HOUSE AND GARDEN 
May, 1911 
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ADE for any latitude, in 
special or stock designs 
and in either modern or 
antique styles, our Sun 
Dials and Pedestals pos¬ 
sess all the charm that 
makes the garden or 
lawn more attractive. 
Moderate prices. 
SUN DIALS 
Garden owners should write for our 
beautifully illustrated booklet. It tells 
the history of Sun Dials and shows many 
exquisite designs in slate, brass and other 
material. 
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Moderate Cost 
CONDUCTED TOURS: IJSDEPEVDENT TRAVEL 
Send for Booklet 
J. P. GRAHAM, IDEAL TOURS 
Box 1055 H, - - Pittsburg- 
The 
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Way 
WATERUUES 
Sub-aquatic plants, hardy 
old-fashioned garden flow¬ 
ers. New, ever blooming H. T. Roses, Rhododen¬ 
drons, Azaleas, etc. 
Plans and estimates for planting Water Gar¬ 
dens, Lily ponds, pools, etc. Catalogue on applica¬ 
tion. 
WILLIAM TRICKER 
Waterlily Specialist Arlington, N. J, 
If you own a home or hope to own one, 
either in the city, the suburbs, or the 
country, you will want to 
read this book. 
ARTISTIC HOMES 
By Mabel Tuke Priestman 
Author of “Handicrafts in the Home” 
'J' HE author has not only written with a 
view of helping the builder or prospective 
builder with suggestions and advice, but she 
has gone further and made her book just as 
valuable to those whose aim it is to constantly 
improve their homes. She discusses homes of 
all degrees of pretentiousness that she has vis¬ 
ited, in an intimate way, telling how they were 
built and how much they cost. Her writing is 
supplemented by a fine series of illustrations. 
“Invaluable to those who contemplate build¬ 
ing or remodeling.” San Francisco Chronicle. 
$2.00 net. 
For sale at bookstores 
A. C. McCLURG & CO., Publishers 
New York CHICAGO San Francisco 
THE MARK OF QUALITY 
THE PRIMITIVE DISTAFF AND 
A spindle of the Far East once produced 
excellent rug weaving material, 
tj But the methods and products of the Ori¬ 
ental rug workers of today show little of the 
artistic skill and religious inspiration of their 
rug weaving ancestors, whose masterpieces 
were often a life work, woven for art, not 
for commerce. 
•I In every detail of making 
the superior skill and unifo 
accuracy of Whittall 
textile methods have been applied to reproducing 
the finest examples of design and colorings of Ori¬ 
ental Art. 
I! The strong lustrous wool is the same as used in 
Oriental masterpieces. But from that point modern 
technical skill replaces the crude uncertain me- 
, thods of the East. Where the Oriental worker 
spins the yarn in a single operation, the 
Whittall methods require many distinct steps, every one 
essential to the Whittall standards of strength, lustre and 
resiliency. 
•J As a result Whittall rugs are permanent in color, 
unequalled in wearing qualities and satisfy the 
highest ideals in floor coverings, yet they are 
, moderately priced. Look for the name 
H r"3 “ Whittall’s.” It is woven in the back of every 
k ru 8 an< ^ ever y yard °f carpet we produce. 
WsU -Jr £, Our booklet, "Oriental Art in American 
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The Roman Water Supply 
came from great distances over giant aqueducts, built at tremendous expense. 
They got the water, but at what a cost! 
THE CORCORAN IDEA 
is water supply from a tank tower erected on your grounds and built to har¬ 
monize with the surroundings. It is economical and safe. It also saves the 
extra specifications demanded by a house tank. Cypress or cedar is used in the 
construction; thus the ravages of the weather can do no harm. 
A PROMINENT FEATURE 
is the lower tank shown in the illustration. It catches any overflow and a reserve 
supply is always at hand for the garden and grounds when the dry season is on. 
SEND FOR OUR TANK TOWER AND WINDMILL BOOK 
For Forty Years 
A. 'J. CORCORAN, Inc., 17 John Street, New York 
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