80 HG 
House & Garden 
Don’t be afraid of Casement Windows 
Monarch Metal Weather Strip 
makes them safe and practical 
The artistic casement opening has been a 
source of discomfort to the house owner 
because of the continual leakage of rain 
and wind. 
Monarch strips seal the unavoidable 
cracks around the casement frame, mak¬ 
ing them weather-tight to the ingress of 
water and cold and air-tight to the escape 
of money-made heat in winter. 
In the sun parlor, on the sleeping porch, 
wherever a ioo per cent opening is re¬ 
quired, Monarch strips give operating 
efficiency and a guarantee of satisfaction. 
Look up “Monarch" in the phone book, 
or write us for name of our nearest repre¬ 
sentative. 
Monarch Metal Weather Strip Co. 
St. Louis, U. S. A. 
“Weather strips are 100% fuel 
conservation ” 
U. S. Fuel Administration 
P. B. NOYES. 
Director of Conservation. 
August 23, 1918. 
MONARCH 
METAL WEATHER STRIPS 
Do You Know All the Hedges? 
(Continued from page 46) 
There has recently been introduced 
a distinct dwarf “sport” of Japanese 
barberry, under the name of box-bar- 
berry—so called because in habit of 
growth and in the way it lends itself 
to dwarf, formal hedging, it resembles 
a dwarf box. For the smallest of 
hedges, in formal garden work, for par¬ 
terres and the like, there has never been 
anything equal to real box, but box 
requires a very moderate climate, both 
as to temperature and moisture. Even 
with much expense and care in the way 
of winter protection, it has usually 
proved unsuccessful north of New York, 
and altogether unsuited to the central 
western states. While privet and Jap¬ 
anese barberry have been tried for this 
purpose by close and frequent clipping, 
the results have not been satisfactory. 
This new miniature barberry, however, 
seems admirably adapted to serve as a 
substitute for dwarf box. Very little 
pruning is required to keep it in dwarf, 
compact form, as its natural habit of 
growth is symmetrical, even and dense. 
Box-barberry has also received the cer¬ 
tificate of merit of the American Nur¬ 
serymen’s Association. 
Japanese holly (Ilex crenata) is an¬ 
other fine small hedge shrub that should 
be more widely known. It may be 
used in place of box, where the climate 
is unsuited to the latter. It may be 
clipped to form, and under such treat¬ 
ment has much the character of box. 
The search for a substitute for pri¬ 
vet to use in the north-central and 
northwestern states has been responsible 
for the discovery of another new hedge 
plant that is giving splendid satisfac¬ 
tion in those regions. It has not yet 
been used much in the east, but it 
offers a change from the ever-present 
privet. It is one of the cotoneasters 
(Cotoneaster acutifolia). It hails from 
northern China, being one of the ex¬ 
tremely valuable things brought to us 
by the late Mr. Meyers. It is ab¬ 
solutely hardy, strong, similar to pri¬ 
vet in general form, and not unlike it 
in foliage. It is well suited for prun¬ 
ing into formal shapes, or it may be 
left to grow naturally. 
Another good hedge plant which is 
not only extremely hardy, but offers 
variety in that it is silver gray in color 
tone, is the Russian olive. The yellow 
berries add to its attractiveness. Being 
a shrub native to the northwest, it has 
been used in that region more generally 
than elsewhere. It is particularly re¬ 
sistant to heat and drought, and es¬ 
pecially good as a farm or large estate 
hedge, where it may not be practical 
to give the attention usually given to 
privet and the other more usual hedges. 
All of the plants thus far described 
may be defined as hedge plants. In 
addition to them there are two other 
important groups which, while general¬ 
ly used for other purposes, should be 
considered, because it is frequently 
necessary to go to them to get the 
best material for the purpose in hand. 
The first group constitutes the flower¬ 
ing shrubs which are good for hedge 
making. The most suitable of them 
for a tall, protective hedge, where 
something capable of taking care of 
itself is wanted, is althea, or Rose of 
Sharon. For use between small lots, 
or different parts of the same place, 
several of the spireas and deutzias, and 
forsythia, are charming. Also the bush 
honeysuckle, and polyantha roses. 
For taller hedges, either beautifully 
graceful or strictly formal, where an 
absolutely impervious screen or an ef¬ 
fective windbreak is desired, the ever¬ 
greens are unmatched. Both hemlock 
and spruce may be sheared as de¬ 
sired. Arborvitae, of course, makes a 
perfect hedge; Booth’s dwarf is a very 
dwarf form. White pine is good for 
light, sandy soils; it grows most rapidly 
and makes a graceful, picturesque back¬ 
ground for other parts of the general 
planting which may stand out against 
it. Japanese yew is the best hardy, low, 
spreading evergreen hedge plant. Quite 
a range of color values, of course, is 
possible with the various evergreens 
which are available for this work. 
The Airedale and Irish Terriers 
(Continued from page 59) 
class hunting dog. He has proved a 
success against bears, wildcats, quail 
and mice. He has been used to guard 
sheep and pull a sledge in Alaska. 
The four photographs accompanying 
this brief sketch were selected because 
they indicate the general appearance as 
well as much of the nature of the two 
breeds. Neither the Airedale nor the 
Irish is pretty in a mere boudoir sense 
—but then, real beauty is more than 
skin-deep. 
Feeding the Dog 
Were more thought given to the 
dog’s diet there would be far fewer 
cases of eczema, distemper, general 
debility and the other ills to which 
canine flesh is heir. A dog’s diges¬ 
tive system is delicately organized — 
fully as delicately as a human being’s— 
and it calls for sane consideration plus a 
little specialized knowledge. 
In the first place, never feed your 
dog potatoes in any form; they are 
about “as indigestible as anything you 
can give him, short of tin cans and 
rubber bands. Nor should he receive 
any chicken, turkey or duck bones, be¬ 
cause they are apt to splinter and be 
swallowed in more or less long slivers 
which may do a lot of damage. Beef 
and other animal bones are all right, 
since they are devoid of unduly sharp 
points even when broken, and are more 
susceptible to the softening and disin¬ 
tegrating action of the gastric juices. 
Wholesome, nourishing food only 
should be given. The standard brands 
of dog biscuit are good; boiled rice, 
thoroughly boiled green vegetables, lean 
red meat—either raw or cooked in with 
other foods—and dry bread are all ex¬ 
cellent. A good sized, durable bone to 
gnaw on should be given to the dog a 
couple of times a week, as it will keep 
his teeth in good condition and stimu¬ 
late digestive activity. Plenty of clean, 
fresh, cold water should be available to 
him at all times of the day and night. 
For young puppies, sweet milk, bread, 
vegetable and meat broths are good. 
Rapidly growing puppies should be 
fed from three to six times a day, de¬ 
pending upon their age and general con¬ 
dition. At ten months, three times a 
day is usually enough, and at maturity 
this may be decreased to twice—morn¬ 
ing and evening. Regularity in the 
hours of feeding is extremely important. 
It is well to remember that individual 
dogs often have marked likes and dis¬ 
likes in the matter of food, precisely as 
people do. Make allowances for this in 
so far as it does not get beyond the 
bounds of reasonable common-sense. 
House & Garden is prepared to an¬ 
swer by personal letter questions per¬ 
taining to the selection, training and care 
of dogs. All inquiries should be accom¬ 
panied by full return postage and ad¬ 
dressed to The Dog Mart .— Editor. 
