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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
October, iqio 
Specimen Sugar Maples 
for October Planting 
For Immediate Effect 
ffot for Fxj.iure Generations 
Start with the largest stock. It takes over ttwenty 
years to grow many of the Trees and Shrubs we offer. 
An Ideal Tree for avenue or lawn planting is the Sugar Maple* 
one of the finest deciduous trees, and the noblest of all the 
maples. Of rapid growth, straight, symmetrical form, it is well 
adapted for planting near buildings, as it does not obstruct light 
or air, and being deep rooted, the grass will grow up to its very 
trunk. A beautiful tree at all seasons, and none has more gor¬ 
geous autumn coloring, in shades of yellow, orange and scarlet. 
An Ideal Block of Sugar Maples we offer for immediate 
shipment. Trees prepared for quick results. Clean, straight 
stock, recently transplanted and now ready to give what you 
require. Specimen trees standing 8 ft. apart in the Nursery 
rows. Height 14 to 16 ft., Caliper of trunk 3 to 4 inch. Price 
$7.50 to $15.00 each. 
Also our usual large assortment of all lines of Deciduous 
and Evergreen Trees and Shrubs, all carefully prepared and 
bound to give good results. 
Send for our Fall Price List of “Andorra Grown Trees” 
ANDORRA NURSERIES Wm. Warner Harper, Prop. 
Box H, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa. 
THE RIGHT NAME 
For Your Country Seat 
List of original names submitted ftee of charge. Send description to 
THE NOMENCLATOR, Plainfield, New Jersey 
UNDERGROUND 
GARBAGE RECEIVER 
Ever wished for a Garbage Can in which garbage cannot 
stink in summer? A can in which flies cannot breed and 
spread typhoid germs ? A can having a cover which every 
time closes tight automatically—and cannot be opened by 
prowling dogs and cats ? A can which, being out of sight, 
does not disfigure the backyard ? The Stephenson 
Underground Garbage Receiver has all these advantages 
I also inak'' Under ground Earth Uloselg 
for camps and for Dwellings without Sewer, 
age and Portable Metal houses for same. 
SOLD DIRECT. Send for circular. 
C. H. Stephenson, Mfr 
20 Farrar Street. Lynn. Mass. 
THE FIREPLACE 
is the feature around which the family life cen¬ 
ters. Let it be honest, genuine and built for 
burning logs. 
JTI Send for our " Hints on Fireplace Construction,” 
at containing reliable rules for the proportioning of 
fireplaces and flues, and catalogue of our fireplace Throats 
and Dampers, Iron Coal Windows, Etc. 
THE H. W. COVERT CO. 
169 Duane Street NEW YORK 
“You choose tho 
colors, we'll 
make the rug." 
Rugs That Harmonize 
To effectively complete the color scheme of 
any room and add to its decorative value you 
should use Thread and Thrum Rugs. Made in 
any color or combination of colors you desire, 
of high class wool or camel’s hair—seamless, 
reversible, heavy and durable. All sizes up to 
12 feet wide, any length. The greatest value 
you ever received for your money. Write for 
our color card and price list to Arnold, 
Constable & Co., New York. 
THREAD AND THRUM WORKSHOP 
Auburn, N, Y. 
Gardeners will usually argue that a plant 
should never be touched in the autumn 
until it has ripened its growth sufficient 
to cause it to drop its leaves. Theoreti¬ 
cally he is right, but it is far from being 
the best plan. It is not wise to move a 
plant in the autmn with its leaves still on 
and allow them to remain after the trans¬ 
planting. This at once results in evapora¬ 
tion of the plant's moisture and weakens 
it to a great extent. If the majority of 
plants, however, were moved in Septem¬ 
ber or early October and where leaves 
still remained, these were stripped from 
the plant, the percentage of successful fall 
plantings would be greatly increased. 
It is only natural that where the plants 
are placed in warm soil and have the 
benefit of the Indian summer weather fol¬ 
lowing such transplanting, the results are 
going to be of the best. The late trans¬ 
plantings find winter following them so 
closely that they seldom have time in 
which to get the earth settled about their 
roots, without any possibility of any root- 
growth. 
Though fall has so many advantages 
over spring for successful results from 
transplanting, there are some plants that 
should never be moved at that time. 
Chief among these may be mentioned all 
the broad-leaved evergreens, such as Rho¬ 
dodendrons, Laurel, Hollies and plants of 
like character, which are very badly af¬ 
fected by the sun's rays on their foliage 
during the late winter. All soft-wooded 
trees such as Magnolias, Tulip Poplars, 
Birches, Sweet Gums, etc., also tend to 
winter-kill badly, as they have very fleshy 
roots and soft, sappy bark. The very 
hard-wooded trees, the opposite of those 
mentioned, also suffer when moved in the 
autumn, such as Oaks, Hornbeams, 
Beech, etc. 
It is the bad returns which come from 
an indiscriminate selection of the trees 
such as those mentioned that causes many 
to denounce the autumn as a time in 
which to move plants. 
As there are plants which move to 
better advantage in the spring, so there 
are some with which moving should be 
attempted only in the fall. Such plants 
are Peonies, Iris and the tuberous-rooted 
perennials, also all the early spring-flow¬ 
ering kinds, like the Columbines. Violets, 
Bleeding-heart and other of the same 
class. Of course in the case of bulbs, fall 
is the recognized time in which to move 
them successfully. 
There are some safeguards that may 
be used where fall planting is done that 
prove helpful in getting plants started 
with the least amount of check. One good 
practice which has been followed with 
excellent results is to mound earth around 
the roots of large trees and in this way 
keep the frost from them. A wrapping 
of the stems of such trees is also bene¬ 
ficial. as it keeps them from becoming 
sun-scalded and reduces evaporation, 
where it is likely to occur. 
In conclusion it will be seen that fall 
may be looked upon as the better season 
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