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HO USE & GARDEN 
The Question of a Frieze 
(Continued from page 54) 
the weight of the ceiling and obviate 
the startling effect of walls fading 
into the far-distant vista in the frieze. 
Only those designs which show flat 
conventional treatment can be appro¬ 
priate for use as part of a wall. 
Forms should have length and breadth 
but not depth. Realistic patterns 
are wrong in principle; they are not 
good decoration. There should be 
no perspective, no foreground, no sky 
This does not preclude an effect of 
distance achieved by gradations of 
flat tones—it simply rejects shading 
which intimates thickness. 
When a Frieze Is Not a Frifze 
There are many charming arrange¬ 
ments on the upper portion of a wall 
which are not in reality friezes but 
for all intents and purposes can well 
come under the same heading. Many 
of the hand-blocked wall papers with 
a depth of vertical repeat sufficient 
for the space to be covered are used 
in the same way with interesting re¬ 
sults. The Chinese rice-papers with 
their odd, fantastic decorations of 
birds and flowers in lovely, soft col¬ 
ors, are especially distinctive. Many 
of the heavily embossed Japanese pa¬ 
pers have all the dignity of rare hand- 
tooled leather above a high, rich 
wainscoting. 
An exceedingly effective sort of 
frieze decoration, and one in which 
the experienced is least likely to err. 
consists in dividing that portion of 
the wall into panels, and putting into 
each a decorative picture. Landscape 
friezes which would otherwise create 
an impression of too great a break 
in the solidity of the wall can be 
most happily treated in this way. So 
framed about with moldings, and, 
perhaps, between occasional panels of 
neutral wall covering, they seem like 
little glowing windows opening into 
a gay and colorful world. In a white 
wainscoted dining-room a series of 
enchanting Japanese drawings were 
put into this sort of paneling, bor¬ 
dered with a delicate white molding. 
There is scarcely any sort of wall 
treatment which has more beautiful 
dignity, and it is as appropriate for 
homes of the simplest character as 
for the most pretentious. 
Stocking a Small Conservatory 
( Continued, from page 38) 
in such a way that it will not inter- bena should have a place in every 
fere with the plant’s natural droop¬ 
ing habit of growth. For a small 
plant a single plant stick, to which 
it is loosely tied, will do; for larger 
ones, a small stake through which 
several pieces of stiff wire, 6" or 8" 
long, are passed in different direc¬ 
tions, making a little skeleton tree, 
will support the brittle wood without 
holding it in unnatural or crowded 
positions. As the fuchsia is a tender 
shrub, flowering on new wood, quite 
severe pruning after blooming im¬ 
proves it. Plants which flower from 
now on, should be rested and kept 
disbudded during late summer and 
early fall to secure vigorous blossom¬ 
ing early next winter. The red spi¬ 
der, the mealy bug, and the white fly 
are all partial to the fuchsia; and as 
it is easily injured, it must be kept 
well protected from them. Another 
cheerful and vigorous, though some¬ 
what proletarian flower is the petu¬ 
nia. One plant each of six or a 
dozen named double varieties will 
give an abundance of blooms 
throughout the season. Do not be 
afraid to keep them vigorously 
trimmed; if left to their own de¬ 
vices they will not hesitate to wilt. 
For a hanging basket or high shelf, 
either the single or double sorts are 
excellent. 
And then there are the primioses. 
Perhaps they should have been men¬ 
tioned earlier in the list. In e^se of 
culture, freedom of flowering, and 
length of flowering season they are 
in the first rank of conservatory 
plants. Of plants that are especially 
desirable for their fragrance, the he¬ 
liotrope perhaps comes first, as it em¬ 
braces a number of other good qual¬ 
ities also. It requires a little higher 
temperature than the preceding kinds, 
50° to 60° at night. Watering must 
be carefully attended to, as a little 
neglect in this matter will cause it to 
drop its leaves. With care, the plants 
may be kept for several years. Mig¬ 
nonette may be grown in pots, but 
does better in the soil. Start from 
seed, and transplant as soon as it is 
big enough to handle. It likes a very 
rich soil, plenty of air and a low tem¬ 
perature. Give it one of the coolest 
locations in the conservatory where 
there is plenty of sun. Lemon ver- 
collection; there is no more spicy, de¬ 
licious fragrance to be found. 
The Bulbs to Include 
The majority of the bulbous plants 
are available for use in the conser¬ 
vatory. Tulips, hyacinths, narcissi, 
crocuses, etc., can be handled to great 
advantage. 
Oxalis, in its several forms and 
colors, is one of the prettiest and 
most free flowering of all winter 
plants, being especially good for 
hanging baskets. It is grown easily 
from the dry bulbs, which do not re¬ 
quire pre-rooting like the spring¬ 
blooming sorts. Gladioli should be 
grown in sufficient quantity to afford 
a succession of bloom through the 
spring. Plant in soil if possible. 
Most of the palms and ferns which 
are not safe for house culture can 
be successfully handled in even the 
simplest conservatory, because the at¬ 
mosphere may be kept more moist. 
They should be protected from direct 
sunlight. The soil for ferns should 
contain a large per cent, of leaf- 
mold, two-thirds is not too much. 
That for palms, however, should con¬ 
tain little. Garden loam that is well 
supplied with humus, to which a fifth 
part or so of sand is added, will an¬ 
swer. Both require perfect drainage; 
crock the pots thoroughly and keep 
them on clean gravel, cinders, in¬ 
verted pots or saucers. In procuring 
your palms and ferns personal selec¬ 
tion of the plants is desirable since 
it is important to get shapely, sym¬ 
metrical specimens. 
The Available Shrubs and Roses 
There are a number of tender 
shrubs which can be handled readily 
in the conservatory and should have 
a place there. Azaleas are the most 
showy. If kept in a cool tempera¬ 
ture and plentifully watered, they 
may be kept in bloom for a much 
longer period than they ordinarily 
last in the house. Give plenty of 
air, and water by immersing the en¬ 
tire pot in a tub or pail; the root- 
ball is so dense that it is almost im¬ 
possible to w r ater thoroughly from the 
surface. 
Some of the roses will succeed 
without having a section entirely to 
