HOUSE AND GARDEN 
May, 1911 
“WILLOWCRAFT” 
is not a fad nor a fancy. It is simply the creation of a furniture period—a 
renaissance in willow work. You have only to view the genuine “Willowcraft” 
to feel the atmosphere of artistic treatment — exclusive — rich — effective — correct. 
And its constructive quality gives a lifetime of service. Yet prices make for true 
economy. Ask your dealer for genuine “Willowcraft” and look for the “Willow- 
craft” stamp. Illustrated catalogue, names of “Willowcraft” dealers and price 
list free. 
THE WILLOWCRAFT SHOPS 
Box C North Cambridge, Mass. 
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WILSON’S OUTSIDE VENETIANS 
Can be used as a blind or an awning at will. Can be pulled up out of sight if desired. 
Slats open and close. Admit air, exclude sun. Bronze Supporting Tapes, non-correding 
and most durable. Orders should be placed NOW for Summer delivery. 
Inside View Outside View Blind Pulled Up Venetian Blinds for Piazzas and Porches 
Wilson's blinds have been furnished to the homes of Charles Lanier, J. P. Morgan, A. G. Vanderbilt, Clarence Mackay, William C. Whitney, 
H. M. Flagler, Mrs. R. Gambnll, J. S. Kennedy, C. Ledyazd Blair, James C. Colgate, O. Harriman, Jr., and many Others. 
Send f->r Venetian Catalogue No, 2.>14MRS G WIL O> M'F’G CO., 3. 5 and 7 West 29th St., NEW YORK 
Opens with the Foot 
Three Things You Need 
FIRST: The only Sanitary method 
of caring for garbage, deep in the 
ground in heavy galvanized bucket 
with bail. No odors, etc. Away 
from dogs and cats. The typhoid 
fiy cannot get at it and distribute 
poisonus germs. Health demands it. 
fUnderground Garbage Receiver 
-(Underfloor Refuse Receiver 
LUnderground Earth Closet 
SECOND: This clean, con¬ 
venient way of disposing of 
kitchen ashes, cellar and 
yard refuse. Doing away 
with the ash or dirt barrel 
nuisance, also stores your 
oily waste and sweepings. 
Fireproof, flush with gar¬ 
age floor 
Easy to sweep into 
THIRD: Is intended to supply a safe and 
sanitary method for not poluting the water 
supply, and prevents the danger from the 
house or typhoid fly around the camp or 
farm, disseminating poison to its owners. 
Sold direct. Send for Circulars on each. 
C. H. STEPHENSON, Mfm 
20 Farrar Street, Lynn, Mass. 
A Camp Necessity 
designed by Department of Parks Architect. 
T HE true measure of a fence is the strength of 
its foundations. 
American Fences are designed to stand strain 
from every direction. But that is not all — the Spread 
Anchor foundations cannot be lifted by frost and are 
made of Cast Iron, a natural product of the earth, 
which can never rust out. 
Loo e .e~leaf catalogue upon request 
FENCE DEPARTMENT 
AMF.RICAN WIRE FORM CO. 
100 Church Street NEW YORK CITY 
IRON AND WIRE FENCES ^ 
Purposes Q Send for Catalog 
Shows 100 designs of 
fence and entrance gates, all 
artistic, all especially de¬ 
signed so as to be the best for 
each purpose. Be sure to see 
this catalog before you order. 
Send postal today. Address 
1219 E. 24thStreet 
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Plant for Immediate Effect 
Not for Future Generations 
Start with the largest stock that can be secured. It takes over twenty years 
to grow such Trees and Shrubs as we offer. 
We do the long waiting-— thus enabling you to secure Trees and Shrubs that give 
an immediate effect. Price List Now Ready. 
ANDORRA NURSERIES B h°. x philTdelphia^pa. 
WM. WARNER HARPER, Proprietor 
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The potato is grown true to parent stock 
from the eyes or sprouts on the parent 
tuber; hence for planting, potatoes are cut 
into sections having one or more eyes. The 
larger the portion of flesh about the eye, 
the better the chance of growth, as the ten¬ 
der shoot depends entirely upon this for its 
nourishment until it puts forth rootlets. 
For field planting two eyes are usually 
allowed to a section, but for garden plant¬ 
ing where conditions of growth more 
nearly approach the ideal, but one eye need 
be allowed. 
Select clean, unsprouted potatoes for 
seed, such as are free from scabby or rough 
skin. This condition is due to disease and 
is transmitted to the new crop. 
It is of the utmost importance to have 
the soil very mellow well below the tuber. 
Make deep furrows, sow the fertilizer, 
cover slightly and drop the pieces about 
one foot apart. Cover, and cultivate the 
crop on a level for six weeks. After that 
hill them slightly. 
As soon as the potato beetle makes its 
appearance, spray with Paris green water, 
using one tablespoonful of the poison to 
one pail of water, or use land plaster and 
Paris green in the proportion of four 
ounces of Paris green to twenty-five 
pounds of plaster and apply it dry. 
When the vines have yellowed and dried, 
it is time to dig the crop. 
Among the best varieties for early and 
medium crops for garden culture are Early 
Rose, Queen, Beauty of Plebron, early and 
Green Mountain, medium early. 
M. R. Conover. 
An Easy Method of Rooting} Rose 
Cuttings 
G'OR a number of years we have suc- 
A cessfully rooted rose and other cut¬ 
tings in the following manner: 
Dig a pit two feet deep and two inches 
shorter and wider than your sash; some¬ 
times, when we have only a few cuttings, 
we use a single large pane of glass. Do 
this late in November. In the bottom of 
the pit put four inches of best garden soil, 
then four inches of fresh manure, cow 
manure is best, and last four inches of 
sand. Wet it all thoroughly and set the 
cuttings in the sand, taking care not to 
have them tall enough to reach the top. 
Put on the sash, bank all around closely 
with earth, and do not touch again until 
warm weather in the spring, then the sash 
should be lifted and the air admitted dur¬ 
ing the day, closing at night, as long as 
there is danger of frost. Roses we usu¬ 
ally do not disturb till the next November. 
By that time they have splendid roots, and 
may be transplanted without fear of los¬ 
ing them. 
This year we have, besides rose cut¬ 
tings, wegelia, cape jessamine, hydrangia, 
fuchsia and different kinds of geranium 
cuttings, all green and flourishing. 
Of course, in the north where the 
ground freezes to a depth of several feet 
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