HOUSE AND GARDEN 
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September, 
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Reversible, Seamless, 
Artistic Wool Rugs 
made to order in any color, or com¬ 
bination of colors, to match your 
color scheme and in any width or 
length. Not a pattern rug made by 
the bale for all alike, but individual 
rugs for each in soft and restful 
plain color, self tone or harmonious 
contrast, forming a delightful chro¬ 
matic blending with the surrounding 
decorations of your room. 
THREAD 
AND 
"YOU CHOOSE THE COLORS. 
WE’LL MAKE THE RUG" 
$3.00 per square yard 
and upwards 
and worth the money. 
From coast to coast — in country 
club, bungalow, den and home — 
everywhere in fact where good taste 
prevails, Thread and Thrum Rugs 
are without a peer. We copy none 
but originate in weave, design and 
coloring; our designers are gradu¬ 
ates of foreign art schools and 
skilled in color harmony. 
The Thread and Thrum name is 
copyrighted. Anyone selling or repre¬ 
senting other rugs as Thread and 
Thrum Rugs will be prosecuted. 
Sold by best shops. 
ARNOLD, CONSTABLE & CO. 
New York 
Wholesale Selling Agents 
Write for Color Card 
The Thread and Thrum Workshop, 
Auburn, N. Y. 
usual thing it is best when shifting to 
use a pot only one size larger. For pots 
above four inches in diameter, provide 
drainage by “crooking.” This is accom¬ 
plished by putting irregular shaped bits 
of stone, charcoal, cinders or pieces of 
broken pots in the bottom, being careful 
not to cover or plug up the hole. 
If the pots are placed directly on the 
bottom of the bench—board, slate, tile or 
whatever it is — they will dry out so 
quickly that it is next to impossible to 
keep then properly watered. To over¬ 
come this difficulty, an inch or two of 
sand, or two or three inches of earth, is 
placed on the benches. When placing the 
pots upon this covering, work them down 
into it, just a little, instead of setting 
them loosely on top of it. 
There are several insect pests which 
are likely to prove quite troublesome if 
given a start and the proper conditions in 
which to develop—crowded plants, too 
much heat, lack of ventilation, too little 
moisture. Prevention is the best cure. 
Burn tobacco stems or tobacco dust, used 
according to directions every week (or 
oftener if required), and see that no 
“bugs” appear. One or two of the strong¬ 
est brands of tobacco dust for sprinkling 
are also used successfully applied directly 
to the insects on the plants, but my ex¬ 
perience with most of these has proved 
them next to worthless. 
It is not nearly so interesting to read 
about the various greenhouse operations 
as it is to do them. It is work of an en¬ 
trancing nature, and no one who has 
never taken a little slip of some new or 
rare plant and nursed it through the “cut¬ 
ting” stage, and watched its growth till 
the first bud opened, can have an idea of 
the pleasure to be had. In a subsequent 
article I shall attempt to explain just how 
to handle some of the most satisfactory 
flowers and bulbs, but the inexperienced 
owner of a small greenhouse who wishes 
to make rapid progress should practice 
with every plant and seed that comes his, 
or her, way, until all the ordinary opera¬ 
tions have become as easy as falling ofif a 
street-car with him. Mistakes will be 
made, and disappointments occur, of 
course, but only through these can skill 
and efficiency be obtained. 
The City House and What Can 
be Done With it 
(Continued from page 155) 
accessory it has grown to be a custom, 
and when the fireplace was abandoned be¬ 
cause steam and hot water and hot air 
removed it from the class of necessity to 
that of luxury, the mantelpiece stayed! 
Nice stuccoed pieces of woodwork, the 
space below them was filled, first with gas 
logs, then with gas logs cut in half and 
pasted against brass (because less expen¬ 
sive), then to the iron cover formerly 
coming with gas logs, and now merely 
hiding brick, and finally to a plain filling 
of “ornamental” tiling, than which there 
A Word of Advice to the Home 
Maker from an Expert 
House Decorator 
Under this heading will appear a series of 
letters containing advice on the interior finish, 
decoration and furnishing of the Modern Home. 
These will be found full of helpful and practical 
suggestions. 
Any questions pertaining to the above, addressed 
to Margaret Greenleaf, consulting Decorator for 
Murphy Varnish Company, will receive prompt at¬ 
tention. 
LETTER No. 1 
The Interior of a House of Craftsman 
Suggestion 
Here the standing woodwork may be of ash, chest¬ 
nut or yellow pine treated without filler with some 
one of the penetrating oil stains made by Murphy 
Varnish Company. These come in beautiful shades of 
light and dark brown, silver and dark gray or dull 
soft green, and when finished with Nogloss Varnish 
the effect is very like the natural wood affected by 
time or exposure. The floors should be stained 
medium brown and treated with Murphy Varnish 
Company Transparent Floor Varnish which is the most 
durable and reliable floor finish on the market. If a 
semi-gloss surface like wax is desired, the last coat 
may be rubbed with pumice and water. Such a floor 
does not spot with water nor require renewal or pol¬ 
ishing. The finish is easy to apply and care for. 
Where adjoining rooms open well together the 
stains chosen for the standing woodwork should be of 
harmonious tones and all floors should be stained and 
finished alike. 
Write for sample panels showing these finishes, and 
if you decide (as you will on seeing them) to become a 
customer of the Company, you are entitled to the full 
service of the Department of Decoration, which in¬ 
cludes suggestions and samples of wall covering and 
drapery materials, cuts of fixtures, furniture and rugs. 
Send in your plans today. 
Address Department of Decoration 
Murphy Varnish Company 
345 Fifth Avenue New York 
Stanley’s Ball=Bearing Hinges 
Nothing equals them for 
hanging doors either in 
Big Public Buildings or 
Private Dwellings 
Two will frequently take the place of three 
ordinary hinges, and their action is noise¬ 
less and perfect. TTMade in Wrought Bronze 
and Steel. 
THE STANLEY WORKS 
Myrtle Street, New Britain, Conn. 
New York Office: 79 Chambers Street 
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