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you use the “G R O Q U I K” 
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Sample 15c. Efficiency Vegetable Gar¬ 
den Chart 50c. 
THE CLOCHE COMPANY 
131 Hudson St., Depjt. J, New York 
I Count None But 
Sunny Hours 
yet add new interest to 
your garden even on 
gloomy days, for there 
clings to me the delight¬ 
ful sentiment of times 
long past. 
SHARONWARE 
Sun Dials 
The pedestal, 37 inches 
high, is made of frost¬ 
proof concrete, the dial 
of bronze, and both are 
practically imperishable. 
Price Complete, $15.00 
There is an interesting 
story behind Sharonware. 
the artificial stone for 
garden furniture. Send 
for particulars and illus¬ 
trated catalog. 
Sharonware Workshop 
84 Lexington A ve., NewYork 
No. 4, $36.00 
CARRARA MARBLE 
BENCHES, FOR THE 
GARDEN AND HALL. 
MARBLE MANTELS 
CONSOLES 
S. KLABER & CO. 
126 W. 34 th ST., N. Y. 
Established 1849 
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No. 18B $6.50 
“Hour-Glass Chairs’’ 
No. 15B$6.50 
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restful repose. Woven of carefully 
selected rattan by expert weavers, 
under the supervision of the Vantine rep¬ 
resentatives in the Far East, unaffected 
by water, and greatly improved when 
I occasionally drenched. May bo moved 
I I .'from place to place with only the slight- 
■ est exertion, and may be used on the 
II lawn as satisfactorily as on the porch, a 
II they have no legs to sink into.the earth 
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describes our complete collectiono f . 
this unique Oriental turniture. 
Including chairs, chaise lounge, 
morris chairs, tables, stools, 
etc. With this booklet, which is mail¬ 
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by mail at Vantine’s as satisfactorily 
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Efficiency Standards for the Tomato Patch 
(Continued from page 82) 
even surpassing it in yield per plant, 
we have Chalks Early Jewel. Of 
about the same season as Bonny 
Best, it grows to even larger size 
and has a longer season of bearing. 
This causes it to outyield Bonny Best 
considerably, but its fruits are not as 
symmetrical, nor does it maintain its 
larger size as well toward the end of 
the season. 
Stone is without question the most 
widely known and grown scarlet 
main crop sort in cultivation to-day 
it is the standby of canners and 
gardeners throughout the country, 
more seeds of it being needed to 
supply the country’s demand than of 
all the other tomato sorts combined. 
Solid, smooth, averaging large size 
from first to last of picking, depend¬ 
able in a great variety of soil and in 
widely varied climates, we have in 
Stone the acme of dependability in 
scarlet main crop tomatoes. 
Stone lias just one competitor, and 
that is Coreless. In color and sea¬ 
son of maturity, it is exactly the 
same, but its handsome, globe-shaped 
fruits average even heavier. It is of 
ideal color and exceedingly solid. 
The waste at stem and blossom end 
has been eliminated, for which 
reason housewives will get five slices 
out of it, as against three off the old 
sorts. Coreless is only about ten 
years old, but it is bound to super¬ 
sede Stone, popular as that standard 
is to-day. 
Your Woodland Annex 
(Continued from page 24) 
masses and colonies. Thinning out 
the trees here and there to let in 
light enough to encourage the flow¬ 
ers, but not enough to encourage the 
grass, will usually produce results. 
The work of Nature in restoring the 
wild flowers can be supplemented by 
sowing broadcast the seeds of desir¬ 
able species, which can be readily col¬ 
lected in the neighborhood or pur¬ 
chased cheaply from seedsmen. The 
work should be carefully done, but 
with avoidance of formality. Here, 
as with the shrubs and trees, due 
regard must be had for the soil, light, 
and moisture requirements of the 
plants. It will probably be a year or 
more before much bloom is obtained 
in this way, for perennials usually 
do not bloom the first year from seed. 
The use of plants rather than seeds 
has many advantages, though it in¬ 
volves more trouble and expense. 
Sometimes it is easy to get bulbs and 
root-stocks of such plants as jack- 
in-the-pulpit, squirrel corn, Solo¬ 
mon’s seal, and bloodroot, for plant¬ 
ing with quick results. Where plants 
are used they should be scattered 
about in desirable places, where they 
will eventually develop into colonies. 
The Value of Transplanting 
The use of plants is particularly 
desirable in the case of shrubs, vines 
and trees. If there is an inadequate 
supply on the premises it is usually 
easy to find other sources in the 
neighborhood. As a last resort they 
may be obtained from nurserymen. 
Early in the spring and late in the 
fall are the best times for transplant¬ 
ing, though the work can be done 
successfully during the growing sea¬ 
son, if sufficient care is taken in 
removing a large ball of earth with 
the roots and trimming back the tops 
to compensate for root injury. 
