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HOUSE & GARDEN 
Let the Old Oaken Bucket 
Still hang in 
only 
the well— but, 
as a 
memory 
T IME was when the old oaken bucket was a 
necessity in the household of every suburban 
family. With it, water was drawn from the well or 
spring and carried for domestic use. Today, in the 
minds of very many suburbanites the recollection of 
the old oaken bucket lingers only as a memory, for 
with the improved machinery and equipment which 
we offer, any one having an available source of supply 
-—from well, spring or lake'—can have a water 
supply system offering to the suburbanite all of the 
opportunities and advantages which the 
city family now enjoys. From the big 
line of 
EUREKA 
Water Supply Systems 
may be selected an outfit which may be 
operated by electricity, gasoline engine, 
kerosene engine, water 
pressure or by hand, to 
supply an adequate volume 
of water, and at the desired 
pressure, to meet all re¬ 
quirements. On this page 
we illustrate one of the 
many "Eureka” outfits, and 
types of pumps and systems. 
If you are not enjoying 
1 j r Our most popular electric outfit. It 
tne many advantages ot a is self-controlled—starting and stopping 
J . i automatically—uses a very small amou ^ 
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or if you have a system 
which is not giving proper 
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coupon below, for catalog, and suggestions as to the 
proper kind of system to meet your needs. This 
wiil not obligate you — and we will welcome the 
opportunity of submitting a plan. 
The Bishop-Babcock-Becker Co. 
No. 2799 “ EUREKA ” ELECTRIC 
AUTOMATIC WATER SYSTEM 
automatically—j-uses a very small amount 
. '50 
gallons per hour. There are other simi¬ 
lar “Eureka” systems for use where a 
larger capacity is needed. 
Manufacturers 
Branches in New York 
St. Paul 
General Offices, CLEVELAND, OHIO 
Chicago St. Louis Cincinnati 
San Francisco Denver Atlanta 
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When the ground gets very dry you must 
always give the garden a drink of water 
Let Them Have A Garden! 
(Continued from page 47) 
quires five things: warmth, light, air, 
water and food. But plants differ 
as much as people, and some need 
more of one thing than they do of 
another. Some grow best in sunlight, 
others in shade; some in sand, others 
in rich soil. You will have to find 
out what each kind requires—and in¬ 
structions always come with what you 
buy. The foods needed in the soil 
have some big names, too: nitrogen, 
potash and phosphoric acid, all of 
which are found in the different farm 
manures. 
Planning the Garden 
Right here is the place to stop and 
draw a map of your garden, and 
mark off the space for your chosen 
plants. Thus, you can be sure of 
placing the different kinds where 
they will look and do the best. You 
can draw half a dozen plans, and 
choose the most suitable. Only nev¬ 
er forget the simple rules of a fa¬ 
mous landscape gardener: 
1— Plant in masses, not isolated. 
2— Avoid straight lines. 
3— Preserve open lawn centers. 
Next coax some one stronger than 
yourself to dig up the ground thor¬ 
oughly and spade in some fertilizer, 
preferably manure. Plants live on 
what they draw out of the soil, and 
it must be well pulverized and free 
from stones so that the tiny rootlets 
can work their way through. 
For quick results from the seed, 
plant annuals! Some will blossom 
within six weeks—and if you can 
help out your garden with some 
transplanted roots and bulbs, you will 
have flowers in even less time. Here 
are some annuals that can be planted 
outdoors late in April, as far north 
as New York, in ordinary seasons : 
two latter can be bought very cheap 
in full bloom, and afford flowers at 
once, while waiting for seeds to de¬ 
velop. Frequent picking, too, will 
make them bloom much longer. It 
has been said that no stingy person 
is ever a successful gardener! Moun¬ 
tain pink, also, can be bought in 
flower at the same time. 
A Morning Glory Playhouse 
A morning glory playhouse will 
prove a source of delight all summer. 
Persuade your big brother to drive 
a few long stakes in the ground, from 
the top of which you can fasten heavy 
cords to pegs driven in the earth in 
either a square or a circle. Then, 
after soaking the seeds over night, 
plant so the vines will climb up and 
over. Being shade lovers, the blos¬ 
soms will hide under the thick, green 
leaves, lining the whole inside of your 
house with fresh flowers, like stars, 
every day. The hyacinth bean can 
be used the same way, as well as the 
scarlet runner, which latter also gives 
you a nice bean for the dinner table. 
A Few Favorite Perennials 
While you want all the flowers 
you can have the first year, be sure 
to get all the seeds, roots and bulbs 
you can put in the ground this season 
to come up next year by themselves. 
These are the perennials. At the end 
is a short list of old favorites. 
The Window Box 
If you live in the city, and can 
have only a flower box in a window, 
or along the rail of a porch, cheer 
up! There is still a chance for you 
to have blossoms all summer. After 
having it filled with good rich soil on 
top of a layer of broken crockery or 
stones (for drainage) you can plant 
the running nasturtiums along the 
outer edge for a hanging vine. In- 
Name 
--- 
Color 
Blooms 
Height 
Alyssum, sweet 
white 
All summer 
R" 
Asters, China 
white, pink, red, purple 
lulv until frost 
1' to 2' 
Coreopsis 
yellow, marked 
June to October 
l'to 3' 
Candytuft 
white, red 
Tune to September 
6" 
Cornflower 
blue 
Tune to September 
l'to 2' 
Cosmos 
white, pink, crimson 
August to frost 
7' to 10' 
Marigold, pot 
vellow 
Tulv to October 
l'to 2' 
Mignonette 
greenish (fragrant) 
July to October 
1' 
Morning Glory 
purple, pink, blue, white 
Tulv on 
10' to 20' 
Nasturtium 
vellow to maroon 
July to October 
l'to 8' 
Petunia 
white to magenta 
Tulv to October 
1' to 2' 
Phlox Drummondi 
white, pink to red 
Tuly on 
1' 
Pink, Chinese 
white, pink, maroon 
August on 
r 
Poppy 
scarlet 
June to September 
3' 
Tobacco plant 
white 
July on 
3' to 5' 
If you have to make a round bed, side that plant a row of the blue 
it can still be made lovely with a few lobelia used for edging, or set in a 
roots of bleeding hearts in the cen- few pansies already in blossom. Then 
ter, surrounded by alternate sections you can have still another row of the 
of English daisies and pansies. The {Continued on page 58) 
