52 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
January, 1914 
Make the Sun earn profits 
in winter 
The Sunl ght Double Glass Sash captures the sun’s rays and warms up the 
hot-bed and cold-frame during the day and then holds the heat throughout the 
long winter night. A space of dead air shuts out the cold and shuts in the 
warmth, letting in the light, and protecting better than mats or boards. If 
you grow plants of any kind that must be started early to get early crops and 
big prices, you owe it to your pocketbook to equip your garden with Sunlight 
Double Glass Sash. 
Ten years’ use has proved their success. 
Made of best cypress; glazed or repaired in 
half the usual time; eliminating all need of 
mats or shutters; making plants early without undue 
forcing—they are simply indispensable to obtain the 
b^st results. 
they serve a double purpose. For this reason, and 
also because no expensive system of artificial heating 
is required, this greenhouse is the cheapest you can 
buy. 
Our catalog gives full particulars regarding both 
sash and greenhouse. 
A new sun-heated greenhouse 
The Sunlight idea has been carried into an 
inexpensive greenhouse, ll'xl2 ', or 11 'x 
24 ', or 11 ' x 36 ', or 11 'x 48 ' in size. It is 
made of Sunlight Double Glass Sash, which are in¬ 
stantly adjustable for top ventilation and instantly 
removable for use on hot-beds or cold-frames. Thus 
Write for these two books 
today 
One is a book by Prof. Massey, an authority on hot¬ 
bed and cold-frame gardening, and the other is our free 
catalog. If you want Prof. Massey's book, enclose 4 
cents in stamps. 
Sunlight Double Glass Sash Company 
944 E. Broadway, LOUISVILLE, KY. 
RIITMARF lYIIlR^LRV publishes helpful books describing 
Oll.l uuuii llUU.51.lv ■ trees, flowering shrubs, hardy garden 
flowers, Irises and Roses. Tell us about your intended plantings, 
so that we may send you the proper literature. Write today. 
BILTMORE NURSERY, Box 1815, Biltmore, N. C. 
“TAPESTRY” BRICK FIREPLACES 
Illustrated Book Free 
Shows many new designs in the most artistic and economical material in 
the world. Prices from $ I 5 up. Write lor book to-day 
FISKE & COMPANY, Inc. ,1878 Arena Building, New York 
A Beautiful lawn 
Insure a velvety gf'e^V.qifRk-growng lawn; also 
double the yiejdof tne^3i*3erf and produce earlier 
and better vegetables, by 
feeding the soil with 
SHEEP’S HEAD 
SHEEP MANURE 
Rich in nitrogen, phosphoric acid 
nd potash." Pulverized, ready to 
apply. A’^p Vil^ show quick 
results on flower beds, shrubbery 
andohijiard* L^rgesized barrel, 
$4. Ee'ght prepad east of the 
£'i,ssouii Kivgr. Send for folder. 
*■ Natural Guano Cq. *, 80 # 4* # ^ivfer Street, Aurora, Ill. 
A fine' '’Garden 
Seth Thomas Clocks 
For a Century the National Timekeeper 
SETH THOMAS CLUCK CO.. 15 Maiden Lane. New York City 
Private Water Supply Plants 
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zero weather” — it is next to impossible to 
enforce this guarantee, as the builder will 
maintain that you do not properly keep 
your fire. Have your dealer calculate the 
radiation for your house, and then specify 
a heater having at least fifty per cent more 
capacity, by catalogue number. At the 
same time designate the sizes and positions 
of the radiators — the contractor might 
place them inconveniently for you in 
order to save pipe. In marking the loca¬ 
tions of radiators, place them if possible 
under windows so that any cold air may 
be warmed before passing into the room. 
A word in regard to the various heat¬ 
ing systems with their advantages may 
not be amiss. The cheapest installation is 
that of the hot air furnace. Various new 
designs and improvements have been per¬ 
fected which overcome the common ob¬ 
jection of fuel waste. The hot-air system 
has one great advantage of providing 
ventilation as well as warmth. Steam 
heat costs about fifty per cent more to in¬ 
stall, but this is soon made up by the 
economy of operation and by its cleanli¬ 
ness. Hot water is the most modern sys¬ 
tem, costing about twice as much as the 
hot air furnace to install; in cold climates 
it is apt to freeze up under certain con¬ 
ditions ; and as not every town has a man 
capable of repairing it, considerable dif¬ 
ficulty may be involved. If you use this 
method, arrange it to connect with either 
drain or sewer, so that should you wish to 
close the house for a few days in cold 
weather you can easily clear the pipes of 
water and obviate the danger of freezing. 
Should you have an open fireplace, a very 
handy auxiliary heating system may be had 
at slight extra cost by installing a venti¬ 
lating type of grate in it; registers con¬ 
necting with the chimney may then be 
placed in one or two other rooms, which 
will be comfortably heated. This is a very 
good plan, and solves the difficulties of 
those days which are uncomfortably chilly 
and yet are hardly cold enough to warrant 
building a heater fire. 
The items of Painting and Lighting 
usually complete the specifications; shades 
of paint in harmonious colors should be 
selected from color cards and specified bv 
number. Lighting systems and fixtures 
should be specified to conform with in¬ 
surance rules and the latter designated, 
when possible, by catalogue number. 
Building contracts are usually let by 
competition; that is, the architect or the 
owner submits the plans and specifications 
to a number of builders, the lowest re¬ 
sponsible bidder securing the contract and 
the owner reserving the right to reject anv 
or all bids should they be considerably 
higher than the architect’s estimate. The 
contracts are usually one of three forms— 
by day labor, cost and percentage, or 
straight contract. As these forms differ 
considerably from each other and offer 
varying advantages to the owner, it may 
be well to go into the important points of 
each. 
Building by “Day’s Labor” is usually 
done in towns too small to boast of a reg- 
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