House and Garden 
LONDON COACHING‘ INNS 
A CENTURY ago London was noted 
for its coaching inns. To-day 
but one remains in London proper to 
recall the gayety of coaching parties 
that assembled in the comfortable par¬ 
lors for an evening of pleasure. George’s 
Inn, the last of these famous taverns 
where the nobility of England gathered 
in years gone by, was probably the most 
popular that lined the roadways of the 
English capital. It was through his 
association with the people who fre¬ 
quented George’s Inn that Charles 
Dickens began to attract widespread 
attention as a novelist and writer. 
More than threescore years ago he was a 
familiar figure when revelry held sway 
in the now anticpiated tavern. 
Here it was that Mr. Dickens met Mr. 
Pickwick and the various characters he 
immortalized in “Pickwick Papers” and 
bounded at once into popular favor as a 
humorist and close student of character, 
d he attractiveness of the old inn is still 
maintained at a high standard, and it is 
to-day a favorite stopping place for 
travelers and coaching parties. Noth¬ 
ing has been removed from the place to 
dim the memories of the past. The 
same old-fashioned chairs, benches, 
tables and furniture are there that were 
in use a century ago, and the decora¬ 
tions have never been altered. Owner¬ 
ship has remained with the same family 
for many generations, and it is said the 
present owner is a direct descendant of 
the man who originally opened it.— 
Exchange. 
FICUS ELASTICA 
' I ^HE propagation of rubber plants on 
extensive plans is carried on dur¬ 
ing a time when bard firing furnishes the 
needed even and continuous supply of 
heat. For the small grower, there is no 
better course of procedure than mossing. 
By following this method, which is 
nothing but a form of layering, full 
fledged plants are obtained right at the 
start. Crippled and lanky plants, the 
branches of old unsalable specimens, 
anything unsightly in the rubber line 
is operated upon, the calling forth of 
roots at joints and below the leafy tops 
being the object. The place to be 
mossed for the formation of roots first 
undergoes some sort of mutilation, 
inflicted with a sharp knife. Cutting 
the wood almost half through on one 
A weather forecast 
The first cool evenings 
forecast the hard, dull bit¬ 
terness of coming Winter. 
You can regulate your own 
weather in your own 
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January. Every weather 
change, even in this capri¬ 
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