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It’s a pleasure to select Yale hard¬ 
ware. 
You will find in the Yale line so 
many beautiful designs and finishes 
that it is a very easy matter to ex¬ 
press your own individuality and 
make your home stand out as an 
example of good taste. 
Hardware is most important. It 
is the finishing touch that makes or 
mars the doorway. 
Go to the nearest dealer in good 
hardware and ask him to show you 
the YALE designs. 
In every home, regardless of its 
cost, Yale Builders’ Hardware lends 
an unmistakable air of distinction. 
And Yale locks with their appro¬ 
priate trim are not only correct in 
artistic rendering, they are the locks 
of generations to come—perfect in 
action when installed; serviceable 
still after generations of usefulness. 
For sale by hardware dealers every¬ 
where and marked YALE—be sure 
of that. 
The Yale &. Towne Mfg. Co. 
Stamford, Conn., U. S. A. 
Canadian Branch at St. Catharines, One. 
Yale Made is Yale Marked 
YALE 
Effectiveiris plant¬ 
ing is by no means 
confined to the gar¬ 
den proper. When 
well handled, nat¬ 
uralized massings 
are superb 
After all, the old 
Iris germanica 
has few equals. In 
form, size and 
color combinations 
it is the best stand¬ 
by of all 
( oiitant 
GARDENS of IRISES and PEONIES 
{Continuedf rom page 55) 
on a terraced hillside that grades downward 
from the sundial at its entrance. Each 
successive terrace slope is massed with 
flowers—first, peonies, then, iris, then 
peonies again, with iris closing the suc¬ 
cession against the lilacs and other flower¬ 
ing shrubs at the far end. Between the 
slopes an unmarred turf invites leisurely 
steps to which the sodded descent to the 
ne.xtsucceedingleveliseasyand unnoticed. 
From a seat on the simple garden 
bench one’s eyes range up through a mar¬ 
velous vista. There is in it at once a sense 
of mass and of detail. Every blossom 
seems to fit into a definite place in an in¬ 
tricate composite pattern set off by the 
firm background of the turf. What if the 
shrubs on either side do feed upon the 
nourishment provided for the peonies 
nearest to them? A trifle of extra soil 
enrichment will remedy that loss—and 
besides, the feeling of privacy which they 
engender is well worth the cost. 
The long, narrow plan presents an 
entirely different scheme, a simple border 
five feet wide and forty feet long. Along 
the back holL'hocks will lift their tall 
spires as summer comes, and in waving 
lines along the front Lilac Queen, that 
charmingly delicate little alyssum, lays its 
almost white carpet. The whole is an 
example of balanced planting that grades 
upward to the back of the bed and is 
susceptible of extension, shortening or 
curving to meet any particular garden 
requirement. 
On page 54 is a plan that is frankly a 
miniature, a little bit of heaven for those 
who can set aside a space solely that it 
may entrance them in that period when 
the more general garden is coming into its 
own. When the pink Dorothies cover the 
surrounding lattice with their splendor 
and the great heads of the peonies rise 
royally among the dark green leaves, how 
close perfection seems! Indeed, it is here, 
for listen! — that tinkle of falling water is 
from the gray stone bird-pool within its 
iris circle. 
A study of any good planting of peonies 
or irises is sure to bring to light the few 
important factors in its success. Wei) 
drained land is one, at least a good per- 
{Continuad on page 140) 
