April, 1914 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
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“ Oh, Mary, what beautiful 
woodwork! " 
“It will STAY beautiful, too 
— it's stained with Glidden’s\ 
Endurance Wood Stain s." |: • | 
1 he Glidden Varnish Company 
10402 Madison Avenue, N. W! 
Cleveland, Ohio 
1' actories: Cleveland j Toronto 
Send today for a color card of 
real wood panels — any wood 
desired — stained with 
Glidden’s Endurance 
Wood Stains 
T hey’U insure permanent beauty 
of the interior of your home. 
I he sixteen standard colors this 
card shows, and the infinite num¬ 
ber of effects obtainable with the 
combinations of these colors gives 
you unlimited freedom in plan¬ 
ning your decorative scheme. 
Glidden’s Endurance W o o d 
Stains are deeply penetrating and 
are therefore the most fadeproof 
and durable. 
You will want to know these other 
quality products also. Let us send 
you booklets about 
Glidden’s M. P. Durable Floor Varnish 
G ulden's M. P. Durable Interior Varnish 
G idden’s M. P. Durable Exterior Varnish 
Glidden s Velvet White Enamel (eggshell 
finish) 
Glhlden’s Superior White Enamel (gloss finish) 
Glidden s Waterproof Flat Finishes 
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Booklet free 
“AMERICA’S GREATEST” 
ALL UTILITY LUMBER 
Take no chance get the facts 
West Coast Lumber Mfrs. Ass'n 
703 Tacoma Building, Tacoma, Wash. 
Rhododendron Caro- 
linianum — New Am¬ 
erican Species. Clear 
Pink. Absolutely hardy 
Send for prices and full description, 
and Catalogs of the only large col¬ 
lection of Hardy Native Plants. 
Highlands Nursery Boxford Nursery 
HARLAN P. KELSEY, Owner, Salem, Mass. 
show the number of pounds of any ma¬ 
terial required to give 1 per cent in a ton. 
If the total number of pounds does not 
figure up to an even two thousand, it will 
make no difference, as it is the number of 
pounds of actual plant food only which is 
required. 
Top Dressings — A further advantage 
in buying the separate materials instead of 
the ready-mixed fertilizer is that they can 
be used separately as needed, or to mix 
with manure, or with any other material 
which may be lacking in one or more par¬ 
ticular element. (Manure, for instance, is 
usually lacking in the percentage of phos¬ 
phoric acid and of potash, in proportion to 
the nitrogen contained.) Nitrate of soda, 
the nitrate in which is immediately avail¬ 
able, is especially valuable as a top dressing 
for quick-growing crops, such as salads 
and most of the leaf crops, and a very light 
application put around the cabbages and 
and similar crops and worked into the soil 
frequently produces incredible results. 
Potash is equally valuable for plants which 
are not maturing properly; especially for 
grapes, small fruits and such vegetables as 
require a high percentage of potash. 
Lime, which is called a soil “amend¬ 
ment,” is not a direct fertilizer, but is of 
direct benefit to the soil through its phy¬ 
sical and chemical effects; it helps to 
sweeten sour soils and to make available 
the food already in the soil in unavailable 
forms. A good dressing of lime, one to 
two tons per acre, should be applied once 
every four or five years, to land which is at 
all inclined to become sour. The most con¬ 
venient form to use is raw ground lime¬ 
stone, but any good agricultural lime from 
a reliable source may be used. 
Compost. On every place, and especially 
on places where no stock of any sort is 
kept, a compost heap should be started 
every spring as soon as the garden has been 
planted, and all kinds of refuse which will 
rot away should be added to it during the 
summer and fall. Vegetable by-products 
of all sorts, such as sods, clumps of earth 
and roots, weeds (that have not gone to 
seed), roots and tops of plants, leaves, 
grass clippings and also street sweepings, 
dishwater, etc., are available material. 
Make a frame or a pit for the pile some¬ 
where, preferably out of sight, and under 
cover. Hasten decomposition by forking 
the heap with the hose so that it will never 
be dried out. If it seems desirable to give 
it more “body,” mix common garden soil 
through the heap. 
Testing the Soil — You can send sam¬ 
ples of your soil to your State Experiment 
Station and have it analyzed. A better 
way for practical results is to take five to 
ten pots full of soil, add a little each of 
nitrate of soda, acid phosphate and muriate 
or sulphate of potash, and combinations of 
two and of all three of these, to the several 
pots, keeping one of plain soil as a “check,” 
and labeling them all carefully. Plant them 
all with a few grains of corn or oats, and 
note which treatment indicates the largest 
increase of crop. 
Itt writing to advertisers please mention House & Garden. 
| Yes, Billiards! 
| The Pastime for Leisure 
1 Hours at Home 
E The time has come when the Billiard 
= Table fills just as important a place in the 
= home as the piano. Billiards is a stimu- 
E lating, interesting game of skill in which 
= young and old may indulge to their heart’s 
= content with the greatest pleasure and 
= profit. 
E The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Com- 
= pany, oldest and largest of all Billiard 
E Table concerns, now offers a complete line 
= of Home Billiard and Pocket - Billiard 
= Tables at very attractive prices. 
|“BABY GRAND” 
| The Home Billiard Table 
| With the Fast Cushions 
— The “Baby Grand” is a superb creation in genuine 
— Mahogany. Fitted with the celebrated Monarch 
— Cushions which have the highest possible speed obtain- 
= able with absolute accuracy of angle. Slate Bed is 
z: covered with the finest imported Billiard Cloth. Con- 
= cealed drawer to hold Playing Outfit. The “Baby 
“ Grand” is furnished as a Carom, Pocket Billiard, or 
= Combination Carom and Pocket-Billiard Table. Sizes 
“ 3x6; 33 2x7; 4x8. Other Brunswick styles include the 
— popular “Convertible” Billiard and Pocket-Billiard 
=: tables, which serve also as Dining Tables, Library Tables 
= or Davenports. If you have room for a Brunswick 
= Regulation Table, ask for special information. 
I A Word to Parents 
^ The widespread adoption of billiards by Young Men’s 
~ Christian Associations, Institutional Churches and 
— Welfare Associations is the highest possible tribute to its 
z: value as an innocent diversion for young folks. 
— Ask for a little book entitled, “Our Boys Now Live at 
= Home,” in which fathers and mothers tell how the “Baby 
— Grand” has made home more attractive to boys. 
| Easy to Buy 
| — Here’s Why 
= We are pleased to extend the most liberal terms of 
— payment on any size or style of Brunswick Billiard Table 
ZZ you may select. Let the small payments cover an entire 
— year if you desire. You will find it true economy to buy 
= a real billiard table, rather than a mere makeshift. 
| Free Outfit Included 
— The price of each table includes a complete, high grade 
= Playing Outfit — Cues, Balls, Bridge, Rack, Chalk, As- 
— sorted Cue Tips, Cue Tip Cement, Markers, Billiard 
jjZ Brush, Lightning Cue Clamps, Wrench, Spirit Level, 
— Cover, book on “How to Play,” etc., etc., etc. 
= (Send Coupon for Free Book) 
5 The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co., (206) 
! Dept. Y-G — 623-633 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago 
Please send me the free color-illustrated book— 
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