House and Garden 
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Free Advice 
on Decoration 
T he unprecedented growth of our Correspondence 
Department has necessitated the opening of a new 
Department which will be devoted to the interest of 
those who are building, decorating or furnishing their 
homes, now offers its readers a House 
Finishing, Decorating, Furnishing and Purchasing Service 
which is complete in detail, thoroughly practical and abso¬ 
lutely free. Full color suggestions for the exterior of the 
house will be supplied with recommendations of proper 
materials to obtain the results. For the interior, the 
treatment of standing woodwork and floors, the selection 
of tiles, hardware and fixtures will be considered and 
specifically recommended, with the addresses of firms 
from whom these goods may be obtained. Samples of 
wall coverings and drapery materials will be sent and 
selections of rugs and furniture made. When desired, 
the goods will be purchased and shipped to the inquirer; 
the lowest retail prices are quoted on all materials. 
This Department of Decoration is under the direc¬ 
tion of MARGARET GREENLEAF, whose successful 
work as an interior Designer and Decorator is well known. 
Address all communications to Editorial Department 
Winston Building 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
Thread & Thrum 
Rugs 
are different from all other rugs, as you can 
have the color scheme made to harmonize 
with your requirements. Wool or camel’s 
hair weft, heavy and durable. If your 
dealer does not sell them, write for color 
card and price list to 
Arnold, Constable & Co., Distributing Agents, 
New York. 
^THE THREAD & THRUM WORKSHOP, Auburn, N. X.^ 
SPECIAL 
OFFER 
$8.50 worth of Magazines for $4.75. 
McCLURE’S 
DELINEATOR 
$8.50 value 
’ 
WORLD’S WORK 
for $4.75 
Send us at once $4.75 and we will send you 
each of the above magazines for one year 
Winston Building, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
CROSSES ON A MOSCOW CHURCH 
/CONSIDERABLE interest was 
aroused at Moscow by the cere¬ 
mony of re-erecting the huge crosses 
surmounting the cupolas of the Church 
of the Ascension, where the czars are 
crowned, in the Kremlin. The crosses 
are of copper, thickly overlaid with gold, 
and the largest one, on the central dome, 
contains inside the copper cross a very 
ancient wooden one, supposed to have 
existed long before the foundation of the 
church. The entire fabric has been reno¬ 
vated and restored. In all, a surface of 
six hundred square yards, there being 
five cupolas, has been covered with gold- 
leaf, the total weight of which is about 
sixteen pounds .—London Standard. 
OWAINSONA is an excellent thing 
for cutting at any time of the year. 
More than likely numerous cuttings will 
be now available; a number of these 
should be put in the sand to root. Care 
should be taken that they do not wilt at 
any time and temporary shading will be 
necessary to avoid that. 
Primulas and Cinerarias in frames 
outdoors need constant attention, so 
much so in fact that it may be fully as 
well to remove them to a cool well- 
ventilated greenhouse where they can be 
looked after properly with less trouble 
than outside. One important essential 
in the growing of these plants is to keep 
them supplied with pot room from the 
start until they are in their flowering pots 
and for that reason every plant needing 
a shift should be immediately accom¬ 
modated. 
Hydrangeas growing in the ground 
outdoors may soon be potted in good 
rich soil, always allowing liberal accom¬ 
modation for the roots of the plants to 
develop, because only by so doing can 
healthy plants with large flowers be ob¬ 
tained. Plants in pots outdoors all 
summer will from now on be rapidly 
getting into a condition favorable for 
forcing. 
There need be no hurry getting 
these under cover yet a-while, because 
the longer they can be allowed to re¬ 
main outside in safety from frost the 
better condition they will be in. Hy¬ 
drangeas need a thorough ripening of 
their wood before being temporarily 
stored away to rest to fit them for forcing 
in early spring for Easter sales .—-Florists 
Exchange. 
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