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House & Garden 
Is Your Home, Surrounded 
Building Homes As Real Estate Inducements 
(Continued, from page 116) 
with Friendly Shrubbery? 
T IFE holds no greater treats than a home surrounded by friendly f 
■*“ / shrubs. Throughout the seasons they do their utmost to 
please us with either beautiful flowers or attractive foliage, or 1 
both. Flowering Shrubs and Trees constitute the difference be- | 
tween going home to a Home or coming back to a Place. And 1 
the difference, as far as cost is concerned, is truly insignificant. 
Such spots of natural colorful beauty as illustrated, can be 1 
created on your grounds most reasonably with the help of 
Collected, Broad-Leaved Evergreens 
for massing — | 
Rhododendrons, Laurel and Azaleas, § 
are surpassingly beautiful and simon- | 
pure American plants that promise to 1 
rival the rose in popular esteem. | 
Everybody can grow them and we are 1 
glad to be able to offer them at lew 1 
prices by the car load. I can furnish | 
Rhododendrons, Mountain Laurel, Andro- 1 
meda and other flowering evergreens in 1 
car load lots, at reasonable prices. 1 
Cars may be made up of single varieties, 1 
or in any desired mixture. Write me at 1 
once if you are interested. Perhaps 1 
your neighbor will join you in ordering, | 
if you can not use an entire carload | 
yourself. 1 
My Unusual Catalog for 1923 1 
Will Soon be Ready. | 
Tt describes and gives cultural directions | 
for all the worth while native shrubs, = 
broad-leaved evergreens, wild flowers and | 
ferns. More profusely illustrated than i 
ever. Write for your copy today. | 
Edward Gillett ( 
Fern and Flower Farm | 
19 Main St., Southwick, Mass. 1 
... ^ 
IN SELECTING ROSES 
the most important requisites are 
Hardness of Wood is first in importance as this 
prevents your roses from dying back when 
planted out. Our dormant field-grown roses are 
hard grown and absolutely will not die back 
from this cause. 
Budded Upon the Proper Stock. Our Los Angeles 
and yellow roses and the moderate growers 
amongst the Hybrid Teas are budded upon Rosa- 
maine stocks that will not sucker nor shrivel, 
(together a great acquisition) American Roses 
grown on this stock received the Premier Award 
the Blue Ribbon of the Rose World at the Inter¬ 
national Rose Show held in Paris in 1919 and 
1921. We submit therefore that the superiority 
of this stock as a budding medium must be con¬ 
ceded. 
As to Size. Our Hybrid Teas are over 24 inches in 
height with heavy canes that will give immediate results. 
In Variety. We catalog only such varieties that have 
shown sterling merit and that are an advance on exist¬ 
ing sorts. They are fully described in our illustrated 
catalog which is sent free upon request. 
ROBERT EVANS HUGHES 
ROSE SPECIALIST 
Williamsville, N. Y. Near Buffalo 
A LOVELY garden is fully assured you when planted 
with Wagner Perennials, Roses, Shrubbery, Orna¬ 
mental Trees, and Evergreens. You will be interested 
in illustrated catalog No. 322. 
Wagner Landscape Gardening Service 
This department is broad enough to help everyone 
interested in more beautiful surroundings. For the 
modest city and suburban home owner, we have a 
mail service. For the large grounds and estates our 
trained men are available. Please write us for 
further information. 
Our Catalog No. 322 should be in your hands. 
Please ask for ii. 
Wagner Park Nurseries, Sidney, Box 12. Ohio. 
Nurserymen—Florists—Landscape Gardeners 
Because you want for the sake of your 
family to have your home sanitary in 
every detail. And so the plumbing you 
like, the Average Buyer will like. 
The question of lighting a house is 
answered in the same manner. The 
electricity must be for the best re¬ 
sults incorporated in the construction 
of the house. Everything of the best 
must be used and there must be many 
outlets in the different rooms in con¬ 
venient places for reading, sewing, din¬ 
ing, for little tables at the head of the 
bed, for the cellar and the halls and in 
just the right places in the kitchen. All 
these things you do for your own con¬ 
venience and the buyer finds they are 
for his convenience too. It is a very 
wise idea to keep your certificate from 
the Board of Fire Underwriters and file 
it away with the contract made with 
your architects and builders, adding to 
these your bills for heater, plumbing, 
and lighting. 
In the fitting up of your kitchen and 
cellar again you will find yourself and 
the buyer in accord. The kitchen is 
so much an important item in the 
modern house that it is bound to be 
for the family’s sake planned with every 
convenience, with every sanitary equip¬ 
ment and with added real charm in 
furnishing. The buyer will like your 
gay wholesome kitchen, just as your 
wife and her maids do. 
