House and Garden 
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STRAWBERRIES IN POTS 
O get a crop of fruit from fall 
planted strawberries it is neces¬ 
sary that the plants be well established 
and set with a good ball of earth. It is 
not difficult to obtain such plants when 
it is but a question of moving plants 
from one part of a garden to another; 
but for shipping a different method has 
to be employed, and here is where the 
pot plant comes in. A common way of 
getting pot plants is to sink pots to the 
level of the ground around old plants, 
allowing the young plants as they grow 
to root into them. In this way from 
one runner a half dozen plants can be 
had before the season closes. 
But a better way to procure pot plants 
is to take the runners from the parent 
plants as soon as the first few white roots 
are visible on them. Cut off the plants, 
take them to a potting shed and pot them 
at once, placing them under cover in a 
greenhouse or a frame, where it will be 
damp and shady, and in a short time 
there will be pot plants ready to trans¬ 
plant. There is no trouble about the 
rooting; every plant will grow, the whole 
process being far more satisfactory than 
that of placing pots of soil around the 
plants outdoors. 
When a variety of strawberry is new, 
the cutting of a runner to pot it may not 
be desired, as it may lessen the number 
of plants obtained. But as when one 
layer is cut off it permits of others form¬ 
ing from the old plants, its loss is not as 
great as one would suppose.— Florists’ 
Exchange. 
VEHEMENT CRITICISM 
I 'HERE is a rude force shown by 
these Englishmen that often com¬ 
pels admiration. Take architecture, for 
instance. If an old Bostonian objects 
to some general design or feature of 
detail, he writes a letter to a newspaper 
and in filing and polishing sentences 
works oft' his anger. Or he and other 
estimable gentlemen descend from their 
family trees for the purpose of draught¬ 
ing resolutions of protest which they 
sign with the awful dignity of names 
in full. But in Frognal recently, an 
Englishman of very ancient family, one 
Adam Parent — somehow the name 
seems tautological—discovered in a walk 
abroad suburban houses that displeased 
him mightily. Mr. Parent is fond of 
architecture. Men say he can recite 
Plan the right heating 
If you are newly build¬ 
ing, don’t discredit your 
property at the start by 
putting in old-fashioned 
forms of heating. 
Whether planning a 
new house or intending 
to move, don’t overlook 
the great importance of 
a modern heating equip¬ 
ment There isn’t any other feature of the home which will 
save you so 
much or 
,ou e,f.; pRICAN;r DEAL 
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These outfits for 
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Steam or Hot 
Water will soon 
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house-cleaning one-half and saving the wear on carpets, 
decorations, and furniture. 
If property is sold you get back their full value, or they attract and 
hold best tenants at 10% to 15% higher rental. The saving of but 
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IDEAL Boilers and AMERICAN Radiators are annually replacing 
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