84 
House & Garden 
Draperies That Radiate 
Springtime 
Airy and silk-like in conception, captf 
vating in their designs and colorings ol 
undying beauty, are 
See Springs newest ideas in these It 
charming “Kapock” Drapery Fabrics, 
at your favorite store. Look 
for basting thread trade mark ak 
in edge of genuine. yflEm 
A. THEO. ABBOTT 6c CO 
Dept. D Philadelphi; 
Upon request of your dealer, 
we will send. Free, sample book 
showing 256 Kapock styles 
A Study in Quick Action 
Photographs hv Dr. E. Bade 
The n e xi 
twelve hours 
witness the 
appearance of 
the flower 
buds, spring¬ 
ing from the 
shoot wit h- 
out a sign of 
green foliage 
Cole hicu m 
autumnale, a 
bulb less pre¬ 
possessing in 
outward ap¬ 
pearance than 
an old stump, 
shows one 
solitary sign 
of life 
Within twen¬ 
ty-four hours 
a great change 
has taken 
pi ac e. The 
bulb swells 
and opens, 
the shoot 
lengthens and 
expands 
Two days 
after the first 
picture was 
taken the 
st r o n g e st 
blossom be¬ 
gins to open, 
having de- 
v e l o p e d a 
separate stem 
By the setting of the third sun 
almost complete development 
is attained. All buds have ap¬ 
peared and the first is open 
At the end of the fourth day. 
The blossoms of this variety 
are white. Other forms are 
rosy purple and purple 