And you have no idea of the extent 
to which the buyer will investigate the 
cellar, the heating system, the Coal bin, 
its connection with the outer world, the 
preserve closets, and above all the laun¬ 
dry equipment. For he wants his laun¬ 
dry done at home just as you do, he 
wants his cellar clean and white and 
light. The reverse may destroy a sale. 
Other points that will come up for 
investigation are the foundation walls, 
and the drainage. These of necessity 
will have been taken care of by your 
architect and builder, for they are es¬ 
sential for the comfort and safety of a 
house. It is possible that the farsighted 
buyer is going to ask also to see the 
builder’s specification, for there he can 
find out just the quality of materials 
that went into the construction and 
fitting of your home. 
If you seriously consider the possi¬ 
bility of some day selling, you will 
avoid anything unique in the interior 
finish of your house, either in the 
color or the outline. You may, for in¬ 
stance, have had in mind a Chinese 
entrance and hall way, or a red ceil¬ 
ing in the sitting room., or a dining 
room in sharp Viennese black and 
white. But the average builder will 
think such exotic ideas laughable. “He 
does not want any junk in his house” 
and he will think a red ceiling “crazy”. 
But, on the other hand, he will deeply 
appreciate your hardwood floors and 
the fine enamel finish you have given 
your woodwork. And he will forgive 
you the fireplace, if you have for him 
a “sure enough” dining room, high ceil¬ 
ings and somewhere a bay window. 
So in fundamental matters the build¬ 
er of a home and the average buyer 
may find themselves very much in sym¬ 
pathy. It is only in the question of 
individual tastes that there is a chance 
for argument. And so the safe course 
is simple architecture for the moderate 
priced house; Colonial, English cottage, 
or the two-story bungalow are excel¬ 
lent architectural investments. And 
there is more and more today being 
built what is called the “modern Ameri¬ 
can home,” a type of structure that fits 
its exterior gracefully and wisely to the 
floor plans, that is without pretention, 
without imitation, usually built of local 
building materials and suited in outline 
to its site, a type that must appeal to 
good taste and practical judgment. 
The exotic, the eccentric, the definitely 
individual in construction, color or in¬ 
terior decoration may make a rare and 
unexpected swift sale, but will never on 
the whole convert a home into a real 
estate investment. 
The Floor for Dances 
(Continued from page 100) 
are rolled away. Parquet on a good 
foundation is a beautiful surface, and 
a well-laid floor of narrow boards is 
almost equally good. Once in good 
condition these waxed and polished 
floors need but little treatment; rigor¬ 
ous dusting and polishing once a week 
with a dry polisher should be sufficient; 
the dancers’ feet will do the rest. To 
apply wax just before a dance is a 
common and a grievous mistake; it is 
bound to result more or less in sticki¬ 
ness—an unpardonable fault. When 
this mistake has occurred it can be 
remedied by borax powder put into a 
muslin bag and rubbed all over the 
wax surface, which must then be wiped 
clean. This will result in an excellent 
surface, from which all trace of sticki¬ 
ness has disappeared. 
The perfect surface for dancing is 
even and smooth, but not really 
slippery. Too glassy a surface gives 
a feeling of insecurity, and a surface 
that is slippery in patches is intolerable. 
Splinters in the wood are tiresome; 
these generally are caused by dryness, 
and can be avoided by an occasional 
wipe-over with linseed oil; but light 
and sparing should be the hand that 
applies this cure. The tendency of oil 
is to darken the wood permanently; 
furthermore, if too much is used it 
takes time to get the floor back into 
dancing trim. The great secret is 
never to let your floor deteriorate. 
Dust and dryness are two enemies; 
over-waxing is another. Sometimes a 
nicely polished floor which has not been 
danced on proves a little stiff—not 
quite easy when requisitioned to that 
end; in such a case a little French 
chalk should be used instead of the 
borax. 
Undoubtedly these dark, polished, 
everready floors are the most decorative 
and the most convenient for dances, 
but they are not found in all houses, 
and when fitted carpets have to be 
temporarily removed for a ball, the 
floor underneath is sure to need treat¬ 
ment of some kind before it is fit to 
dance on. 
Irregularity of surface is the first 
thing to look for, and wherever a trace 
is seen it should be planed smooth. 
Next the floor must be well cleaned; 
it is surprising how much fine dust 
filters through carpet and felt, and all 
must be got rid of. It is not advisable 
to wash or scrub such ,a floor, but 
after the sweeping and dusting have 
done their work, a damp cloth may be 
used for a final gathering-up. Next, 
with a large flour-dredger filled with 
French chalk, powder the floor all over, 
then brush it all off. This process may 
have to be repeated several times, but 
if it is properly done success is assured. 
The chalk must not be rubbed in; the 
process of powdering will make enough 
chalk adhere, but not cause dustiness. 
