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BUILDING ? 
Then You Need This Book 
It’s the best book ever published on 
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woods—in stained effects with John¬ 
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with Johnson’s PerfecTone Enamel. 
How To Get It Free 
Go to your best dealer in paints and 
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JOHNSON’S 
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Enameled trim is the “last word” for 
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can be washed. Johnson’s PerfecTone 
Enamel goes farther and lasts longer 
so it proves more economical. 
S. C. JOHNSON & SON 
“The Wood Finishing Authorities ” 
Dept. HGI. Racine, Wis. 
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Maybe You Do! 
Maybe you know that you must protect asters 
from aster-beetle by hand-picking and Paris 
green. 
Maybe you know that you must top-dress pep¬ 
pers with nitrate of soda during early growth. 
Maybe you know that Ampelopsis—outside of 
Boston!—is just called Boston ivy; in setting 
out dormant plants, prune back to 6". 
Maybe you do! 
But there must be something you don’t know about 
gardening. There’s always the question of how deep 
to plant this, or whether the shade is too heavy for 
that. And you remember that article on the use of the 
feet in planting? It had nothing to do with any dis¬ 
agreement between you and the gardener—however 
sot in his ways!—but bad some very good advice on 
transplanting in it. Will you get your seedlings in 
firmly enough this spring? 
Whatever you don't know, 
ask the House & Garden 
Information Service 
The Information staff will answer cheerfully and 
gladly any questions you may want to ask it. 
It is always ready to advise you about your house, 
inside or out—but just at the present moment, 
the whole House & Garden office is fairly burst¬ 
ing with information about gardening. Won't 
you give us a chance to stick a trowel into your 
garden plot? 
just ask us a question anyway! 
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Address 
Information Service 
1 HOUSE & GARDEN 
5 19 WEST 44th STREET NEW YORK CITY 
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CANVAS ROOFING 
Perfect Porch Covering 
As a covering for porch 
roofs, floors, and sleeping bal¬ 
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it is extremely durable it is 
sound-proof and non-heat radi¬ 
ating. Deadens the noise of the 
wind and rain and is a non¬ 
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Durable 
For years CON-SER-TEX 
has been rendering universal 
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roofs, porch floors, etc.. It 
never rots or stretches. It hugs 
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ance. 
Generous samples and illustrated 
descriptive booklet **Roofing Facts 
and Figures 99 upon request. 
William L. Barrell Company 
8 Thomas Street New York City 
CHICAGO DISTRIBUTOR: 
George B. Carpenter & Co. 
430-440 North Wells Street 
CALIFORNIA DISTRIBUTORS: 
Waterhouse-Wilcox Company 
San Francisco and Los Angeles 
A home of 
Cloister Brick 
breathes hospitality 
T HE rich warm shades of 
reds and browns, and the 
soft velvety texture of these im¬ 
pervious brick bestow enviable 
charm and beauty to the walls 
and create an inviting home. 
Patterned after the sheltering 
Cloister walls of the old Cali¬ 
fornia Missions, these brick give 
an atmosphere of seclusion and 
dignity. Time mellows and 
heightens their beauty, which 
blends perfectly with nature’s 
surroundings. 
A handsome book on Cloister 
Brick and information as to 
where you can secure them can 
be obtained by writing to De¬ 
partment 73. 
Western Brick 
Company 
Danville Illinois 
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