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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
April, 1911 
Your own Cottage at the 
Seaside or Mountains 
T HE matter of expense need not stand in the 
way of your having a real vacation in the hills 
or at the seashore. Hodgson Cottages solve 
the problem. If you do not know all about how 
we have combined home comfort and attractiveness 
with true economy in 
HODGSON 
Portable Houses 
it will be worth your while to look over our beautiful 1911 catalog. 
We have widened out in our twelve years of portable cottage 
building. You will be sure to find something in the long line of 
Hodgson Portable Cottages, Lodges, Bungalows, Retreats and 
Seaside and Mountain “ Summer Homes,” that will meet your 
requirements. Well-designed Porches, Verandas, Sun Parlors, etc. 
Cottages, one room to as many as wanted. Inexpensive Garages 
for one or more cars — all of substantial character. We build to 
withstand the severest storms. We will be glad to mail you catalog 
on request. 
E. F. HODGSON CO., 104 Adams Square, Boston, Mass. 
AMERICAN KENNEL GAZETTE 
'"THE Breeders register in the Gazette has proved of great 
A value, in view of the constant demand at the American 
Kennel Club lor names and addresses of breeders. Write 
for rates. 
AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB 
1 Liberty Street NEW YORK CITY 
Paeonies 
A leaflet will be sent FREE on how 
to grow and care for Paeonies to all 
interested. If you anticipate plant¬ 
ing so as to have some of these noble flowers in your own 
garden, I will write you a personal letter giving some of 
my own experiences in my ten years of careful study of 
these plants. I grow Paeonies exclusively and have come 
to know the best in the world. 
E. J. SHATLOR 
Wellesley Farms 
Alnssaehusetts 
FDFF book ON THE PROPER. 
1 KLL CARE OF LAWNS rr today 
Thu frea book teils how to make and maintain a beautiful, thick, 
even-growing lawn. It explains the right kind of soil, how to drain it, 
how to prepare the seed-bed, how to keep down weeds, how to kill ants 
and ground moles, and covers many other important points 
that must be known in order to make a good lawn. 
DUNHAM ROLLERS 
(Patented) 
The Dunham Roller for paths, lawns and tennis courts has automobile roller bearings 
and axle construction. The weights are hung on the outer ends giving only two inches 
of friction against ten to twenty-two inches in others, making the Dunham 44% 
easier to operate than any other roller. 
The Dunham Roller is the strongest, easiest to operate and most 
economical roller produced. 
THE DUNHAM COMPANY 7 ^S a ohiS 
Largest Manufacturers in the World of Land Rollers, 
Soil Pulverizers and Packers for AH Purposes 
Eastern Office: The Dunham Company, 6 Afbany Street, Dept.L, New York City 
A Self-Maintaining Border 
T T is not always a matter of expense but 
A rather the care required that prevents 
the planting of flowers. Especially is this 
true with people of means who spend their 
summers out of town, at lake or sea shore. 
They want as little trouble with the hired 
man as possible. To meet just such a 
condition the following perennial border 
was designed. It is located at the base of 
a large porch, the white woodwork of 
which forms a background for the flowers. 
Naturally, only hardy, vigorous growing 
perennials that could fend with weeds 
A border which is attractive and keeps a 
sequence of bloom through the summer 
were selected. The border conforms in a 
general way to the outlines of the porch, 
along the edge of the grass there is a 
dense row of funkias or plaintain lilies, 
back of which a row of German iris brings 
the border higher. In one angle of the 
porch tiger lilies overtop the iris and bring 
their flowers to a level with the floor of 
the porch. To the right of these phlox 
takes up the color, and when the lilies are 
almost gone it carries brilliance far into 
fall. To the east larkspur hold their blue 
spikes against the white woodwork, which 
at the base of the stone steps lobelias have 
been tried out and found wanting, so gail- 
lardias were substituted. At the angle 
of the porch with the house, a clump of 
golden glow has been placed. 
In this border there has been but one 
end in view, hardiness and self-mainten¬ 
ance and that has been achieved without 
any undue color clash and with a fair suc¬ 
cession of bloom. The border faces 
northeast, yet a covering of leaves is all 
the protection required in winter 
C. L. M. 
What My Garden Means to Me 
(Continued from page 240) 
past; it runs : 
A weary traveller was passing along and 
noticed in his path a dry, shriveled leaf. 
Picking it up he was amazed at the per¬ 
fume it exhaled. “Oh! thou poor with¬ 
ered leaf, whence comest this exquisite 
perfume?” 
The leaf replied: 
“I have lain for a time in the company of 
a rose.” 
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