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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
January, 1914 
Satisfaction Plants of Pot-Grown 
Chrysanthemums 
W HEN it comes to 
“Mums,” (as the en¬ 
thusiasts call them) 
there are countless kinds and 
varieties that fill a wider range 
of purposes, perhaps, tha nany 
other flower. 
There are varieties for ex¬ 
hibition and general growing. 
Varieties for window sill pot 
plants as well as those for your 
outside garden. There are 
those delightful button pom¬ 
pons and the husky frost¬ 
standing ones that tenaciously 
hang on and give cheer to the 
fall days. 
Whether for your 
your greenhouses, or 
home, 
your 
garden, we have the finest of 
pot grown Satisfaction Plants. 
The thing to do, is to send 
for our catalog, containing 
No description can do our 
Indian Summer Chrysanthe¬ 
mum quite justice. Its name 
suggests golden sunshine min¬ 
gled with russets and deep rich 
reds. It’s all the name implies. 
descriptions and numerous re¬ 
productions of photographs 
which will aid you to select 
the type of flowers and varieties 
you wish. 
In this catalog you will also 
find the new roses and carna¬ 
tions; bedding roses and per¬ 
ennials for your garden; bed¬ 
ding plants for your lawn and 
borders. We want you to have 
this catalog so you can get 
acquainted with Satisfaction 
Plants from Cromwell Gardens. 
Furthermore don’t omit the 
pompons and single varieties 
of Chrysanthemums that have 
lately been so much talked 
about. 
As you have already sur¬ 
mised—all this array of Satis¬ 
faction Plants has something 
to do with our asking you to 
send for our catalog. 
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Cromwell Gardens 
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automatic 
SASH HOLDERS 
FALLING WINDOWS, 
SMASHING GLASS 
POCKET FRAMES 
SASH WEIGHTS 
RATTLING 
BINDING 
CORDS with 
Automatic Sash Holders 
and save labor, lumber and 
money. Send for trial set 
, ($7 prepaid) dating approximate 
weight of sash, or our circular 
Automatic Saab Holder Mfg. Co, 
SOD. Church St., New York. 
Hill’s Evergreens Grow 
Beautify your home. Plant Hill Evergreens. 
We are evergreen specialists, not only in grow- I 
ing but in planting artistic effects. Prices low- I 
est — quality considered. Don’t risk failure— f 
Get Hill's Free Evergreen Book. Write today. 
Expert advice free! 
l>. Hill Nursery Co., Inc., Evergreen Specialists I 
301 Cedar Street, Dundee, 111. 
Japanese Styrax 
A remarkable tree-shrub, 10 to 12 feet high, 
with unusual lively green foliage. Profusely 
covered in June and July with clusters of 
fragrant, fuchsia-shaped flowers. 
Plants 3 to 4 feet, $1.00 each. 
Merely one of many uncommon specialties 
in Meehans' Spring Specialty Book for 1914. 
J atdjfPlai$ Specialties 
and (jardeq Bulletin for Sprit]g 1914 
An unusual listing of unusual plants — 
superior in selection, superior in quality. 
There are thicker catalogs aplenty, but none more 
helpful and depend able in choosing plants that take 
the home grounds away from the commonplace. 
Extra helpful because only seasonable varieties 
of proven worth and hardiness are included. 
Extra valuable to those planning new proper¬ 
ties, or large plantings —- for the fact that we 
devote the larger percentage of our capital and 
effort to growing stock rather than selling, 
assures you best returns on your investment. 
Send for this book today. It includes, in addition to the 
finest varieties in popular hardy plants, trees, shrubs and 
evergreens, many suggestive combination plantings for diffi¬ 
cult locations. 
If you have a new property less than an acre to plant , write 
for our Special New Property Proposition. 
THOMAS MEEHAN & SONS 
Box 40, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa. 
within the wall it can operate the drafts of 
the furnace. It requires no electric motor 
force. Both of these devices are permanent 
and can be used with any ordinary heating 
appliance. 
Economic appliances can be connected 
with the kitchen range. One is a venti¬ 
lating device set in the kitchen flue. 
Simply operated by a chain it creates a 
draft to draw off odors and extra heat into 
the kitchen chimney. For the saving of 
fuel a connection can be made from the 
range into the cellar whereby all the ashes 
slide down a chute and fall over an ash- 
sifter, the cinders being thrown into a 
barrel for reburning and the ashes into 
another receptacle to be carried away. 
The electric vacuum cleaner is another 
labor-savor. Such vacuum cleaners are 
made especially for the moderate-sized 
country home and occupy only a very 
small place in the cellar. The pipes brancli 
up to each floor and sockets are placed in 
the baseboards of rooms at an advan¬ 
tageous position, so that all the dirt is 
drawn down into the cellar into the re¬ 
tainer which forms a part of the cleaner. 
This is removable and may be dumped 
directly into the ash barrel. Such an in¬ 
stallation relieves the carrying up and 
down stairs of sweeping supplies and de¬ 
livers the dirt in the most sanitary fashion, 
where it belongs in the waste container. 
Mechanical improvements have kept 
pace with electrical; for instance, there is 
the garbage incinerator, really a wonder¬ 
ful addition to the peace of a home. One 
becomes absolutely independent of the 
clattering garbage can that attracts flies 
and spreads odors. All the waste of the 
house is quickly converted into ashes. 
Such a refuse burner should do much 
toward eliminating chance of catching 
disease. If one cannot make such an in¬ 
stallation as this, there is a simple garbage 
container, set outside by the servants’ en¬ 
trance of the house and below ground. Tts 
cover is hinged and operates by stepping 
on a foot-lever. The garbage receptacle is 
beneath this lid and closes tight auto¬ 
matically. This method of letting into the 
ground receptacles for garbage cans has 
been duplicated in the cellar for the 
ash-can. 
In connection with the service depart¬ 
ment probably one of the simplest divices 
is a removable steel clothes pole. This fits 
into a socket let into the ground and is of 
use on washing days only, doing away with 
the ugly standing poles. The revolving 
type of clothes dryer can be had in this re¬ 
movable form. 
The cause of sanitation is furthered by 
various means of water filtration. A filter 
may be attached directly to the water main 
where it enters the cellar. Strongly con¬ 
structed it gives a lifetime service. All 
that is necessary to operate such a device 
is the periodic movement of a lever, which 
allows the filter to clean itself auto¬ 
matically. 
Instead of using the filtration method 
there is a device attachable to the water 
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