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HOUSE & GARDEN 
SUN DIALS 
REAL BRONZE COLONIAL DESIGNS 
from $3.50 Up 
Also full line of Bird 
Fountains and other gar¬ 
den requisites. 
Manufactured, by 
The M. D. JONES CO. 
71 Portland St., Boston, Mass. 
Send for illustrated catalog 
ROSES! 
T F you are interested in 
A rose growing, plant roses 
that will bloom from June 
to November. 
My catalogue describes the 
most complete list of varieties 
in America with directions how 
to grow them. Send for it! 
M. H. WALSH 
Rose Specialist 
Woods Hole, Mass. 
SILVER LAKE A 
The Standard Sash Cord 
(The name stamped indelibly on every 
foot.) 
The man who builds a house 
without asking about the sash- 
cord to be used is laying up 
trouble for himself. Insist that 
the specifications mention Silver 
Lake A. Its smooth surface 
offers nothing on which the pul¬ 
ley can catch. Guaranteed for 
twenty years. Write for booklet. 
Silver Lake Company 
94 Nevada Street 
Newtonville Massachusetts 
“ GREEN VELVET ” 
LAWN GRASS MIXTURE 
Our special Lawn Grass “GREEN 
VELVET” is a mixture of recleaned 
Grasses especially selected to with¬ 
stand the heat and drought of the 
Summer. It will produce a good lawn 
during the entire season. 
PECK, $2. BUSHEL, $6, PREPAID 
Send for catalogue. 
ANDREW R. KENNEDY, INC. 
Formerly Kennedy & Hunter 
Importers Garden Seeds and Bulbs 
LAWN GRASS SEED A SPECIALTY 
152 West 34th Street, New York City 
MARBLE MANTELS 
BENCHES 
CONSOLES 
S. KLABER & CO. 
126 W. 34th ST., N. Y. 
Established 1849 
The Telling Touch of Shades and Shields 
ing. A charm¬ 
ing effect may 
be had by inter¬ 
lining with a 
soft orange or 
rose or yellow 
cheesecloth. 
A figured cre¬ 
tonne or silk 
may be overlaid 
with plain silk 
gauze. When 
unlit the shade 
is plain; but 
when lit the 
figures come 
out in a rather 
delightful un¬ 
certainty. This 
is always inter¬ 
esting for chil¬ 
dren’s rooms. 
It could be 
worked out, us¬ 
ing a black silhouette 
paper of Mother Goose. 
A new idea from 
Paris is to insert be¬ 
tween two layers of 
gold silk gauze brilliant 
colored tissue papers 
cut out in floral designs 
rather futuristic in 
feeling. The tissue 
flowers are made of 
various petals overlap¬ 
ping, so one gets an in¬ 
teresting gradation of 
color. The colors are 
full normal, that they 
may carry through the 
gauze. As the beauty 
lies in color spotting, 
one must be an adept 
to accomplish such a 
shade. 
Using Cretonne 
Cretonne may be 
quite transformed by 
applying many coats of 
shellac, and thus it 
serves as an excellent 
material for shades. 
The shellac fills up the pores and 
renders the surface smooth, hard and 
translucent. This treatment, which 
makes the fabric waterproof, is also 
serviceable for porch and garden 
lanterns. 
If the shade is sufficiently antiqued 
and finished with a mixture of orange 
and white shellac, the surface looks 
like old vellum. A black and white 
Chinese chintz thus treated and made 
up on a frame of Chinese lines has 
quite an oriental look to it. It should 
be given sufficient coats to produce a 
hard, waxy finish. Yellow chintz 
lends itself admirably 
to this style of shade. 
The same effect is had 
by using old Italian 
hand-printed paper 
sheets. The finish is 
smooth and antique 
and the printing irregu¬ 
lar enough to be inter¬ 
esting. All these ma¬ 
terials require to be 
made on a flat surface, 
not a rounded one. 
