March, 1914 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
237 
Popular Priced 
GARDEN BOOKS 
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Funk & Wagnalls Company 
Garden Planning 
garden planning and 
PLANTING, by H. H. Thomas. 
.M flBU B agq rd Full, practical, concise direction 
for laying out all sorts and sizes of 
jjjyj&'fflkk gardens, with numerous.designs for 
flower beds and borders. Profusely 
illustrated. Cloth bound, 60c. net; by mail, 67c. 
SWEET PEAS AND HOW TO 
G R 0]W„ THEM, by H. H. 
Thomas. How to grow sweet 
peas'successfully, by a man who 
knows everything about sweet 
peas, from a discussion of varie¬ 
ties through to the various methods of raising them Illus¬ 
trated. Cloth bound, 60c. net; by mail, 67c. 
PERPETUAL CARNATIONS, by 
L. J. Cook. Full and practical il¬ 
lustrations for the successful culti¬ 
vation of the perpetual flowering 
carnation, written by an expert grower. 
Many illustrations. Cloth bound, 75c. 
net; by mail, 81c. 
LITTLE GARDENS AND 
HOW TO MAKE THE MOST 
OF THEM, by H. H. Thomas. 
How to make a garden, how it 
should be planted, how to culti¬ 
vate it, and the best flowers to 
use—the making and care of lawns, the culture of roses, 
carnations, sweet peas, hardy flowers, fruits and vege¬ 
tables. The illustrations furnish a hundred and one 
practical gardening suggestions. Cloth bound, 60c. net; 
by mail, 67c. 
steps GARDENING 
by W. P. Wright a I1( i . E J. Castle. 
How to succeed in the ‘cultivation of 
flowers, fruits, and garden crops, with helpful suggestions 
on propagation, window boxes, bedding-out, and all 
other branches of garden work. Illustrated. Cloth 
bound, 60c. net; by mail, 67c. 
tical, to-the-point information that 
will meet all the ordinary diffi¬ 
culties which confront the possessor 
of a garden. Numerous illustrations. 
Cloth bound, 60c. net; by mail, 67c. 
Remit by cash, money order, stamps, check, etc., to 
FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY 
354-60 Fourth Avanue, New York, N. Y. 
MODERN GLADIOLUS 
I again offer 50 carefully assorted blooming size 
gladiolus bulbs for 50 cents, postpaid, and in¬ 
structive catalogue of named sorts. Besides the 
celebrated Groff’s Hybrids I offer Childsi, Ganda- 
vensis, Lemoinei and Nanceianus. Panama, Eu- 
ropa, Mrs. Pendleton, Minnesota, Special Light 
Mixture. Prices the lowest. Mention House 
& Garden. 
GEO. S. WOODRUFF, Indepence, Iowa, Box H. 
I think your ceilings, which are in poor 
condition can be replastered as reasonably 
as any way in which you could make them 
satisfactory. 
If you have to lay new floors, Georgia 
pine is good, and inexpensive also. 
At the windows throughout, I should 
have simple voile or scrim curtains of a 
fine quality. These should hang perfectly 
straight. With the papers which I am 
sending you, I will send a sample of a most 
satisfactory grade, which I use a great 
deal myself. 
Should you decide upon any of these 
wall papers, or should you care to have the 
curtaining, I would be glad to purchase 
any of the things I have suggested for you. 
A Dining-Room Scheme 
James E. G. 
Dear Air : 
Replying to your letter of enquiry, we 
should say that your walls would look well 
tinted a tan color, but let the tone be a 
light tan rather than dark, as the latter eats 
up and lacks the reflecting power that you 
will hud in a lighter tone. 
Let your walls be in one tone and do 
not use a “cut-border wall-paper frieze. 
This would spoil the surface for any pic¬ 
tures you may wish to hang and at 
the same time cheapen your decorative 
scheme. 
I think you make a mistake in having a 
picture molding hung directly under your 
beam ends. If heavy pictures must adorn 
your walls, place a short strip of molding 
under each beam for the pictures on wires 
and others can be hung on small nails or 
pushless hangers driven into the walls. 
You will thus keep the line of your beams 
and wall open, after all, rather a decora¬ 
tive feature. 
For your windows there i« nothing 
neater than scrim, either in white or 
cream, and the plainer the better, especi¬ 
ally when many windows are to be cur¬ 
tained. 
Your brown rug will do well in this 
room, especially as it is soft in its tone. 
Dining-room 
It is often more pleasing to the eye to 
have one color tone throughout the house, 
particularly if it be a small one, and this, 
too, is true of curtains. Your casement 
windows may be curtained in scrim hang¬ 
ing perfectly straight and not caught hack, 
as the size of the window does not permit 
this. Your French window should also he 
in scrim, with a rod at the bottom as well 
as the top, thus enabling you to open 
the windows without pulling aside your 
curtains. 
Do not use a picture molding in this 
room, but hang your pictures on wall hooks. 
Picture molding is all right when used at 
the wall and ceiling angle, hut in your 
case it will detract from your wall sur¬ 
face. Do not use a frieze. This, too, will 
give the room a show-window appearance 
and spoil your picture surface. 
Y OU want your home to 
be a part of yourself. 
Before planning the finish 
for your new home—or in 
refinishing your present home, 
send for a color card of 
Glidden’s Endurance Wood 
Stains. 
Glidden* s Endur¬ 
ance Wood Stains 
are the most fade- 
proof and durable 
made 
1 Glidden’s 
Endurance 
t 
Wood Stains 
Use Paper Pots 
For Earlier and Larger Crops 
They weigh less and cost less than clay pots and are 
generally more satisfactory. They assure you of ripe 
Sweet Corn. Lima Beans, Squashes, Melons, etc., from 
three to four weeks earlier. 
J. S. Waddle, of Romney, W. Va., writes: 
“They are the greatest thing to advance plants that 
I have ever used.” 
250 3-inch paper pots prepaid by parcel post any¬ 
where east of the Mississippi for $1.00. By ex¬ 
press, $1.25 the 1000. 
Folding blocks and tacks included in above prices. 
Pots sent flat and easily put together by anyone. 
P. B. CROSBY & SON 
Catonsville, Md. 
in sixteen standard colors. Com¬ 
binations will give every possible 
color variation for use on wood. 
They sink well into the wood. 
Scratches will not show, unless 
very deep—and even so, are easily 
re-covered with a touch of the same 
stdin. 
Glidden makes other things that 
you will need. Send for the 
booklet of 
Glidden’s M. P. Durable 
Floor Varnish. 
Glidden’s M. P Durable 
Interior Varnish. 
Glidden’s M. P. Durable 
Exterior Varnish. 
Glidden’s Velvet White En¬ 
amel (Egg Shell Finish). 
Glidden’s Superior White 
Enamel (Gloss Finish). 
Glidden’s Waterproof Flat 
Finishes. 
The Glidden Varnish Co. 
10302 Madison Avenue, N. W. 
CLEVELAND, OHIO 
Factories: Cleveland, Toronto 
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