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House & Garden 
Specialists 
We are the only extensive retail growers of Peonies exclusively 
in America. This one flower has our undivided time and 
attention, devotion and study. We are thus Peony 
specialists in a sense which possesses a 
real value and significance 
WE GROW PEONIES 
-NOTHING ELSE 
No perplexing and endless lists of varieties to puzzle over. We 
have done the eliminating-the sorting and sifting. We offer the 
best sorts in existence and ONLY the best—guaranteed true to 
name—and as we grow for discriminating customers, we supply 
only established plants at the lowest possible prices for quality. 
“OUR REPUTATION HAS BEEN BUILT ON 
THE QUALITY OF OUR STOCK” 
WE SHIP ONLY IN THE FALL, AND OUR ANNUAL CATALOG IS NOW 
READY. IT’S UNIQUE—DISTINCTIVE—VERY DIFFERENT 
FROM OTHERS. MAY WE SEND YOU A COPY? 
MOHICAN PEONY GARDENS 
BOX 176, SINKING SPRING, PENN’A. 
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Refrigeration in the Home 
by virtue of its convenience and practicability, is 
now considered an essential part of the building 
specifications for the better homes. Domestic 
refrigeration requires fittings and valves, as illus¬ 
trated, and Crane Co. offers a wide variety of 
fixtures necessary for refrigeration equipment. 
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Crane Branches and 
Exhibit Rooms are 
located in over fifty 
cities where these goods 
may be seen and detail¬ 
ed information received 
regarding them. 
CRANE CO. 
836 South Michigan Avenue 
Chicago 
New York Exhibit Rooms 
23 West 44th Street 
22 West 45th Street 
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Fleets That Never Sail 
(Continued from page 56) 
and against a plain background that 
will silhouette the beautiful detail of the 
rigging. Truly a boat model is worth 
all its cost as a decorative unit. 
A single well-built replica of a ship 
will give an atmosphere to a room which 
will do much to banish the sordid cares 
of our everyday life. It is impossible 
to look upon one of these models with¬ 
out instinctively dreaming, for a mo¬ 
ment at least, of the original ship and 
the romantic lives of her deep sea sail¬ 
ors. We may have our own Hog Island 
of which we are justly proud, but Ro¬ 
mance still takes her passage where 
straining canvas drives the majestic 
square rigger over the Seven Seas. 
The call for ship models for decora¬ 
tive uses has given rise to a distinct 
class of boat, namely the decorative 
model. These boats are made in the 
present day not with the idea of ac¬ 
curacy as much as with an eye for their 
decorative value. In these interesting 
combinations of colors are used both 
for sails and hulls and often the various 
details of the boats such as the masts 
and spars are distorted. Builders of 
these models have a fondness for choos¬ 
ing types of vessels that have the great¬ 
est elements of the picturesque such as 
the ships of the Crusaders, Elizabethan 
craft, Genoese carracks, Spanish gal¬ 
leons, Chinese junks, Dutch yachts, etc. 
Famous ships are much in demand 
and decorative models of the “Santa 
Maria,” “The Great Harry,” “The Sov¬ 
ereign of the Sea,” “La Couronne,” “The 
Royal George,” “The Golden Hind,” 
“Half Moon,” “Victory,” and the “Con¬ 
stitution,” are often duplicated. 
One of the greatest difficulties that 
present day builders of early ship models 
have had to contend with was lack of 
good working plans, but since the pub¬ 
lication of the Mariner's Mirror some 
years ago, which included all kinds of 
early ships with scale diagrams, the 
matter is somewhat easier. 