Transplanting work, at least at 
first, should be limited to the points 
of especial interest. These are at 
vantage points along the roads and 
trails, or by spring or brook, or about 
the pool, or to cut off some portion 
of the view. It should be remem¬ 
bered that it is by crowding in 
masses that our shrubs of brightest 
blossom produce the most superb ef¬ 
fects of spring. The tendency to 
plant in stiff and set or too regular 
masses is to be studiously avoided. 
All woodlands of considerable ex¬ 
tent have their springs and streams 
and possibly a pond or a bog. In 
some places drainage may be desir¬ 
able to make the woods more health¬ 
ful and pleasant. In others the nat¬ 
ural beauty may be increased by mak¬ 
ing miniature lakes or cleaning out a 
slough. A bog garden with pitcher 
plants, hardy orchids, cranberries, 
pale laurel, wild rosemary, cassandra, 
and with a yielding floor of sphag¬ 
num, is one of the most interesting- 
features of the forest. Trees such as 
tamarack, black spruce and white 
cedar will grow there too, along with 
some of the hardwoods. 
The margins of ponds can often 
be improved by breaking up the mo¬ 
notony of the vegetation around 
them and introducing variety by 
planting hardy aquatics here and 
there. If the bottom is not rich 
enough for water lilies, they can 
often be started by putting in rich 
earth at certain points. Besides the 
pond lilies—white, pink and yellow— 
there are cattails, arrowhead, iris, 
marsh marigold and others to occupy 
their favorite places in the water or 
along the banks. The brooks and 
springs, and even the larger streams, 
offer manifold opportunities for the 
artist’s deft touch with flowers, 
shrubs, ferns and mossy stones. 
A Definite Plan Essential 
The work of restoring the beauty 
of a woodland should proceed ac¬ 
cording to some general plan. The 
tract should be gone over carefully 
many times and the latent possibil¬ 
ities considered. There is need for 
imagination, for nothing should be 
done by rote. One of the first things 
is to provide for protection of the 
property. Fires are an unnecessary 
evil, and measures should be taken 
to prevent their occurrence. Grazing 
animals should be excluded. If 
woods pasture is necessary, it is bet¬ 
ter to fence off a portion for that 
purpose and preserve the remainder. 
Fences should be adequate but not 
conspicuous. The appearance of the 
woods from the outside should be 
taken into account, and the view 
from the house or grounds made as 
attractive as possible and the en¬ 
trance to the tract inviting. 
The interior of the woods should 
be made accessible by roads for 
riding and driving and also hauling. 
The location of drives should be de¬ 
termined with care, to get the best 
views the place affords. The line of 
easiest grade should he followed with 
few straight lines and no mathemati¬ 
cal curves. Groups of fine trees are 
seen to best advantage when off a 
little to one side of the drive and 
without too much young growth and 
saplings intervening to obscure the 
view. The nodes or principal turns 
in the drive should be made partic¬ 
ularly attractive by bold groups of 
hardy plants or by the opening up of 
vistas or spots of special interest 
within the woods or to points out¬ 
side. If a road must pass near un¬ 
sightly objects, they should be 
screened by planting. If natural I 
(Continued on page 86) 
TRUE ORIENTAL 
RUG TEST 
Many of my customers have loaned 
to museums in different parts of the 
country. Such exhibitions naturally at¬ 
tract the best pieces in every community. 
Without exception every rug that it has 
been my pleasure to find and dispose of 
to others has been worthy of any exhibi¬ 
tion; and the real satisfaction to me is 
that these rugs are also selected for 
their good condition—I do not believe 
in rugs that are not capable of service. 
Through several sources I am confi¬ 
dent that I have the best rug values for 
sale today; no new trash, no relics, no 
: thin, ragged, dull or faded rugs. 
Write for list and ask for my proposition to 
prepay rugs on approval. 
L. B. LAWTON, MAJOR, U. S. A., Retired 
3 LEITCH AVE., SKANEATELES, NEW YORK 
Blue Bird House 
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to Your Premises 
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WHIP-O-WILL-O FURNITURE CO. 
352 Adams Avo. Scianton, Pa. 
Garden Seeds 
I F you want your gar¬ 
den to be a real suc¬ 
cess this year (and of 
course you do) send for 
our big spring catalog. 
The “collections” of 
flower and vegetable seeds 
on pages 11 and 12, rang¬ 
ing in price from $1.00 
upwards, will specially in¬ 
terest you. 
Write today. A postal addressed 
to us will bring it: free. 
J. M. THORBURN & CO. 
Established 1802 
53D Barclay St., through to 54 
Park Place, New York 
Sunken Path House Bench House 
Your Garden Needs Immediate 
Attention ! Give It First Aid ! 
Glass in tho form of hot-beds, cold frames 
or a small, ready-made greenhouse must be 
provided promptly if you would have early 
vegetables or early flowers, for home use or 
to sell, when they are worth most. 
Sunlight Double Glazed Sashes 
aro the best, quickest and least expensive to 
operate. They last a lifetime and are com¬ 
plete in themselves. The air space between 
the two layers of glass eliminates the need 
for mats and shutters and makes earlier and 
stronger plants. 
Shipment is made the day your order is 
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Get our free catalog. If you want Prof. 
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