HOUSE AND GARDEN 
424 
May, 
1914 
It Is Easy 
To Have a 
Beautiful 
Lawn 
when you keep it in perfect condition 
with the Ideal Power Lawn Mower. 
Mr. R. E. Olds, the famous automobile and gasoline 
engine inventor, saw that a simple reliable light-weight 
power lawn mower was almost a necessity. He began 
experimenting and the result of his experiments is 
the Ideal Power Lawn Mower. 
When Mr. Olds began investigating this matter he 
found that the power lawn mowers on the market were 
too heavy for soft, wet sod and hillside work. He found 
that the horse-drawn mower was not satisfactory, as 
the horse s hoofs would cut into the wet sod and spoil 
the lawn, and that the horse would eat up and trample 
down the shrubbery. 
The Ideal Power Lawn Mower will do more and better 
work that the horse-drawn mower. It will turn corners 
and work in places where the horse cannot be used. It 
will work up close around shrubbery, flower beds and 
walks. It is a lawn roller as well as a lawn mower. It 
leaves the lawn in perfect condition and as smooth as 
velvet. It has a 35-inch cut, will travel from two to 
three miles an hour, and it is easy to operate, as all the 
controls are within easy reach of the operator. 
The price of this mower, all complete, ready for ship¬ 
ment, is only £375.00. Write to-day for complete in¬ 
formation. 
The Ideal Power Lawn Mower Co. 
403 Kalamazoo Street Lansing, Michigan, U. S. A* 
The Stephenson System of 
Underground Refuse Disposal 
keeps your garbage out of 
sight in the ground, away 
from the cats, dogs and typhoid fly. 
Opens with the foot. Hands never touch 
Underground Garbage 
and Refuse Receivers 
A Fireproof, sanitary disposal for oily waste 
and sweepings in your garage. 
Our Underground Earth Closet 
means freedom from polluted 
water. 
Sold direct. Send for catalogue 
Beware of Imitations 
In use ten years. It pays to look us up 
Thousands of users 
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20 Farrar St. Lynn, Mass. 
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THE POULTRY DEPARTMENT 
of House & Garden 
will furnish upon request any information relat ve to 
the selection, raising and care of poultry. Address, 
enclosing stamped returned envelope. 
POULTRY DEPARTMENT 
House & Garden 
31 East 17th Street, New York City 
Our Friendly Frogs and Toads 
(Continued-from page 422) 
simple “plunk.” The bullfrog skims along 
the surface for a few feet, uttering a 
series of high-pitched, miniature barks. 
The adult attains a weight of over a 
pound. As with all frogs, the male dif¬ 
fers from the female in having much 
larger ear disks — nearly three times the 
size. It is the limbs of this species that 
the markets sell as “frog legs,” as those 
of the green-head are rather too small 
to be commercially handled. Owing to 
the high price of the delicacy, many frog 
farms have been attempted, but the ven¬ 
ture is not practicable. The usual “frog 
farm” is simply a frog-infested area, 
where the amphibians do pretty much as 
they please except giving up their lives 
and legs in season. 
Squatting in the water with its elas¬ 
tic throat muscles just above the sur¬ 
face, the bullfrog turns loose its sono¬ 
rous call. The vibrations spread along 
the surface of the pond, and we thus 
understand why the sound carries so far 
on a still night. The whole organization 
of the frog is built around the subject 
of Appetite — with a big A. Eighty per 
cent, of the body cavity is stomach, and 
the gaze through the great golden eyes 
focuses only on objects that move. A 
brain weighing about one one-thousandth 
the weight of the creature has but a 
single dream — Hunger. Thus the bull¬ 
frog waits. Insects are lapped up by a 
flash of a sticky tongue, but the frog’s 
delight is to seize prey that must be 
tucked and jambed whole into its enor¬ 
mous mouth. Birds, rodents, other 
frogs, young terrapins disappear within 
this voracious monster, while out in deep 
water lurks the terrible snapping turtle 
awaiting a chance to check off an inci¬ 
dent in the balance of life, if the frog 
ventures to the opposite shore. 
Choosing Flowers For Their Color 
(Continued from page 364) 
or markings which make them acceptable 
among cream pinks of various depths. 
The early chrysanthemums include 
“Provence” and “Le Yonne,” of good, 
deep Hermosa tone; “Mine. A. Nonin,” 
paler, and “Sally,” a deep pink and cream 
of delightful effect. 
There are not many cream-pink an¬ 
nuals ; some of the Shirley poppies, a fair¬ 
ly good shrimp-pink zinnia, and among 
the very best of all the cream-pinks, the 
pretty hermosa Phlox Drummondi“Cham- 
ois Rose.” 
Simple rules for the use of pink are 
these: 
In writing to advertisers please mention House & Garden. 
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