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House & Garden 
Decorating Your Own Furniture 
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rose. A use for the striping brush may 
be found here, for a black line three- 
quarters of an inch from the edge, and 
a quarter of an inch wide, may be run 
on three sides of all the tops, excluding 
the back edge. Another quarter-inch 
stripe, this time matching the color of 
the top, may be run around all panels, 
knobs, and drawer edges; and a design, 
such as the largest basket stencil, in 
blended colorings such as rose, blue, 
green, brown, ivory and black, may be 
applied in the middle of the second 
bureau drawer, and on the head and 
foot of the bed. 
To render a design at times more 
effective try first laying on a medallion 
or square of deep ivory paint, and after 
this dries stencil the design in colors 
upon this background. The small de¬ 
sign at the bottom of the page, at the 
left of the ribbon and flower festoon, 
may be handled this way if desired. 
First cut a stencil the shape of the 
outer edge of the entire design, the 
dotted line making this clear. Through 
this stencil paint in the ivory. Prepare 
a second stencil, disregarding the dotted 
lines, simply cutting the blackened part 
of the design, and stencil it onto the 
ivory ground; the foliage of the tree 
NOTES OF THE 
might be dark blue, the trunk brown, 
the grass bright green, the tiny windows 
a Chinese red. This design may be 
used as a separate unit or as a border. 
Black furniture may be given a 
Chinese note if decorated with narrow 
lines of gilt. The design at the top of 
page 44 at the left of the oval may 
form the half of a nearly square design 
to be placed in the panel of the head 
and footboard of such a bed, in colors 
dark rose, dark blue, tan, gray-white 
and green, with the outer line of gilt, 
with matching gilt lines on the edge of 
the bed panels. The other pieces of the 
suite may be done likewise. This de¬ 
sign may also be used for a border, or 
as a separate unit as it stands, or hori¬ 
zontally on chair backs and various 
other places. 
Two-toned furniture is also effective. 
Mouse-colored pieces may be stenciled 
in Vandyke brown, putty stenciled in 
deep blue, green stenciled in ivory, black 
stenciled in dark blue with gold centers 
to the flowers. Once started in this 
fascinating undertaking, many new and 
varied combinations and ideas will be 
suggested, and each month the coming 
of a new magazine will be fraught with 
exciting and novel suggestions. 
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T HE Garden Club of St. Louis, Mo., 
whose president is Dr. Hermon 
von Schrenk, has a limited mem¬ 
bership of 54 men and women, a ma¬ 
jority of whom are married couples. A 
requirement of admission to the club is 
that one should have a garden, be inter¬ 
ested in gardens, or in the growing of 
plants and shrubs. From October to 
May meetings are held monthly in the 
homes of members, many of whom pre¬ 
pare original papers. Notable in the 
club membership are Dr. George T. 
Moore, Director of the Missouri Botani¬ 
cal Garden (Shaw’s), Dr. B. M. Duggar, 
in charge of plant pathology at Shaw’s 
Garden, and the President, Dr. von 
Schrenk, a scientist of note. 
In May, 1920, the First Annual 
Flower Show was held in the Floral 
Display House of the Missouri Botani¬ 
cal Gardens. Any person living in St. 
Louis or within twenty-five miles of 
the Court House, was invited to exhibit 
cut flowers, potted plants, branches of 
flowering trees and shrubs, wild flowers, 
edible mushrooms and kitchen herbs. 
The purpose of the Show was not only 
to stimulate greater interest in horticul¬ 
tural excellence, but to demonstrate the 
large varieties of plants which could be 
grown in and near the city. Seventy- 
two varieties of perennials, cut in bloom, 
appeared on the list offered for prizes, 
as well as over a dozen annuals, all by 
May 15th. Fuchsias and Lantana were 
among the potted plants listed for 
prizes. In addition to many ribbons of¬ 
fered to amateurs, was a large variety of 
prizes, including garden tools, a trellis, 
a bird house, a bird bath on a pedestal, 
stakes, a basket and cutting knife for 
the best asparagus, a hand cart, books 
on gardening, “fitted” and other garden 
baskets, flower containers, etc. A silver 
vase offered must be won three con¬ 
secutive years to be retained. The com¬ 
mercial growers received $1,500 or 
$1,600 in awards. One of the entries 
for competition was the best pansy bed 
25' square. No charge was made for 
entries or admission, and the Show was 
most successful. 
T HE North Country Club of Long 
Island was organized in 1913, and 
the President is Mrs. Beekman Win- 
throp. There are 44 members, men and 
women, many coming from the large 
estates at Oyster Bay, Glen Cove, Mill 
Neck, Westbury, Cold Spring Harbor, 
Huntington and Syosset. The Club has 
ten social summer meetings, with no 
formal program for the season, and the 
business meeting in April. One of the 
members, Mrs. Harold I. Pratt, has been 
especially interested in roses, on which 
she wrote an article which was published 
in the Bulletin of the Garden Club of 
America. The rose garden of Mrs. Aaron 
Ward, at Roslyn, has been famous. The 
late Mrs. Doubleday (Neltje Blanchan) 
was a former president, known and 
loved for her books, “Nature’s Garden”, 
“The American Flower Garden”, etc. 
The Club has contributed to local flower 
shows, and during the war also sent 
funds to the Royal Horticultural Society. 
T HE Garden Club of Trenton, New 
Jersey, was organized in 1912, and 
the president is Miss Frances M. Dickin¬ 
son. The Club is composed of 29 mem¬ 
bers, women, most of whom are active 
gardeners. The Club meets monthly 
from October to May, and many of the 
programs are original papers by mem¬ 
bers. Miss Anne Mcllvaine’s articles on 
“The Broadening Use of the Garden 
Club" received the prize from the Gar¬ 
den Club of America in 1916, and during 
the war, she was Chairman of the New 
Jersey Committee of the Woman’s Land 
Army. 
Occasionally professionals deliver ad¬ 
dresses to the Club, and with the pro¬ 
ceeds of the lecture by Dr. Reik of New 
York in 1920, shrubbery and box-wood 
were planted in the grounds of the 
“Barracks”, built in Trenton in 1758, and 
which are an important Colonial land¬ 
mark. During the war the Club co¬ 
operated with a committee carrying on 
vacant lot gardens, and in addition a 
gift of shrubbery was sent to the 
grounds at Camp Dix. 
'T'HE Garden Club of Ulster County, 
New York, was organized in 1914. 
The President is Mrs. John Washburn, 
and there are 40 members, all of whom 
do gardening; also there are three “sum¬ 
mer” and two “honorary” members. 
Meetings are held every two weeks from 
March to November, and two field days 
are arranged, one for Kingston and the 
other for Saugerties. Prizes are awarded 
for exhibitions of flowers displayed in 
shop windows, as well as for exhibits in 
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