HOUSE AND GARDEN 
July, 1910 
cYHOWER BATH/’ 
MONG the well-inform¬ 
ed, the use of shower and 
needle baths is no longer 
considered a matter of 
mere Summer comfort. The 
tonic effect of this form of bath¬ 
ing is now recognized as necessary 
to all-year-round healthfulness. 
We make every necessary fixture 
from the simplest hand-spray to 
complete combinations for spe¬ 
cial shower rooms. We are also 
prepared to furnish complete 
hydrotherapeutic equipments 
for residences or hospitals. 
MODERN PLUMBING 
j - 
When planning bathroom equipment, 
send for our booklet, “Modern Plumb¬ 
ing,” which shows the most advanced 
fixtures in Imperial and Vitreous Porce¬ 
lain and Porcelain Enameled Iron Ware. 
There are 24 illustrations of model bath¬ 
rooms ranging in cost from $85 to $ 3 , 000 . 
Full description of each fixture is given, 
with general information regarding deco¬ 
ration and tiling. Sent on receipt of four 
NeedleBatl^^Reces^WithGlassDoor^^^^J Cents to cover postage. 
THE J. L. MOTT IRON WORKS 
1828 OVER EIGHTY YEARS OF SUPREMACY 1910 
FIFTH AVENUE AND SEVENTEENTH STREET 
NEW YORK CITY 
BRANCHES 
Boston, Chicago. Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, 
Detroit. Minneapolis, Washington, St. Uouis, 
New Orleans, San Francisco. San Antonio 
Atlanta, Seattle and Indianapolis. 
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TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE GETTING GENUINE MOTT 
WARE, LOOK FOR THE MOTT LABEL ON EACH PIECE IMlSJ III 
A Butler’s Pantry Door 
should swing both ways; should close gently and 
without noise and stop at once at the centre 
without vibrating. The only way to accomplish 
this is to use the “BAKDSLEY” CHECKING 
HINGE. It goes in the floor under the door and 
there are no ugly projections on the door. 
JOSEPH BARDSLEY 
147-151 Baxter Street New York City' 
Landscape Gardening with Bush- 
Hook and Pick 
(Continued from page 28.) 
the larger pasture and spring below. He 
now aids in keeping the paths open and 
the bushes near them within modest 
bounds and gives a spot of light to many 
of our landscape pictures. Some of his 
paths have now been widened by remov¬ 
ing intruding bushes and the less worthy 
young trees. At the end of the cart-path, 
a turn-around for teams was made by cut¬ 
ting through a mass of Golden-rod and 
Sumach, leaving, however, an effective 
border of gold and crimson. From here 
a path was made meandering to follow 
lines of least resistance out to the edge of 
the bluff, from which a broad view of vil¬ 
lage and valley can be seen. At a turn 
in the path a small White Birch log was 
thrown down. Anyone using the path 
must here pay attention to his footing and 
for a moment forgets to look ahead. 
When the obstruction is passed, he looks 
up and has a pleasant surprise in the pic¬ 
ture of the valley church-spire and valley, 
now seen under the old Hemlocks at the 
edge of the bluff and framed in by the 
bushes at the sides of the pathway. 
In picking flowers, one way of making 
an effective bouquet is to gather into the 
hand, picking one color by itself and then 
another. In this way one gets effective 
masses, but the different colors are not 
sharply separated and blend more or less, 
giving the bouquet unity in spite of the 
variety of color it contains. On the same 
principle, this piece of woodland is being 
developed. In one place, there was a 
grove of Pines, some old and full of char¬ 
acter, some young and developing a soft 
beauty of their own out in full sunshine, 
and others spindling and crowded, while 
all were obscured by growths of Cedars 
and other saplings of no especial value. 
Enough of these last were removed to 
reveal the Pines as a unit and enough of 
the Pine saplings cut out to give the others 
a better chance for growth. The outlying 
Pines prevent any suggestion of a solid 
block of trees and lead off to blend the 
Pine grove with the Cedars and Junipers, 
which are characteristic trees of a neigh¬ 
boring region. 
In another place, Oaks in a family 
group showed their glittering foliage, 
dark green in summer, and red-brown in 
autumn. They were obscured by clumps 
of small Birches. The bush - hook soon 
made poles and brush of these, and now 
the Oaks can in part develop branches 
clear to the ground and will show as a 
warm spot in the autumn landscape and 
make a background from certain points of 
view for the white stems of the larger 
Birches, which form a grove near-by. 
Stakes were needed to aid in the plant¬ 
ing of the fruit trees in the orchard, and 
the smooth round stems of the Birches 
were very attractive for the purpose. In¬ 
stead, however, of making a clean sweep 
of whole clumps, the smaller sprouts were 
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