HOUSE AND GARDEN 
May, 
1914 
Fadeless Draperies 
You can have joy-inspiring sunshine in your 
home in abundance without danger of fading the 
window draperies if you use 
Orinoka 
GUARANTEED 
SuicfestFabrics 
For Drapery and Upholstery 
Made in the fullest variety of colors and designs, lending 
themselves to any decorative scheme, and are wonderfully 
inexpensive. 
The Biltmore, New York’s newest and finest hotel, 
is draped with these fabrics. Write for interesting, 
informative booklet, “Draping the Home, 
and the name of your nearest dealer. 
ORINOKA MILLS 
156 Clarendon Bldg., New York 
For your protectioninsist on thisGU ARAN TEE: 
These goods are guaranteed absolutely fadeless. 
If color changes from exposure to the sunlight 
or from washing, the merchantis hereby author¬ 
ised to replace them with new goods or refund 
the purchase price. 
This Tag and Guarantee on every bolt. 
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“Bird Bath” 
Nos. 240-237 
Height 
over all 
3334 in. 
Bowl 
16 in. wide 
334 in- deep 
Price 
complete 
$14.00 
Exquisite 
Italian 
Old Ivory 
TintPottery 
The beautiful colorings I 
and effects of the pottery k 
of Florence and Rome you! 
can have in your own garden 
—on your own porih. 
1 1 ™ With shapely vases and 
pots, graceful sundials end 
benches, charming boxes and pedestals—you can 
transplant your grounds to the very heart of Old 
Italy. 
WHEATLEY POTTERY 
is weatherproof, tough, hard — and very inex¬ 
pensive. Its neutral ivory tint blends harmoni¬ 
ously with any color scheme and surroundings, 
indoors or out. 
WRITE NOW FOR POTTERY PORTFOLIO 
which illustrates scores of beautiful pieces. With 
it we will send you name of nearest Wheatley 
dealer or tell you how to order direct. Address 
Dept. A 
The Wheatley Pottery 
2426-32Reading Road CINCINNATI, O. 
Established 1879 
The Best Ornamental Crab Apple 
(Continued from page 426) 
Among the single flowering varieties, 
Mains Arnoldiana lias no superior. Even 
young plants flower abundantly, and a 
well-established specimen in good condi¬ 
tion is unsurpassed by any spring-flower¬ 
ing shrub. The flowers are very large; 
white on the inner side and heavily suf¬ 
fused with dark red on the outer, which 
makes an excellent contrast. The slightly 
pendulous habit of the long branches 
adds to the beauty of this expuisite 
shrub, which should find a place in all 
gardens. 
Mains Sargentii is also extremely 
effective. The flowers are very pure 
white, and the season of bloom is some¬ 
what later than the majority. This is a 
very valuable shrub of medium size. 
Mains Spectabilis and its varieties fur¬ 
nish some of the most ornamental small 
trees. The most noteworthy is Mains 
Spectabilis Riversii, which has very large 
double, dep rose flowers, and is the best 
of the double forms. Mains Spectabilis, 
with single flowers two inches across, 
and its variety kaide with richer-colored 
blossoms, are very ornamental, and the 
foliage often colors richly in the fall. 
Mains Baccata, the crab apple of Si¬ 
beria, is a beautiful small tree, and very 
conspicuous when loaded with bright red 
fruits. The varieties, Cerasefera, with 
scarlet, and Lutea, with yellow fruits, 
are worthy of a place in any garden. 
Undoubtedly, the finest of all the 
double-flowering trees, is Mains Ioensis 
Flore-Plene, which does not flower until 
the end of May. The individual blos¬ 
soms are very large, sweetly-scented and 
a warm rose in color. 
Other good crabs are Ringo, a Japan¬ 
ese species; Mains Dawsoniana, which is 
very effective as a specimen on grass ; 
Mains Flore-albo-pleno and Toringo, a 
pleasing dwarf variety. 
A New Kind of Bird-House 
I F you want some jolly little neighbors, 
invite some of our pretty wild song¬ 
birds to live near you year after year by 
putting up small, one-family bird homes 
made out of some of those old flower pots 
lying about the yard or piled up in the 
cellar. Here is a way a boy can easily 
make these artistic little homes for the 
birds and derive an endless amount of 
pleasure from them by attracting the wel¬ 
come little songsters to his neighborhood. 
First get as many flower pots as you 
want bird-houses. A good size pot is one 
six inches in diameter and those having a 
collar around the top. Take a silver quar¬ 
ter of a dollar and place it over the hole 
on the bottom of the pot, and with a lead 
pencil mark the size of the hole which will 
afterwards serve as an entrance to the 
(Continued on page 430) 
T O say it a more direct way—let us keep 
your trees repaired for you. By re¬ 
paired, however, do not think our work 
simply covers the excavating and filling of 
decay cavities. It has quite as much to do 
with the prevention of decay. It involves 
pruning skillfully done. It includes spraying 
with the right spray at just the right time. 
It has to do with the general care and fare 
of your trees. It is a guarantee to you of a 
clean bill of health. 
Considering its value, our charges are de¬ 
cidedly within reason. 
Write us, telling the number of trees you 
have and let us arrange to inspect them and 
make recommendations for their welfare. 
It is plainly understood that such inspec¬ 
tions put you under absolutely no obligation 
to have us execute any of the recommenda¬ 
tions. 
Send for our booklet, “Trees — The Care 
They Should Have.” 
Munson Whitaker Co. 
Forest Engineers 
NEW YORK 
473 Fourth Ave. 
CHICAGO 
573 Commercial Bank 
BOSTON 
623 Tremont Bldg. 
PITTSBURGH 
903 Arrott Bldg. 
175 '‘Best” Ideas in willow furniture — free 
for the asking. Willowcraft furniture is highest 
standard — in material, workmanship and design. 
The pleasure of having artistic, harmonious fur¬ 
niture makes it worth insisting on WILLOW- 
CRAFT — and avoiding the cheaply constructed 
imitations. Send for the “Idea” Book today. 
The Willowcraft Shops 
Box C North Cambridge, Mass. 
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