House and Garden 
how well deciduous trees do when 
planted in September and October. It 
is really a loss to wait until the foliage 
falls of its own free will, for then the 
freezing weather of winter is not far 
away and there is not time for the trans¬ 
planted stock to getroothold in advance 
of it.— Florists' Exchange. 
PRESS COMMENTS ON A BURBANK 
ACHIEVEMENT 
A ND he gave it for his opinion,” 
^ ^ wrote Swift, “that whoever 
could make two ears of corn, or 
two blades of grass, to grow upon 
a spot of ground where only one 
grew before, would deserve better of 
mankind, and do more essential service 
to his country, than the whole race of 
politicians put together.” If this be 
true as a general proposition, what must 
Luther Burbank deserve who grows 
seventy-three varieties of apples on a 
tree which Nature designed should bear 
but oneTo call Mr. Burbank the 
greatest grafter in the United States, is a 
compliment, not an offense .—Brooklyn 
Eagle. 
Luther Burbank has grown seventy- 
three different kinds of apple on one tree. 
It’s unfortunate that trees like that 
didn’t grow in the Garden of Eden, for 
then Eve couldn’t have made up her 
mind which one to eat. On second 
thoughts, however, it’s just as well there 
wasn’t. Eye might have eaten them all. 
—ISfew Tork American. 
EARLY FORCING BULBS 
TT cannot be too often repeated that 
the most important consideration 
! in the early forcing of bulbs is that of 
: having them make sufficient progress 
. in the formation of roots before they 
! are excited into making top growth, by 
I placing them in a warm temperature 
I and exposed to light. There is very 
! little danger of failure with bulbs of any 
1 kind if they are allowed to fairly well 
! fill their flowering pots, or flats, with 
' roots before they are introduced into 
' heat. And although the exigencies of 
: anticipated demands and other unavoid¬ 
able conditions may make it necessary 
! to hurry forcing, it is always well to 
i start reasonably low, the better enabling 
' the plants to stand a little rushing, if 
' that be necessary, subsequently. It 
E, AT. A. Machado. Architect. Boston 
Your Country Cottage 
should be made to harmonize with nature and fit into the land¬ 
scape, by staining it with the soft, artistic colors of 
Cabot’s Shingle Stains 
Cheap, handsome, preservative and lasting, as proved by over 
twenty years’ use from Bar Harbor to San Diego, from Jamaica 
to Hawaii. 
Samples of stained wood and color 
chart sent free on request 
SAMUEL CABOT, Inc., Sole Manufacturers, 
141 Milk Street Boston, Mass. 
Agents at all Central Points 
Cabot’s Sheathing Quilt—for warm houses 
Dustless sweeping 
an jiccompUshed Fact 
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carpets and fine rugs? You wouldn’t 
think of using a whisk broom to clean a 
fine velvet gown, and yet the damaging 
effect is just the same in using a corn 
broom for sweeping fine carpets and rugs. 
The rapidly revolving brush of the 
Bissell touches the carpet uniformly and 
without the slightest injury, removing all 
the grit and dust, and depositing same 
within the pans. The use of the Bissell 
means saving of time, carpets, 
labor and health, besides a 
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Price $2.50 to $5.50. 
Buy a Bissell “Cyco” Bearing 
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send us the purchase slip 
within one Week., and we 
will send you PREE, a neat 
useful present. 
Send for free booklet 
"Dept. 131 
Bissell Carpet Sweeper 
Co., Grand R..apids, 
Michigan, 
(Largest 
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Tint Yoni* 
Bedroom 
Walls 
With 
L- . 
Do this at once for health’s sake. At 
least make every bedroom absolutely clean 
and wholly sanitary so that the relaxed 
body will not be poisoned nor infected dur¬ 
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ceptible to infection. 
The solid colored softly tinted Alabas- 
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most artistic, effective mode of decoration. 
Wall-paper is dangerous to health, so 
are cheap common kalsomines made from 
whiting, colored and stuck to the wall with 
animal glues. 
The soft velvety tints produced by using 
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bedrooms. 
The Alabastined wall does not fade, can be cleaned 
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Dept. 58,105 Water Street, New York City. 
M ABASTINE 
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