HOUSE AND GARDEN 
March, 
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important tiling — the apparent size of the 
house is increased, and withal a quiet 
dignity is attained. 
Contrasts — and contrasts are most de¬ 
sirable and necessary to successful fur¬ 
nishing — can be gained in many other 
ways, by the hangings or a particularly 
fine vase here or there, for instance. An¬ 
other reason for recommending plain, 
rather than figured paper, for general 
use is that in most cases we wish to in¬ 
crease the apparent size of our rooms. 
Plain paper will have this effect, while 
figured paper, especially paper with a 
large pattern, tends to reduce the ap¬ 
parent size. Other things being equal, 
plain walls apparently recede, while pat¬ 
terns bring the walls closer together. 
Of course, there are hundreds of cases 
where it would be neither expedient nor 
desirable to paper all the rooms on a 
floor alike, but it is always possible to 
maintain a judicious harmony between 
the colors used. 
In closing, let us give one extremely 
practical and important piece of advice 
which no one can afford to disregard. 
Have your walls thoroughly scraped, so 
that no old paper remains on; then have 
them thoroughly sized. Lastly, even 
though you are having the cheapest butch¬ 
er’s paper put on the walls, employ the 
best paper hanger you can get to do the 
work. It is far better to have cheap paper 
well put on than expensive paper indif¬ 
ferently hung. Unless paper is properly 
put on it is apt in a short time to crack and 
pull away in the corners, show seams and 
bulges and otherwise betray the incompe¬ 
tent mechanic, to the great annoyance of 
the owner when it is too late to remedy the 
trouble, except by having the work all 
done over again. 
Garden Suggestions and Queries 
(Continued from page 196) 
thoroughly saturated with water all the 
time, and the saucer is kept in a warm, 
sunny place without shade. 
Whichever system is used, as soon as 
the newly formed roots are one-half inch 
or so long, the cuttings should be potted 
up into small pots, using finely-sifted soil 
with plenty of humus in it, so that it will 
■not pack. Water sparingly at first. 
Advancing the Potato Season 
I T is possible to have potatoes large 
enough for use at least two to three 
weeks earlier than by the usual way of 
planting, but care and a few special con¬ 
siderations are necessary. The soil should 
be rich, well drained and located in a 
sheltered position, protected as much as 
possible from north and west winds and 
fully exposed to the sun. 
The plants should be started in a mild 
hot bed about three weeks before the 
earliest date on which it would be safe 
to plant in the open ground. T mean by 
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