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Five Million, Eloquent. 
paint which has sufficient elasticity to ex¬ 
pand and contract with the surface 
painted, which will feel the effects of at¬ 
mospheric changes. Pure linseed oil and 
pure white lead have the proper qualities. 
Poor paint is worse than none. 
Is There any Merit in Bedding 
Plants ? 
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Begonias (“Bedding’’ or Fibrous-rooted: 
Wonderful bloomers; beautifully 
blending colors of pink, white and red. 
Should be much more universally used 
for masses. Stands sun well. 
Begonias (tuberous) : One of our most 
beautiful plants. Require partial shade 
and plenty of moisture. Should be 
planted in an accessible spot, where 
they can be admired at close range. 
Fine for individual plants. 
Caladium: Fine for luxuriant tropical ef¬ 
fect, either bordering shrubbery, or as 
single plants on lawn, etc. 
Ricinus (Castor Oil) : Most easily grown ; 
beautiful plants; fine for backgrounds 
and screens. 
Celosia: Graceful, and good for soft-col¬ 
ored masses. Desirable hedge where 
a line of division is not permanently 
wanted. 
Canna: Good background, and distant 
masses. Newer sorts are tremendous¬ 
ly improved in flower, making fine 
single plants. 
Centaurea (Dusty Miller) : Good incon¬ 
spicuous borders. 
Cobea: Vine; good for quick growth on 
walls, fences, stumps, etc. Mass ef¬ 
fects of foliage; borders for flowering 
plants, and beautiful single specimens. 
Cuphea: Very bright, and excellent for 
edgings of beds, or dwarf lines of di¬ 
vision. 
Foxglove: Good in back beds to break 
monotony of level lines. 
Geranium: Unsurpassed for masses, and 
for single plants. Foliage varieties 
for borders and edges, and should be 
used to some extent in masses. Ivy¬ 
leaved is the most decorative plant ex¬ 
tant for draping down over rocks, 
walls, etc. 
Gladioli: Beautiful for cut spikes; in 
mass, or in lots of four to a dozen 
along backgrounds, verandas, walls 
and particularly shrubbery. 
Golden Feather: Compact; light golden 
leaves good for edges and borders. 
Kochia (Burning Bush) : Fine for either 
single plants or large masses of color; 
also for annual hedges. 
Lobelia: Good foreground masses, and 
informal edges and borders. 
Myosotis: More graceful than the above, 
and equally useful. 
Pansy: Best used for isolated beds, bor¬ 
ders, steps, etc. Valuable for bright 
colors in early spring. Should be put 
in accessible spots. 
Petunia: Wonderful bloomers; good for 
If there were only one telephone 
in the world it would be exhibited 
in a glass case as a curiosity. 
Even in its simplest form tele¬ 
phone talk requires a second instru¬ 
ment with connecting wires and 
other accessories. 
For real, useful telephone service, 
there must be a comprehensive 
system of lines, exchanges, switch¬ 
boards and auxiliary equipment, 
with an army of attendants always 
on duty. 
Connected with such a system a 
telephone instrument ceases to be a 
curiosity, but becomes part of the 
great mechanism of universal com¬ 
munication. 
To meet the manifold needs of 
telephone users the Bell System has 
been built, and today enables twenty- 
five million people to talk with one 
another, from five million telephones. 
Such service cannot be rendered 
by any system which does not cover 
with its exchanges and connecting 
lines the whole country. 
The Bell System meets the needs 
of the whole public for a telephone 
service that is united, direct and 
universal. 
American Telephone and Telegraph Company 
And Associated Companies 
WM. M. CLARK 
Architect, Grand Rapids, Mich. 
Stain Your Shingles with 
Dexter Brothers’ English Shingle Stains 
Dip Them Before Laying 
Dipping gives absolute protection—where rain gets through 
between and under shingles, as well as to the outer surfaces. 
Whether applied by brushing or dipping. Dexter Brothers 
English Shingle Stains are better than paint. They protect 
the shingles with preservative, waterproofing oils, yet 
retain the natural texture and beauty of the wood. The 
pure English ground colors cannot fade. 
Write for stained miniature shingles, so you can decide on 
the right color combination. Also descriptive booklet with 
letters from architects and owners. 
DEXTER BROS. CO., 115 Broad St., Boston, 1133 B’dw’y, N. Y. 
Makers of PETRIFAX CEMENT COATING 
AGENTS: H. M. Hooker Co.. Chicago; John D. S. 
Potts. 218 Race St.. Philadelphia; F. H. McDonald, 
Grand Rapids; F. T. Crowe & Co.. Seattle. Spokane, 
Tacoma, Wash., and Portland, Ore.; M. D. Francis, 
Atlanta, Ga : Carolina Portland Cement Co., Birm¬ 
ingham and Montgomery. Ala., Jacksonville. Fla., 
Charleston, S. C., New Orleans, La.; F. S. Combs, 
Halifax, N. S., AND DEALERS. 
where watei gets 
through to the 
under shingles 
and wet rots 
them. Dipping 
the shingles 
two-thirds their 
length prevents 
this. 
In writing to advertisers please mention House and Garden. 
