HOUSE AND GARDEN 
54 
July, 1910 
Garden Furniture 
Copied from Italian 
Models and adapted 
to American Gardens 
IN MARBLE, 
STONE AND 
ITALIAN 
STONE 
For a short time only 
our best designs in 
VASES, 
SUN DIALS, 
FLOWER BOXES, 
BENCHES AND 
STATUARY 
at 50 f. discount. 
Send for Illustrated 
Catalogue of 600 designs 
of Garden and Hall 
Furniture , and make 
selections for your 
special needs. 
THE ERKINS STUDIOS 
312 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK 
CARRARA, ITALY 
WICKER 
Furniture 
For theSummer Home 
Nothing more dur¬ 
able, inexpensive or 
comfortable. Every 
piece absolutely 
guaranteed. 
Adaptable for Yachts 
and Launches 
WICKERCRAFT CO. 
NEWBURGH, N.Y. 
Much of the charm of the old Colonial room was due to 
the prismatic rays of the cut crystals together with the soft 
rays of the candle or lamp. This same quality, in a lamp 
of this kind, is just as valuable to-day when lighted with 
the more modern illuminant—electricity. 
THE ENOS COMPANY 
M 9 ];. rc . (o) Office and Factory: 
r or 7th Ave. and 16th Street 
LIGHTING v/ \j|w Salesrooms: 
______ •WsJr? 36 West 37th Street 
FIXTURES New York 
Baltimore: 519 North diaries St. San Francisco: 334 
Sutter St. Toronto: 94 King St., West. Pittsburg: The 
Norton Company, Century Building. Chicago: The A. 
Neilson Company, 139 Michigan Avenue. Spokane: Cutter 
& Plummer, Inc. St. Louis: N. O. Nelson Mfg. Co. 
Boston: H. F. Esterbrook. Inc., 9 Park St. Portland: J. 
O. English Company., 128 Park St. Birmingham: R. W. 
Knight & Co. Los Angeles: Brooks Decorating Company, 
696 South Alvarado St. 
to leave to a more experienced florist, 
while he devotes his own time and energies 
to the more hardy varieties of Water 
Lilies. 
Blending Architecture and Nature 
by Planting 
(Continued from page 24) 
Finally, it is worthy of note that, while 
vines are indispensable to the great place 
no matter how much other planting it may 
boast, they are also the one thing which 
the tiniest scrap of land will support—they 
are the material par excellence which will 
furnish the greatest possible results in the 
least possible space. Roothold is practi¬ 
cally all the ground that they require, con¬ 
sequently the most restricted area may ac¬ 
commodate one or two. No wall or fence, 
even in the heart of the largest city, need 
ever be bare of some sort of restful green. 
They are the one thing adapted to every 
place with positively no restrictions. 
Southern Garden Notes for July 
by A. B. McKay 
Professor of Horticulture, Agricultural 
College, Mississippi 
f\ 5 February is the Southern season for 
starting quite a list of vegetables 
for spring and early summer harvest, so 
July may be regarded as the “turn of the 
year,” or the time when the Southern 
gardener must busy himself with prepar¬ 
ing the soil and planting for fall and early 
winter gathering. 
Before the advent of July early plant¬ 
ings of such vegetables as onions, turnips, 
English peas, cabbage, Irish potatoes and, 
perhaps, bush beans and sweet corn, have 
been harvested, and the soil occupied by 
these crops has been prepared for other 
plantings. 
With weather conditions during mid¬ 
summer differing widely from those pre¬ 
vailing during February and March, meth¬ 
ods of planting and treating garden crops 
started in July must, in many cases, differ 
materially from those practiced with these 
same crops planted in early spring. The 
warmest, dryest soil was selected for the 
spring crop of potatoes; and. to facilitate 
prompt drainage and a higher soil temper¬ 
ature, planting was done in slightly ele¬ 
vated rows. A cool, well-drained, moist 
soil, such as is found in alluvial valleys, 
is best for the fall crop. To properly pre¬ 
pare even the best soil for this second 
crop it is necessary to plow, harrow, re¬ 
plow and re-harrow several times before 
planting in order to get the best mechani¬ 
cal condition for the conservation of 
moisture. So important is this matter of 
thorough preparation of soil for the fall 
crop of potatoes, and most other vege¬ 
tables planted during midsummer, that it 
is better, when necessary, to defer plant¬ 
ing several weeks. Should it become ne¬ 
cessary to plant potatoes as late as August 
FASHIONABLE MEN 
WEAR THE NEEDRAW 
Boston 
FITS BEST 
WEARS BEST 
FEELS BEST 
LOOKS BEST 
If you want the 
best garter 
insist 
on the 
Conforms 
to contour 
of leg per¬ 
fectly. 
Cotton, Nickel Plate. 25c. 
SUk Pendant, Gold Plate, 50c. 
Mailed on Receipt of Price. 
non- 
elastic 
Knit Leg 
Band with 
adjustable 
Pendant. 
Wear with either 
knee or full length 
drawers. No metal 
touches the leg. 
GEORGE FROST CO. 
Makers, Boston. 
Reproductions of old New England furni¬ 
ture in the natural wood, or finished to suit 
the individual taste. 
WM. LEAVENS & CO., 32 Canal St., Boston, Mass. 
THE BEST SASH CORD MADE 
EVERY FOOT IS STAMPED 
“SILVER LAKE A” 
AMERICAN 
PRESSED METAL 
SASH PULLEYS 
»» 
The only electrically weld¬ 
ed line of its kind : strong 
and dependable. Wide 
variety of models and fin¬ 
ishes, plain axle, roller and 
ball bearings. Rust proof 
and every pulley guaran¬ 
teed. Combination groove, 
suits either sash cord or 
chain. 
Send for descriptive catalog 
and price list and samples 
The American Pulley Co. 
Main Office & Works Philadelphia, U.S. A. 
Chicago Branch. 124 S. Clinton St. 
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