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House & Garden- 
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OUK HOUSEHOLD- 
IS IT FLAWLESS 
THE OPEN fireplaces are pidiuresque—and cheerful. 
But there’s precious little romance about the ice man. 
Furthermore, there is no sanitary way to care for food, 
or preserve the health of your family, with melting ice. 
Your heating system—your plumbing—the kitchen- 
garage—laundry—are all carefully planned as a part of 
your house. But there will always be fridtion, annoyance, 
trouble, if you do not include a thorough refrigerating 
system. The health of your household, the perfedtion of 
your comfort, depend wholly on its efficiency. To insure it. 
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BRUNSWICK 
REFRIGERATING 
PLANT 
The ardic chill of the low tciri' 
peratures possible with Brunswick 
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fruit, milk and meats—enabling you 
to serve your guests as they should be served. 
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Plant adapted to residence details enclosed. 
NAME 
STREET 
CITY 
My architect's name is 
A corner of bine and 
white •— delphimim 
hybrids and phlox 
Miss Lingard 
My Backyard Garden 
{Continued from page 4S) 
and making a most appropriate place 
for the sentimental time-keeper. 
Always Room for More 
It is surprising how many plants one 
can have in a comparatively small area. 
It seems that there is always room for 
a few more here or there, especially of 
the favorites. I have often bought fifty 
or a hundred plants at a nursery, not 
knowing at the time where I would 
plant them, but upon bringing them 
home have always found room. Some 
plants are entirely too energetic and 
overbearing to be admitted in polite 
society and should in fairness even to 
themselves be excluded from the small 
garden. 
My garden being limited and having 
no extra ground to draw upon, except 
a small space used for laundry purposes, 
the vegetable section long since re¬ 
linquished its hold to the glory of per¬ 
ennial flowers. The ground is so util¬ 
ized that there is not even room for 
the occasional fire in which to dispose 
of prunings, old blooms, etc., and these 
have to be placed in barrels and re¬ 
moved. How can one reserve space 
for this purpose when there are always 
plants through Nature’s increase justly 
claiming it, and even bidding against 
each other for its occupancy? 
The iris rows have unexpectedly been 
doubled in length, the new ground hav¬ 
ing been previously prepared and plant¬ 
ed to gladioli which were up about 
18" when I was so impressed with the 
heauty of the iris that I must needs 
have more. To make room, I ■very 
carefully moved two rows of gladioli, 
about 300 bulbs, which did not in the 
least resent being disturbed. The soil 
was removed to the rose bed and loam 
purchased to take its place. 
Bearded iris have a reputation for 
extreme hardiness and will sometimes 
grow if only dropped to the ground. 
This proved to be the case with some 
odds-and-ends left over after making 
divisions and which were carelessly 
thrown behind the garage, where later 
on I found them growing and making 
sturdy plants, even though the place 
was shady. If there is one time rather 
to be chosen than another for planting 
it is surely directly after blooming, or 
even when the blooms are fading. At 
this time new rhizomes are forming and 
beginning to throw out their main roots, 
which are very small or just making 
their appearance. Irises do not seem 
to rest after blooming as is generally 
supposed, but appear exceptionally 
busy growing new rhizomes and roots 
in preparation for more bloom the 
following year. 
These roots, although brittle, are not 
easily injured by handling or being 
left out of the ground several days, 
and when planted will immediately 
start to anchor themselves in their 
new quarters. This time seems very op¬ 
portune, as it gives one the full bloom 
of the old plants and establishes the 
divisions for blooming the following 
year, with an added advantage of al¬ 
lowing one plenty of time to plant 
them. Several plants that I desired 
to retain, either to give away or until 
I found room for them in the garden, 
kept in perfect condition for over two 
weeks lying on the cement floor of the 
garage. 
Iris Varieties 
One is quite bewildered when choos¬ 
ing favorites among the irises. The 
fancy vacillates from one to another— 
{Continued on page 64) 
Hybrid tea roses border both sides of the garage driveway, 
with ramblers groiving over the trellis along the property line 
