HOUSE AND GARDEN 
January, 
1914 
For low growing masses no evergreen 
shrub is better than the Abelia grandi- 
flora. It is a fragrant summer blooming 
shrub and is equally attractive in flower 
or out. 
That most exquisite of all the laurels, 
Kalmia latifolia, grows so freely in our 
mountains and wildwoods that few gar¬ 
dens include it, but, blossoming in early 
spring and beautifully green all the year, 
it cannot be recommended too highly. 
Hard to transplant, if secured from a 
reliable nurseryman it is not hard to es¬ 
tablish, and its beauty increases from year 
to year. Why not bring the glory of the 
Catskills in June and the wonder of the 
Cumberlands in April to gladden our city 
dooryards and make beautiful our shrub¬ 
bery borders all over the Southland ? 
The English laurel is also one of the 
best of the broad-leaved evergreens. It is 
not hard to grow, and its leaves are beau¬ 
tiful at all times. There are no blossoms. 
The rhododendrons may be planted in 
the sections from the latitude of Asheville 
to that of Atlanta, but farther south they 
are hard to grow and usually unsatis¬ 
factory. 
The gardenias should be put out now 
and are not only hardy but eminently 
beautiful and satisfactory either for the 
border, for the mass, or for individual 
specimens. By selecting different va¬ 
rieties a long season of bloom may be 
secured. 
The Neriums, or oleanders, are among 
the best of the evergreen plants. No gar¬ 
den should be without them. The season 
of bloom covers many months. They are 
almost immune from attacks of insect 
pests and grow steadily on through storm 
and sunshine, gaining grace and beauty 
from Year to year. Through all sorts of 
treatment and no sort of treatment the\ 
go from glory to glory and are well worthy 
of the name of the very best of our gar¬ 
den friends. 
For tropical effects, either in the back¬ 
ground or foreground, a few plantings 
equal the yuccas. The comparatively re¬ 
cent plan of planting hedges of the 
variety known as the Spanish bayonet is 
not to be recommended. If they are to 
be used as hedge plants the lower grow¬ 
ing kind, Yucca dlamentosa, commonly 
known as bear grass, will be better. All 
of them are handsome when in flower. 
The stalks rise at least three feet above 
the needle-tipped leaves and the creamy 
bell-shaped blossoms cover them from 
stem to tip. They are very fragrant also, 
an additional attraction that, added to 
their rather unusual form, make them es¬ 
pecially desirable. 
One could not wish to see a prettier 
picture than that made against a red 
brick wall or a dark evergreen back¬ 
ground, by the gray-green yucca spikes 
crowned by the handsome clusters of 
sweet-scented blossoms, almost like a giant 
hyacinth stalk, as they ring out the sum¬ 
mer chimes which call together the hum¬ 
mingbirds and butterflies and bees for 
their noonday convocations. 
POULTRY 
DEPARTMENT 
Hodgson Portable Poultry Houses 
WIGWARM Setting and Brood Coop 
For a hen and her chicks and while she is sitting. Gives 
protection from rats, 
D-v'sptex skunks, hawks, and 
other enemies. In- 
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sures larger hatches 
—has proved its suc¬ 
cess for 22 years. 
Shipped knocked 
down—size, 2x4 ft, 
2 ft. high 
$300 
WIGWARM Brooder 
Hot-water and hot-air heating combined gives 
perfect ventilation — no danger of overheating— 
maintains even tem¬ 
perature regardless of 
cold outside. Used and 
endorsed by poultry 
experts and by experi¬ 
ment stations and 
such men as Dr. A. 
A. Brigham, Dr. N. W, 
Sanborn, Dr. P. T. 
Woods and Mr. A. F. 
Hunter. Size, 3x5 feet. 
No. 0 Colony Laying Bouse— 
fnr 19 hpnc Fitted complete with nests, fountain 
aui M-U ileus anc j f ee( j trough. Sanitary— easily 
cleaned. One man can easily care for several hundred 
birds. Nicely painted—set up in fifteen minutes. A 
comfortable year-round house. In 
stormy weather the run may be 
covered, giving a protected 
scratching room. Size, 10x4 ft., 5 ft. 
high. 
$ 202 ® 
Five-Section Poultry House— 
10x50 ft. 
Sanitary, durable, up-to-date—made of red cedar, clap- 
boarded outside, interior sheathed. Made in 10-ft sec¬ 
tions, each fitted with roosts, nests and fountain. Open 
fronts, with canvas-covered frames. You can add sec¬ 
tions at any time. Easily erected. First section, $75.00; 
additional sections, $60.00 each. 
$1522 
Catalog Free 
E. F. HODGSON CO., Room 326, 116 Washington St., Boston Mass. 
Bob White Quail, Partridges and Pheasants 
Capercailzies, Black Game, Wild Turkeys, Quails, 
Rabbits, Deer, etc., for stocking purposes. Fancy 
Pheasants, Peafowl, Swans, Cranes, Storks, Ornamental 
Geese and Ducks, Foxes, Squirrels, Ferrets, etc., and all 
kinds of birds and animals. 
WILLIAM J. MACKENSEN, Naturalist 
Dept. Y. Pheasantry and Game Park YARD LEY, PA. 
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Naturalist 
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“Everything in the bird line from 
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KENNEL DEPARTMENT 
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makes a joyous Christmas Gift. 
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ALL COLORS AND AGES. 
Well bred “Domestics” and rare 
foreign varieties. 
Ideal Summer and Winter 
for Cats, Dogs and Birds. 
BLACK SHORT HAIRED CATTER 
Delight the children with a 
Shetland Pony 
—an unceasing source of pleas¬ 
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Makes the child strong and ro¬ 
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catalogue. 
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Box ft Markham, Vjw 
SAMSON SPOT CORD 
For Sash Cord. Will outwear commo 
roughly braided cord or metallic devices many 
times over. The smooth, even braid min¬ 
imizes abrasion and prolongs wear. 
For Clothes Line. Will not kink, stretch 
or ravel, or stain the clothes, and is guaran¬ 
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permanently exposed to the weather. Look 
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Send for Samples. Carried by all leading dealers. 
SAMSON CORDAGE WORKS BOSTON, MASS 
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