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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
February, igu 
Planet Jr. 
Guaranteed Implements 
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Time to Think 
how you are going to beautify your lawn. 
Time to decide an Agetyour order in for 
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Soil anti moisture all that’s needed 
A mixture of selected grass seed and animal 
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We will mail upon receipt of 25 cents, one packet each of the following: 
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White Spencer, white; George Herbert Spencer, rosy scarlet; Primrose Spencer, 
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We will also mail our NEW 1911 CATALOGUE containing a grand list of the 
best varieties of both Flower and Vegetable Seeds, Plants and Bulbs, to those inter¬ 
ested in beautifying the grounds around the house, or in the making of a garden. 
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High Grade SEEDS, BULBS, PLANTS, Etc. 
37 EAST 19th ST., near Broadway Established 1824 NEW YORK 
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purpose. This is an especial advantage in 
the case of parsnips, on account of their 
low vitality, and in the case of cucumbers, 
as they are at their best at five or six years 
of age. 
This may all seem like a lot of work, but 
if you are one of those “who in the love of 
nature, holds communion with her visible 
forms;’’ if you have a wheel hoe, if you 
feed your chickens by the dry feed and 
hopper system, and if you are not afraid of 
soiling your hands, you can do it all, as I 
do, in an hour or an hour and a half before 
and after office hours, sleep more soundly, 
enjoy your home and your meals as you 
never did before, and still have all the time 
you need for society. 
I have not gone into the details of the 
management of the house because the 
woman does not live who, having the least 
bit of executive ability, cannot take a cer¬ 
tain sum and a garden and manage the 
home on that sum, be it large or small. 
The way to arrive at the sums to be al¬ 
lotted to the different articles is to deter¬ 
mine your fixed charges (rent, insurance, 
fuel, etc.), decide how much you want to 
save each year, set aside a small amount 
for unforeseen contingencies, then divide 
the balance among what may be termed the 
elastic articles (food, amusements, clothes, 
etc.) as experience will suggest, and stick 
to it. 
In conclusion, I only want to say that if 
you are a novice, go slowly. This advice 
needs especial emphasis with regard to 
poultry, for while a general outline of the 
methods of procedure can be obtained from 
various poultry journals, the man never 
lived who did not have to learn to manage 
a large flock by observing a small one 
closely. On the other hand, many men 
and women derive a good income from 
poultry alone. 
With this outline of a subject, any sec¬ 
tion of which contains enough material for 
a large volume, I conclude, commending 
to you, for your health and well being, the 
simple suburban life. 
Royden E. Tull 
Foliage Plants for Decoration 
T HERE are many cut flowers used in 
positions where additional foliage, 
other than their own, is an improvment 
to the decoration. 
Maiden-hair ferns, for instance, are 
effective, for the fronds running almost at 
right angles to the stem, form a delicate 
lacework of green at the base. They are 
often hard to obtain, however, and do not 
always take kindly to cultivation. 
One of the common meadow rues 
(Thalictrum dioicum ) makes a splendid 
substitute. It lasts well when cut, and 
is as easily grown as a weed. It may be 
planted in shady corners of the vegetable 
garden, or in open spaces among shrubs. 
It is native here, growing luxuriously on 
dry ravine banks, which are heavily 
wooded but clear of dense undergrowth. 
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