gold edges, at $4.50, up to most 
elaborate designs with plain and encrusted 
gold decorations, at $16.00. A very rich 
assortment, in which the color scheme of any 
room can be accurately matched. 
Our stock of high-grade china and glassware is 
exceptional. In open stock, as well as special sets, 
there is a large selection of patterns, designs and 
colors in a wide range of prices. Only a personal 
visit can enable you to really appreciate their 
beauty and variety. 
JWIS&^ONGER 
45th Street and 6th Avenue, New York 
China and Glass 
Specialties 
HAND-PAINTED 
ORIENTAL RUGS_ 
When a rug is washed with lye and acid in 
the vat or otherwise, some of the colors are 
so badly burned that they have to be painted 
in. It is a highly-paid trade, and the painters 
are real artists, but not as great artists as 
the dealers who sell such trash. All so- 
called Kermanshahs are bleached, and the 
bulk of them are painted. Also, in thread¬ 
bare relics the naked warps are painted so 
as to conceal them. 
If you want to avoid such rugs send for monograph and list 
L. B. LAWTON, MAJOR U. S. A., Retired 
3 LEITCH AVENUE, SKANEATELES, NEW YORK 
earth. Potted November 17, this rapid 
grower had formed its roots in one month 
and bloomed six weeks later. One that 
was raised in earth for Christmas decora¬ 
tion was potted September 30, brought to 
the light November 15, and bloomed a few 
days before Christmas. 
Van Sion Narcissus . — This gorgeous 
double yellow flower is one of the best on 
the list. It responds to a diet of earth, 
sand or water, and is most satisfactory, 
either outdoors or in. It was potted No¬ 
vember 17 and left in the cellar till the 
last week in February, being a variety 
that permits slow forcing, and one month 
later it was in full bloom. 
Crocus. — This is another obliging 
amphibious bulb, or rather conn, which 
shows so many attractive colors and sends 
up so many flowers that it should be in 
every sand, earth or water-garden. This 
was potted early, because crocus will not 
well survive long keeping. Started Octo¬ 
ber 12, it was brought to the light Decem¬ 
ber 12, and flowered from late January to 
early March — a long blooming season be¬ 
ing one of its many good points. Numer¬ 
ous corms should be planted together in a 
broad seed pan or other receptacle. The 
very best grade, measuring four inches 
round, should be chosen, and imperfect 
ones discarded. Crocus is susceptible to 
mold and green aphis; the former may be 
avoided by not keeping the pots too damp 
while making roots, and the latter may be 
fought off with tobacco smoke or tea, 
though they must be attacked in the early 
stages or they will become too numerous 
to be vanquished. 
Our sand-grown bulbs were not only 
equal to those which were taken from the 
same package and, for the purpose of com¬ 
parison, grown in earth, but in some cases 
produced larger, fairer, finer flowers than 
those receiving the more usual treatment. 
A New Sewage Disposal System 
for Country 
and Suburban Houses 
T HE well-managed farm of to-day 
means many household conven¬ 
iences as well as labor-saving farm ma¬ 
chinery. Back-breaking drudgery has 
been largely eliminated from both house 
and fields. Running water and the kitchen 
sink and bathroom have supplanted the 
old-time pump and open, insanitary drain¬ 
age. But the most efficient disposal of 
sewage remained a problem until the con¬ 
crete septic tank was invented. It is a 
simple, cheap and effective device, rapidly 
supplanting the drywell, with its constant 
menace of water pollution. In brief, 
there has come to the farmer his own little 
SPECIAL CHRISTMAS GIFT EDITION 
of MISS DALRYMPLE’S NEW STORY 
Uncle Noah’s Christmas Party 
By LEONA DALRYMPLE 
Author of “Diane of the Green Van," the prize 
winning novel in the Reilly & Britton 
810,000 Prize Contest. 
This charming story of the Christmas 
season is a worthy successor to Miss Dal- 
rymple’s first story of Uncle Noah, which 
told how that ancient retainer’s devotion 
mended a quarrel between the old Colonel 
and his spirited son. Again we come to the 
Christmas season and the kind old darkey’s 
head is full of memories of departed days 
when the big house was gay with music, 
merry banter and the clink of glasses pledged 
in friendship. He secretly plans a Christmas 
party, to which he invites the poor children 
of the neighborhood. Uncle Noah’s comical 
hospitalities and Christmas spirit serve to 
melt away stubborn estrangements and 
reunite all the branches of the Fairfax 
family. 
12mo. Illustrated hy Charles L. Wrenn. $1.00 
net. Postage 10 cents. 
NEW GIFT EDITIONS OF MISS 
DALRYMPLE’S POPULAR CHRISTMAS 
BOOKS 
Uncle Noah’s Christmas 
Inspiration 
By LEONA DALRYMPLE 
Illustrations in color hy Charles L. Wrenn, 
decorations hy Charles H. Guischard. 
For sheer heartwarming optimism — the 
Christmas spirit, in a word — -the story of the 
South at holiday time is to be recommended 
without reserve. It overflows with love and 
good humor. 
12mo. $1.00 net. Postage 10 cents. 
In The Hear 
Of The Christmas 
By LEONA DALRYMPLE 
Illustrations in color hy Charles L, Wrenn, 
decorations hy Charles H. Guischard. 
A story telling of a misunderstanding 
between a man and a maid and how the un¬ 
usual events of a Yuletide straightened the 
course of a great love. 
12mo. $1.00 net. Postage 10 cents. 
McBRIDE, NAST & CO., New York 
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