HOUSE AND GARDEN 
118 
August, 1910 
MILLS WATER 
TUBE BOILERS 
This 
make of boiler 
is endorsed by lead¬ 
ing beating engineers as 
tbe refinement of boiler 
making. 
A trial will demon¬ 
strate its economy. 
Fire Tube surface is 
tbe reason. 
THE H. B. SMITH CO. 
Manufacturers of 
BOILERS and RADIATORS 
FOR HEATING 
1225 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
RIFE Hydraulic Rams 
Require no attention nor expense. Operate continuously. 
Complete installation forsupplying DwellingHouses, 
Greenhouses, Lawns, Fountains and Gardens. 
Operate under a fall of 18 inches 
to 50 feet, raising water 30 feet for 
each foot of fall. Develops 80 per cent 
efficiency. Installed with pneumat¬ 
ic tanks where overhead tanks are 
objectionable. 
We have plants for towns, for¬ 
mal gardens, railroad tanks and 
oniftLuuucd mhu , .. 
ESTIMATES FREE. tor irrigation. 
RIFE PUMPING ENGINE CO. 
2502 Trinity Bldg., New York, U. S. A. 
as a general thing, it will be more satis¬ 
factory to lap them a little. The wood¬ 
work, before being put together, should 
all receive a good priming coat of linseed 
oil in which a little ochre has been mixed, 
and a second coat after erection. I have 
suggested putting the glass in roof and 
sides before touching the benches, be¬ 
cause this work can then be done under 
shelter in case bad weather is encoun¬ 
tered. The benches can be arranged in 
any way that will be convenient, but 
should be about waist-high, and not over 
four or four and a half feet across, to 
insure easy handling of plants, watering, 
etc. Rough boards will do for their con¬ 
struction, and they should not be made 
so tight as to prevent the ready drainage 
of water. The doors may be bought, or 
made of boards covered with tar paper 
and shingle or roofing paper. 
The house suggested above is used 
only by way of illustration. It may be 
either too large or too small for the pur¬ 
poses of some of the readers of this maga¬ 
zine, and I shall therefore give very brief¬ 
ly descriptions of several other types of 
small houses, some of which may be put 
up even more cheaply than the above. 
The plainest is the sash lean-to (See dia¬ 
gram on page 93), which is made by sim¬ 
ply securing to a suitable wall a ridge- 
piece to hold one end of the sashes for 
the roof, and erecting a wall, similar to 
the one described above, but without 
glass, and with a plain, 2x4 in. piece 
for a sill, to support the other ends. 
Either a single or double row of sashes 
may be used, of the ordinary 3x6-foot 
size. In the latter case, of course, a pur¬ 
lin and supporting posts, as shown in dia¬ 
gram, must be supplied. Every second or 
third top sash should be hinged, to open 
for ventilation, and by tacking strips over 
the edges of the sash where they come 
together, a very tight and roomy little 
house can be put up quickly, easily and 
very cheaply. New sash, glazed and 
painted one coat, can be bought for $2 to 
$2.50 each. Ten of these would make a 
very practical little house, fifteen feet 
long, and over ten feet wide. 
Another form of lean-to where there 
are windows in the way is shown in an¬ 
other diagram. The even-span house, of 
which type there are more erected than 
of any other, is also shown. The cost of 
such a house, say 21 feet wide, can be 
easily computed from the figures given 
in the first part of this article, the north 
wall, and purlin braces from the ridge 
posts, being the only details of construc¬ 
tion not included there. 
A simple way of greatly increasing the 
capacity of the ordinary hotbed or cold- 
frame, is to build it next to a cellar win¬ 
dow, so that it will receive some artificial 
heat, and can be got at, from the inside, 
in any weather. Several sashes can be 
used, and the window extended to include 
as many of them as desired. 
By all means get a little glass to use 
in connection with your garden this com¬ 
ing year. Put up one of these small 
TERRA COTTA 
Garden Furniture 
Your garden and hall will be more attractive if fur¬ 
nished with the Galloway productions. The material is 
hard burned selected clay fired to a point to insure 
durability in the severest climate. 
The extensive collection of original designs and re¬ 
plicas of antique art includes: 
FLOWER POTS FLOWER BOXES JARDIN1FRES 
VASES BENCHES FERNERIES TABLES 
SUN DIALS STATUARY FOUNTAINS 
l Trite for catalogue containing 
illustrations and full information 
Galloway Terra Cotta Co.. 3218 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa 
IVES WINDOW 
VENTILATING 
LOCK 
Fresh air and security 
against intrusion. 
Simple, Safe, Strong, 
Easily Applied 
THE H. B. IVES CO. 
New Haven, Conn. 
88 page 
Catalogue 
free. 
SPEAR’S 
New Cooking Range 
New Warm Air Distributors 
Open Grates and Stoves for 
Wood and Coal 
Special Stoves for Laundry, 
Stable, Greenhouse, Etc. 
Steam and Hot Water Heating 
Systems 
There are many reasons why you should 
have only Spear’s Heating and Cooking 
Appliances— the most modern, efficient, and 
economical 
IN YOUR COUNTRY HOME. 
Write to-day for further information and estimates. 
Hotels and Institutions receive special attention. 
James Spear Stove and Heating Co. 
1014-16 Market Street - Philadelphia, Pa. 
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