HOUSE AND GARDEN 
60 
KING ALFRED DAFFODIL— the regal 
aristocrat of the trumpet-flowered Narcissi 
is the most notable variety ever offered to 
American growers. 
If you have not yet received the new Carter 
Catalog of Bulbs which portrays King 
Alfred and many other distinguished varie¬ 
ties, write for a complimentary copy at 
once. This handsomely illustrated Bulb 
Book has only a limited issue. 
OUR SPECIAL OFFER: To be able to 
purchase King Alfred and Sir Francis Drake 
Narcissi at the prices noted below is an un¬ 
usual opportunity which is available only 
for 30 days from date of this issue. King 
Alfred and Sir Francis Drake grow two feet 
high and produce enormous trumpet flowers 
of a rich golden yellow. 
Prices: Each, $0.40; per doz., $4.00; per 100, 
$23.00. 
CARTERS TESTED SEEDS Inc. 
127 Chamber of Commerce Building 
BOSTON, MASS. 
TORONTO MONTREAL SEATTLE 
Branch of James Carter & Co., London, Ij ngland 
A Terra Cotta 
TILE ROOF 
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Write for our illustrated booklet ‘The Roof Beautiful” 
printed in colors, referring to theorigin and use of Tiles. 
It contains views of many beautiful homes with roofs 
of Terra Cotta Tiles, and is sent free upon request. 
LUDOWICI-CELADON CO 
Manufacturers of Terra Cotta Roofing Tiles 
Lil. Candidum (Madonna Lily) 
True Hardy North of France Stock 
Must be planted in September to make fall growth— 
to insure next summer’s bloom. 
Small bulbs give no satisfaction. 
Each 
3 
12 
100 
Large bulbs. 
12 
32 
1.25 
8.00 
Mammoth. 
20 
50 
1.85 
12.00 
Jumbo (Scarce).... 
25 
70 
2.75 
15.00 
Price includes delivery. 
Ready: Freesias, Oxalis, French Hyacinth and Nar¬ 
cissus. Plant these now for early flowers. 
Send for our Bulb Book—telling you how. 
H. H. BERGER & CO., 70 Warren Street, N. Y 
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EVERY 
HOME 
BUILDER 
should have book 
‘Modern Dwellings’ 
Price $1.50 
or with a number 
of blue prints. 
Price $2.00. 
II Both show a number of plans and exterior views of Colonial, 
1 English, Bungalow and other types. 
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The Ant Lions of the Pyramids 
Who Hunt Their Prey ! 
And 650 other Remarkable Photographic Studies will be found in 
THE MARVELS OF INSECT LIFE 
By Edward Step, F. L. S. 
Introduction by Raymond L. Ditmars 
Remarkable studies of Nature’s wonderland, illustrated by amazing 
photographs of insects at home, at work and at war. Written in 
untechnical language but with scientific accuracy. 
Profusely illustrated. 8vo. 83.50 net. Postage 30 cents. 
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McBRIDE, NAST & CO., 31 Union Sq. N., New York 
September, 1915 
The first floor consists of a spacious, 
octagonal living-room. On the floors 
above, where two hundred years ago the 
dusty miller poured his grain into the 
hopper, there are two chambers equally 
unadorned and simply furnished. 
But not everyone can find an old wind¬ 
mill to make over, nor even an old corn 
barn or chicken house. Not everyone can 
afford to build a bungalow for the some¬ 
time guest. But there are in many houses 
unused spaces not suited to the ordinary 
needs of family life which may be turned 
into overflow guest rooms with small ex¬ 
pense. The result may not be your ideal 
of what a guest room should be, but it is 
better in an emergency than “doubling up,” 
or a shake-down on the floor. 
In one house a narrow room seemed to 
present just the wrong proportions and 
spacing for guest room purposes. An in¬ 
genious woman solved the problem by 
placing two narrow four-posters along 
one side, not in the usual twin-bed fashion, 
but foot to foot. The room was inex¬ 
pensively furnished with muslin canopies 
and valances on the beds, rag rugs, and a 
home-made hour-glass table covered with 
cretonne chosen to harmonize with the 
wall paper. 
In another house a room too small for 
most purposes, and long used for storage, 
was put into commission. It contained, 
fortunately, a good-sized closet, and when 
the front of this was removed an alcove 
was produced just large enough to con¬ 
tain an ordinary cot bed. Home-made 
bookshelves were put in, the room deco¬ 
rated, the floors painted; a Boston rocker 
and other pieces of furniture not needed 
elsewhere in the house completed the fur¬ 
nishings of a very useful room which owes 
its existence to a little ingenuity and small 
expenditure. 
Such instances are not conclusive, for 
no two houses present the same problems 
or the same possibilities; but they serve 
to point the way, to suggest the line of 
experiment. One more example. In sea¬ 
side cottages and summer bungalows, 
where space is at a premium and frequent 
entertaining of week-end guests the order 
of the day, the plan of the steamer state¬ 
rooms offers the solution. By Pullman- 
izing the beds, toilet arrangements, etc., 
all that is needed can be crowded into 
small space, with room left for dressing. 
Bunks, if properly constructed, can be 
made perfectly comfortable, and it would 
be difficult to find a more effective method 
of economizing space. 
Why not let House and Garden help 
you decorate ? Its staff of decorators is at 
your service; its shoppers will buy any¬ 
thing you order. Write “Readers’ Ser¬ 
vice,” care of House and Garden, 445 
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