Culver—Master of Models 
It has been left to the genius of Henry 
B. Culver, a New York lawyer, to build 
probably the finest models of ancient 
ships made in America today. Most of 
his time outside of practicing his pro¬ 
fession is spent in reconstructing the 
ships of a by-gone day. Some ten or 
twelve years ago Mr. Culver built his 
first model which proved so successful 
that many of his friends asked him to 
make ships for them. Soon he was ex¬ 
hibiting models in the shows of the 
Architectural League, which attracted 
so much attention that collectors and 
curators of nautical museums began 
commissioning him to build models for 
their collections. At present shipbuild¬ 
ing is almost a second profession with 
him and he has made models of nearly 
every kind of craft from the Viking 
ships down through the ships of the 
middle ages to the American clipper ship 
period. His fondness is for building 
historic ships which are of a more dec¬ 
orative value, such as his model of the 
Henri Grace A’ Dieu (The Great Harry) 
recently exhibited in the Metropolitan 
Museum of Art in New York. The 
original of this model was built in 1520 
to carry Henry, the Eighth, of England 
to meet Francis, the First, of France, at 
the Field of the Cloth of Gold. It was 
the largest great ship constructed up to 
that time in England and Mr. Culver’s 
model made after a painting in Hamp¬ 
ton Court Palace was a marvel of detail. 
The model of the French frigate “La 
Brailleuse” is considered one of his most 
technically correct productions. 
A New Phase of an Old Fashion 
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serving table, why not use one with 
cabriole legs? The curved lines of the 
apron below it show it to be Dutch 
in origin and in sympathy with the rest 
of the furnishings of the room. 
The vivacity of life in Spain has 
found expression in wonderful Spanish 
cupboards, which are unusually inter¬ 
esting. If the copyist has chosen to 
introduce foreign styles, he has kept the 
noble and brilliant traditions with which 
his art is instilled. There is a splendid 
and honest character found in every 
piece, showing a dominating, masterful 
touch. A dark tiled floor is particularly 
appropriate as a setting for this type 
of furniture. Wrought iron candle¬ 
sticks of the 16th Century against a 
background of an old Dutch painting, 
are well in the picture, and the whole 
is typical of the early days of Span¬ 
ish art. 
The Italians have left us masterpieces 
which are models of artistic design. The 
sideboard shown here is an adaptation 
of an old Italian piece, and fits in har¬ 
moniously with the caen-stone walls 
and marble floor. Its very massiveness 
is impressive. The pictures on the walls 
above are effective, bringing out the 
white background, where carved pilas¬ 
ters are represented. 
English Cupboards and Chests 
There are beautiful old English cup¬ 
boards which came into existence as 
early as the 16th Century. These were 
originally known as “bordes” and were 
used for the placing of drinking cups. 
Occasionally we find one that has been 
designed with shelves at the back, and 
finished with a canopy of wood. This 
is generally attributed to Wales, and is 
known as “Welsh.” There is always a 
symmetrical division of shelves, which 
makes a pleasing variety to what might 
have been otherwise a monotonous piece 
of furniture. With our advance in re¬ 
production, many of these cupboards 
are being placed upon the market, to 
take the place of the old-time side¬ 
boards, and are especially attractive 
when decorated with pewter chargers, 
Lowestoft, or any bits of beautiful old 
glass. 
Old oaken chests have become very 
popular, and fortunate is he who owns 
one as an inheritance. These are often 
paneled, inlaid or carved. Some types 
show the herringbone, or feather pat¬ 
tern; others are finished in rose design 
with half circled borders, worked out 
on the lower rail. They are particularly 
adapted to Colonial houses and would 
be inappropriate where light tones 
have been introduced in wall hangings 
or woodwork. This style of decoration 
demands for right effect either lacquer 
or painted furniture. This furniture is 
much in favor today as it gives a de¬ 
lightful note of color. Yellow is often 
chosen as a background for the flower 
decorations of bright colors and black. 
For a room that needs a brilliant color, 
Chinese red is effective. It is boldly 
decorative and never fails to add a 
touch of gaiety. Venetian furniture is 
never tiresome, whether true Venetian 
or copied from French models. It has 
an illusive grace, such as no other style 
can produce. These pieces are par¬ 
ticularly good now, as in the heyday 
of France’s prosperity French art was 
at its height, and their beautiful de¬ 
signs are often reproduced by the cabi¬ 
net makers of today. 
From all parts of the world come 
these charming bits which are used to¬ 
day in place of the stiff and formal 
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