House and Garden 
for November 
Contains the second of a charming series of articles, profusely illustrated, entitled 
“English Homes 
and Gardens” 
describing and illustrating the most 
famous of the beautiful estates in this 
land of beautiful homes and gai'dens. 
These articles will be of particular inter¬ 
est to all who take pleasure in the beau¬ 
tifying of their homes. 
The article in the November number 
is devoted to historic Cawdor Castle, the 
seat of Earl Cawdor. Accompanying 
the article are a number of beautiful out¬ 
door views of the castle and its gardens, 
and some indoor pictures of various halls 
and rooms in the castle, showing some of 
the massive fireplaces and antique 
furniture. 
The Ideal of Child Beauty 
of Oiffereiit Nations 
IlUistrated by Elsbt fiill-pase Duotone 
l,h<>t«>}{rai>lis 
of types of beautiful children of various nations. 
Which country's baby makes the prettiest photoitraph? The subject is one of more than passing interest 
and will doubtless appeal to all lovers of children. 
Other Prominent Features 
include WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL'S narrative “My African Journey,” which has attracted such 
wide interest. Under the caption "StoriesStrange and True,” GEORGES DUPUY, the well known French 
writer and traveler, relates a most e.xtraordinary e.Kperience in Alaska; "Mr. S. H. Sime and His Work” 
takes the reader to the studio of one of the ablest draughtsmen of the day; "Up the Schreckhorn in a 
Storm,” describes a thrilling Alpine e.xperience; HARRY FURNISS, the famous caricaturist, tells us 
more about "The Comic Side of Crime.” The fiction includes W. W. JACOBS' humorous serial story 
"Salthaven,” "The House of Arden,” by E. Nesbit, and a number of splendid short stories by popular 
authors. "Curiosities” is a popular and permanent feature. 
Hall Caine’s Powerlul New Serial Story “The White Christ” 
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soil, it hardly matters how low the mer¬ 
cury falls, the plants will not suffer. 
Presuming the plants are in well- 
drained ground, the first thing to see to 
in the line of protection is that there is 
abundance of moisture in the soil. 
Should there not be, and it were possible, 
the bed of plants should have a thorough 
soaking with water. Next should be a 
thick mulching of the ground with forest 
leaves, to the depth of even a foot if 
possible. Then will come the exclusion 
of sunlight as far as can be done. In the 
case of a few .plants, this is not difficult 
to do; there are straw mats, hay, leaves 
and like materials, which can he spread 
over the foliage and kept on by branches 
of trees or by other means, and even in 
the case of large collections but little else 
can be done excepting that where ever¬ 
green boughs are available they are very 
useful spread over the tops of the plants. 
The more completely sunlight can be 
kept from the foliage the better for the 
plants, for strong light, high winds and 
dryness at the roots are the main reasons 
why rhododendrons suffer. It is not 
uncommon to see gardeners protect the 
north side of their rhododendron beds 
with hurdles or straw mats, of undeniable 
benefit; but whether more than the 
plants would receive were the mats on 
the south side is doubtful. High winds 
are harmful, but not to a great degree 
when the soil is full of moisture to make 
good what the plants lose by transpira¬ 
tion, while intense light is known to cause 
a great call on the moisture of the plants 
besides preventing their recovery from 
the effects of heavy freezing.— Florists’ 
Exchange. 
THE GOBERT FREEZING PROCESS FOR 
SHAFT SINKING 
A PAPER by M. A. Gobert, of Brus- 
sels, on “The Gobert Freezing 
Process for Shaft Sinking and Tunnel¬ 
ling under Rivers,” was recently read 
at a meeting of the British Association 
at Ipswich by the Recorder of the sec¬ 
tion, Professor T. Hudson Beare. By 
this process the water-bearing strata and 
running sands are frozen by means of 
liquid ammonia poured into the freezing 
pipes, which are sunk vertically into 
the ground to be frozen. 1 he liquid ' 
ammonia, changing into gas in the 
freezing pipes, produces a more intense 
cold than that obtained by unfreezable 
liquids, which are themselves rendered 
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