Variations of Vellum 
Hand painted vellum 
shades are serviceable, 
artistic and have the in¬ 
disputable charm that 
all hand work has for 
us. Baskets and 
bunches of fruits and 
flowers on a soft tone 
background — such a 
lampshade finds i t s 
metier in a thousand 
places. A parchment 
shade which completely 
hides the bulb hangs 
suspended from a 
standard, serving for a 
hall light where no di¬ 
rect light is needed. 
Half the interest is in 
its fascinating silhou¬ 
ette. Stretched ivory 
silk, hand painted, is 
used for the basis of a 
wonderful many-sided 
dining-room drop-light. 
A shade combining 
vellum and chintz can 
be made by combining 
cut-out chintz figures to 
watercolor paper and 
lacquering it. This is 
inexpensive and can be 
done by an amateur 
who knows nothing of 
painting. 
Empire lampshades 
of painted tin are an 
innovation. Unfortu¬ 
nately their best time is daytime, as, 
of course, we get no glow through 
the shade. The inside being painted 
white, a good light is shed for reading. 
Suitability in Shades 
Shades should not only suit the 
style of a house and period of a 
room, but they should suit as to num¬ 
ber and size the dimensions of a 
room. How many times have we seen 
an enormous center drop-light over 
the table in a small dining-room. 
Resplendent in gaudy green glass 
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For the hallway, a 
lamp of red lacquer 
and yellow, the hang¬ 
ing lamp of parch¬ 
ment with Chinese 
flowers. $ I 3 0 
This shade, de¬ 
signed for a read¬ 
ing lamp, is deco¬ 
rated with Chineee 
flower baskets. 
$40 
“AR.TBRO NT PRODUCTS 
Make Distinctive Gifts for All Occasions 
BOOK ROCKS. STATUARY, 
BOUDOIR LAMPS. ASH TRAYS, 
PAPER WEIGHTS, PORTABLES, ETC. 
Ranging in Price from $1.50 Up. 
Catalog illustrating ZOO Art Subjects free 
Mention House y Garden 
KATHODION BRONZE WORKS 
501 Fifth Ave. New York 
Garden Accessories 
Plant Stakes Seed Markers 
Garden Tools with Painted 
Handles 
Gathering Baskets for Flowers 
and Vegetables 
Bird Houses Outdoor Furniture 
Send 25 c, coin or stamps, for a bird plant 
stick and an illustrated catalog showing 
our garden furniture and fittings 
THE WOODCRAFT SHOPS, Inc. 
i Morristown, New Jersey 
STANDARD Rfs! 
Underground 
Garbage Receiver 
In Use 12 Years 
LOOK FOR OUR TRADE MARK 
Sold Direct Factory Send for Circular 
C. H. STEPHENSON, Mfr. 
20 Farrar St., Lynn, Mass. 
Wle Joi^Ba£amc^ 
is Wizard Brand Concentrated, Pulverized 
Manure. Not only plant food but soil food. 
Contains all the elements needed to stimu¬ 
late rapid and continued growth. 
WizflRb 
" BRflNb jSf 
^ CONCENTRATED PULVERIZED 
MANURE 
is richest natural fertilizer in pure, high ■ 
ly concentrated form. Freed from weed 
seeds, dried, sterilized, screened and 
pulverized. 
Use it for lawn, flowers, vegetable garden, 
trees, shrubs, fruit and grain crops. 
Write for prices and freight rates. 
PULVERIZED MANURE CO. 
25 UNION STOCK YARDS, CHICAGO 
h 
'i>us£. 
SOLVAY 
Granulated Calcium Chloride 
Clean—Odorless—Efficient 
Shipped direct to your station in 
air-tight packages ready to apply 
SOLVAY 
j Stock carried at many points 
j Write for illustrated Road Book 
SEMET- SOLVAY CO. 
406 Milton Ave., Solvay, N. Y. 
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