February, 1914 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
141 
young birds which were yet weak of wing 
had fled from their home nests and were 
fluttering from tree to tree or making slow 
progress on the marshy ground. 
“Why can’t I catch those birds and make 
them pose? I don’t mind mud.” 
“Because if you got stuck in the swamp 
you would have to stay there. I wouldn’t 
dare take you back to your Aunt Lucy in 
the condition you would be.” 
Upon this the child assumed her most 
effective expression of unhappiness and I 
hastened to cheer her by saying: 
“To-morrow we will bring Harrison and 
the skiff. That boy is a dabster with birds. 
He will chase them across marshes and fol¬ 
low them up trees. He will catch them and 
hoodoo them and make them pose for you, 
dozens of them, and he will tell you what 
they say” — and the smile came back. 
Slowly and shyly the birds came home 
to their nests and their young. Slowly and 
silently I paddled nearer until some un¬ 
easiness presaged another flight. I passed 
down the half mile of nests, finding that 
some wireless message of good will had 
preceded me, for I came within ten yards 
of birds which the day before had fled 
from my approach at twenty times that 
distance. The girl tried no more camera 
shots, although often tempted, for she felt 
that better opportunities were assured. 
She woke us up at daybreak in her haste 
to get busy with her birds, and had to listen 
to a lecture on the actinic value of the light 
at that hour. Yet it was a red letter day 
for the girl, for Harrison followed us in a 
skiff, and he chased the feathered children 
as they fled and caught two white ibis that 
were brown, and petted and scolded them 
until they posed on his arm for their pic¬ 
tures. Then the boy caught a night heron, 
or squawk, and holding it at arm’s length 
scolded it until the squawk squawked back 
in fury. 
“What is it saying?” asked Marion. 
“She’s tellin’ me what her ma’s goin’ to 
do to me when she ketches me,” was Har¬ 
rison’s reply. 
Harrison was out early the next morn¬ 
ing with a net, and had a pocket full of 
minnows and frogs ready for the bird cam¬ 
paign. When the old birds flew from their 
nests the girl filled the gaping mouths of 
the young with minnows or frogs until the 
little ones thought she was their mother, 
and after a time the old birds thought so, 
too, and talked as freely to her as if they 
were settlement workers instructing an 
East Side mother. 
As the days rolled on we were all per¬ 
sona grata: to the colony, and in the part 
of the rookery which we most frequented 
our daily visit caused some excitement but 
no alarm. The boy liked to bring together 
different species of birds and cultivate race 
hatred. He once promoted a debate be¬ 
tween two blues and a water turkey which 
would have been a credit to a political con¬ 
vention. Marion had learned enough of 
their language to translate the speeches to 
me, and astonished me with the familiarity 
of these birds with modern school slang. 
Since 1847 
The firm of Peter Henderson & Co. was founded in 1847 and the 
67 years of successful seed-raising and selling that is behind every package 
of Henderson’s seeds must and does make them the best that it is possible 
to buy. In your grandfather’s day, Henderson’s was the standard by 
which other seeds were judged and the same condition exists in 1914 . 
Our methods of seed testing which were the best three generations ago 
have been improved upon from year to year and are today still the best. 
The unknown quantity in your garden is the quality of the seeds you 
plant and you cannot be too careful in seeing that you obtain the best 
procurable. The most critical of all planters in the choice of their seeds 
are market gardeners or truck farmers. Perhaps the best endorsement 
of the quality of Henderson’s seeds is the fact that Peter Henderson & Co. 
supply a larger number of professional growers than any two seed houses 
in the world. The very existence of these men depends upon their receiv¬ 
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Henderson’s seeds that can be given. 
Henderson’s seeds are tested seeds. 
Special Offer 
Our 1914 catalogue, Everything for the Garden, a book of 
208 pages, over 800 illustrations, 14 color plates, etc., will be 
mailed on receipt of 10 cents. In addition, we will send, 
without extra charge, the New Henderson Garden Plans, and 
our collection of 6 Henderson Specialties, in a coupon 
envelope which will be accepted as 25 cents on any order 
of one dollar or over. 
Peter Henderson & Co. 
35-37 Cortlandt Street 
New York 
request. 
KING CONSTRUCTION COMPANY 
252 King’s Road North Tonawanda, N. Y. 
Makers of King Channel Bar Greenhouses 
5 King Melon Frames 'complete as illus¬ 
trated. Size 24| x 24 inches will be sent, 
freight prepaid, on receipt of $7.50. 
Are not boxes with glass covers. There is practically no 
wood in them. Top and sides are glass so that the plants get 
every bit of the light. The large illustration shows one ot our 
double glazed sash. The air space 
between the layers of glass serves 
as a blanket. 
We can furnish single glazed sasn 
Ask about the King Jr. at $15.00. 
Top and sides glazed with double 
thick glass and with the sash hinged 
to the ridge so 
that it is easy 
for any woman to 
handle and work them. 
Our Bulletin No. 42 full of interesting information 011 
Garden Frames and their use, will be gladly sent on 
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