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House Garden 
^^Stop Depreciation BEFORE IT BEGINS — 
BUILD WITH CYPRESS AT FIRST" 
Tide Water 
Cvoress 
Wood Etemar 
“is the World’s Standard Specialty 
Wood for its particular uses—not 
merely an alternative commodity.” 
We recommend Cypress only where it is best for you. 
Builders and prospective builders will be intensely 
interested in the following excerpts from the U. S. 
Government Report on Cypress—Bulletin 95, Dept, 
of Agriculture, Forest Service: 
“CYPRESS Is put to almost every use as an interior trim for 
houses. . . .natural color or stained. . . .contains little resin.. . . 
thus affords a GOOD SURFACE FOR PAINT, WHICH 
IT HOLDS WELL. . . .popular. . . .for kitchens, where It is 
subjected to dampness and heat. . . .shrinks, swells or warps 
but little. . . .For the parts of houses exposed to the weather 
it serves equally well. AS SIDING IT PRACTICALLY 
WEARS OUT BEFORE IT DECAYS. .. .made into porch 
columns it retains its shape, holds paint, and has sufficient 
strength. . . .It is placed as cornice, gutters, blinds. .. .and 
railing, and is much used for Porch Floors and steps .... Much 
CYPRESS lumber Is employed in the construction of SILOS 
....The FARMER puts the wood to many uses....ITS 
LASTING PROPERTIES FIT IT WELL for curbs.... 
Resistance to decay fits it for stable floors and timbers near 
the ground, as well as for. .. .gates, and especially for fence 
posts. . . .one of the best available woods for picket fences, 
because It shows paint well and holds it for many years, but 
lasts a long time without it. . . .widely used for this purpose 
... .in regions remote from Its range. . . .It is PRE-EMI¬ 
NENTLY FITTED for {greenhouse construction)... 
it Is called upon to resist dampness, excessive heat, and all the 
elements that hasten . .. . sash, frames, benches, boxes, 
and practically all else... .the builder needs. .. ., etc.” 
(YOU Know the Conservatism of Govt. Reports) 
When planning a Mansion, a Bungalow, a Garage, a Sleeping 
Porch, a Pergola or just a Garden Fence, remember— 
**With Cypress You Build But Once” 
Southern Cypress Manufacturers’ Association 
1210 Poydrass Building, New Orleans, La., or 1210 Graham Building, Jacksonville, Fla. 
INSIST ON TRADE-MARKED CYPRESS AT YOUR LOCAL LUMBER 
DEALER. IF HE HASN’T IT, LET US KNOW IMMEDIATELY. 
TkiM Hw Rsa U,S.PAT>ne» 
The mace cactus, 
so called from its 
resemblance to the 
head of that aiv- 
cient weapon, is 
curiously armed 
with lines of 
grouped, curving 
spines. It is of 
the echinocactus 
genus 
GNOME-PLANTS FOR NOVELTY 
R. S. LEMMON 
S INCE we are reviving the mid- 
Victorian and have ceased to shudder 
at wax flowers and kindred manifestations 
of its vogue, why not extend our interest 
to those super-examples of the Seventies, 
the potted cacti? Could any what-not be 
more bizarre than these strange products 
of the desert with their grotesque forms 
and singularly grim, uncompromising 
appearance? 
The enduring nature of the cacti fit 
them admirably to survive indoor condi¬ 
tions and an astounding measure of 
neglect. A bit of soil and reasonable heat 
and light are their chief requirements. 
Water scarcely enters into their calcula¬ 
tions; if you happen to think of giving 
them some now and then, all right; if you 
don’t, almost equally all right. It is quite 
safe to forget all your regular house-plant 
experience and just let the little rascals 
grow, like Topsy. 
There is such a wide diversity of form 
and general appearance to be found in the 
cactus family that collecting varieties 
{Continued on page 158 ) 
One seldom thinks of any of the desert 
plants as possessing medicinal proper¬ 
ties. Certain healing values, however, 
are attributed to this aloe 
Echinocactus un- 
cinatus illustrates 
the long-spined type 
with almost twig- 
like protections. Its 
particular tiote of 
grotesqueness is dis¬ 
tinctive 
The echeverias, at right and left of the picture, curiously resemble in 
form certain dahlia flowers. In the foreground is a young agave or 
century plant of the variegated-leaf variety. Back of it may be seen 
another echinocactus 
