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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
April, 1911 
“Flint Quality” Summer Furnishings 
Before taking its place among our Spring and Summer Styles every 
new pattern must first be pronounced a worthy example of “Flint Quality.” 
In the maintenance of this ideal we take a just pride, which raises the 
production of FLINT’S FINE FURNITURE above a merely com¬ 
mercial basis. 
Every phase of summer furnishing may now be studied in our studios 
and salesrooms, and every problem solved at a minimum of time, trouble 
and expense. 
Prices Proved by Comparison Uniformly Low 
Geo. C. Flint Co. 
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TRELLISES, ARCHES, and TREE GUARDS 
We Have a Fence for Every Purpose. Write for our New Catalogue. 
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WORCESTER, MASS. 
Branch offices and warehouses at: Boston, New 
York, Philadelphia, Chicago and San Francisco 
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be kept, if possible, in a cold, dark place, 
where there is no artificial heat and where 
the air will be moist but never wet, and 
where the thermometer will not fall below 
32 degrees Fahrenheit. Upon exception¬ 
ally cold nights the temperature may be 
kept up by using an oil stove or letting in 
heat from the furnace cellar, if that is ad¬ 
jacent. In such a place, store loose, on 
ventilated shelves, not more than six or 
eight inches deep. If they must be kept 
in a heated place, pack in tight boxes or 
barrels, being careful to put away only 
perfect fruit; or pack in sand or leaves. 
Otherwise they will lose much in quality 
by shriveling, due to lack of moisture in 
the atmosphere. With care, they may be 
had in prime quality until late in the fol¬ 
lowing spring. 
Do not let yourself be discouraged from 
growing your own fruit by the necessity 
of taking good care of your trees. After 
all, you do not have to plant them every 
year, as you do vegetables, and they yield 
a splendid return on the small investment 
required. Do not fail to set out at least 
a few this year with the full assurance 
that your “satisfaction is guaranteed” — by 
the facts in the case. 
What Planting Does for a House 
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sort of soil. Fall planting of the tubers 
will insure blossoms the following sum¬ 
mer usually, but the growing plants may 
be set out in the spring and even small 
ones will blossom the first year. The two 
varieties, Hemerocallis flava and H. fulva, 
will carry the bloom over a period of from 
seven to eight weeks, beginning about the 
first week in June. Hemerocallis fulva is 
not fragrant, however, and for it the va¬ 
riety Thunbergi may be substituted. This 
has not quite so large and showy flowers 
sometimes as flava but it is very like it, 
only later-flowering. Hemerocallis flava 
is three feet high, Hemerocallis fulva and 
Thunbergi from four to five. 
Flollyhocks, foxgloves, columbines and 
Canterbury bells are a few of the stand¬ 
ards which come easily from seed. They 
may be started indoors and transplanted in 
the spring or sown in the border during 
the summer to furnish the next summer’s 
bloom. These belong to the great class of 
perennials which must be set out—if 
bought from a nursery—in the autumn, in 
order to secure the next season’s bloom. 
Spring planting unsettles them for that 
summer and accomplishes nothing in the 
way of time saving. 
Among shade trees the fastest-growing 
is perhaps the catalpa; and this is. too, one 
of the most showy, with large trusses of 
white flowers covering it in July. It is 
adaptable to almost any soil and its shade 
is very dense, as the large heart-shaped 
leaves overlap. 
Everyone knows the merits of the pop¬ 
lar as a rapid-growing tree, but unfortun¬ 
ately many affect to despise it. It is true 
that plantings of poplar alone are not de- 
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