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HOUSE & GARDEN 
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1916 MODEL 
V UDOR PORCH SHADES are 
made from flat, perfect slats of 
kiln - dried basswood, woven to¬ 
gether with rot-proof, fish-net twine, 
and they are indelibly stained with 
VUDOR oil stain (not paint) in many 
pleasing colors. We make VUDOR 
Shades for Bungalows in “Bungalow 
colors” in shorter drop, which are less 
expensive. 
Exclusive VUDOR Features for 1916 
Two double sets of reenforcing warps, at each edge 
New VUDOR Cord Slides (take the place of pulleys) 
double the life of the roll-up cord. 
VUDOR Safety Wind Device prevents Shades from 
flapping in the wind. 
Cool Comfort on Your Porch 
VUDOR Porch Shades will lower the temperature of 
your porch. 
VUDOR Porch Shades on a porch mean a new room 
added to your house—cool, airy, secluded. 
VUDOR Porch Shades make a porch a perfect sleep¬ 
ing porch at slight expense. 
$3.25 to $10.00 will equip the average porchVith VUDOR Shades. 
The only way to be sure that you get VUDOR Porch Shades 
is to see that the 
Irtidor 
.HOUGH SHADE CORPORATION. 
JANESVILLE, WIS. 
Aluminum Trade Mark exactly like the above is attached to 
top and bottom moulding. 
It saves you from imitations and counterfeits. 
Write for Booklet and Name of Nearest Dealer. Except in a few 
cities, we sel! only one single store. Write us for name of that store 
and get the genuine, “last jor years” VUDOR Porch Shades. 
Hough Shade Corporation 
261 Mill Street Janesville, Wisconsin 
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The white sprays of spiraea, massed in the 
shrubbery beds and borders, are in their full 
glory this month 
IN SOUTHERN GARDENS 
JULIA LESTER DILLON 
Southern readers icho desire information on their gardens will be served 
promptly and without charge. Address Readers' Service, House d Garden, 
440 Fourth Ave., New York City 
APRIL PLANTINGS 
T TNQUESTIONABLY April is the 
most beautiful month of the year 
in this section. Then it is that the 
spring-blossoming shrubs are in full 
flower, the bulbs are still glorious, 
Darwin tulips, iris and lilies show 
all their exquisite loveliness. The 
dogwoods star the roadsides, wood¬ 
lands and gardens, the dropping 
racemes of the wistaria hang from 
every trellis, screen and porch. 
Golden-hearted Cherokee roses send 
out spicy fragrance on the soft and 
balmy air. 
Early Perennials 
The blue sky and warm sunshine 
of noontide alternate with the chill 
of the midnight air, and so this is 
the accepted time for planting the 
seed of those perennials which will 
not germinate in the heat of the later 
days. Few Southern gardeners plant 
the early perennials which are the 
one thing lacking from the radiant 
glory of April bloom. All Southern 
ardens, where there is room, should 
now the dainty loveliness of the 
aquilegias, the soft-hued campanulas, 
the stately digitalis, the wonderful 
colors of the platycodon, and the 
fairy-like delphiniums. These flow¬ 
ers are not only well worth while in 
themselves, but they fill the long gap 
between the spring flowers of the 
shrubs and bulbs and the blossoms of 
the annuals that do not bloom until 
later in the summer. 
All of these perennials are valua¬ 
ble for the shaded situations found 
in every garden and which are usu¬ 
ally bare because so few things will 
grow even in half shade. The heav¬ 
enly blue tones found in the campa¬ 
nulas, delphiniums, platycodons and 
aquilegias are also unusual in the 
garden picture. 
Fill the flats as usual, plant the 
seeds very carefully, and as soon as 
the plants begin to crowd transplant 
into a shaded corner of the garden. 
Leave them there until the late fall 
and then place them in permanent 
positions. For two years at least they 
will repay you for your initial trou¬ 
ble, your careful watching and pa¬ 
tient waiting. 
Of the columbines, the Aquilegia 
coerulea, in blue and white, and the 
hybrida of the same will be found 
satisfactory. This plant is exceed¬ 
ingly decorative from the foliage 
standpoint as well as for the blos¬ 
soms. If cut, the latter will continue 
for several months. 
The Japanese bellflower, Platy¬ 
codon grandiflora, in blue and white, 
is charming and effective when com¬ 
bined with the Hcmcrocallis flavax or 
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Golden-hearted Cherokee roses somewhat suggest the wild 
rose of the North and fill the air with their peculiar spicy 
fragrance and charm of color 
