House & Garden 
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DI RECTORY ^/DECORATION & FINE ARTS 
Colonial Hardware 
IN HAND WROUGHT IRON 
Not only serves well its 
purpose, but gives the 
touch of distinction to a 
Colonial house, garden 
gate, bungalow or camp. 
Catalogue of hinges, 
latches, knockers, mud- 
scrapers and such on 
request. 
Teller s Colonial Hardware 
280 Wall St., Kingston, N. Y. 
UNDECORATED 
GREY IRON CASTINGS 
You may decorate in color, poly" 
chrome, ivory, black or the various 
shades of bronze or enamel. 
Entire Lot H. G. $5.00 F. O. B. 
Albany, N. Y. 
1 pair Book Ends, 1 pair Curtain Hold 
Backs 1 Candle Sconce, 1 Door Knock¬ 
er, 1 Door Stop. 
Cash or equivalent must accompany 
orders. 
State how you want shipped. Parcel 
Post, Express or Freight. 
Albany Foundry Co. Albany, N. Y. 
Amazing Antique 
Oriental Rugs 
Such rarities are seldom 
seen; thick, sparkling, vel¬ 
vety. Some of my rugs are 
now in museums, many were 
pictured in leading rug books. 
Volume of supply is off 90% 
since 1914, and will fall more. 
Persia is bare of antiques to¬ 
day. Each rug is a collector’s 
dream, the best of over 
10,000. That is why I have 
sold rugs in all of our large 
cities. Descriptive list on 
request; then, if you like, I 
will prepay an assortment 
on approval. 
1 JVrite for descriptive list. 
L. B. Lawton, Skaneateles, N. Y. 
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SERVICE TABLE WAGON 
Saves Thousands of Steps 
(1) Has large broad Table Top (20x30 in.) 
(2) TWO Undersbelves (to transport 
ALL the table disbes in ONE TRIP.) 
(3) Large center pull-out Drawer. 
(4) Double End Guiding Handles. 
(5) Equipped with four (4) Rubber Tired 
Scientifically Silent”Swivel Wheels. 
(6) A beautiful extra glass Serving Tray. 
Write for descriptive pamphlet and dealer’s name. 
THE COMBINATION STUDIOS 
504-G Cunard Bldg., Chicago, 111* 
Decorate Your 
Walls With 
French Scenic Papers 
Beautiful scenic papers, made 
from wood blocks engraved 
in the luxurious France of 
Napoleon’s day. These papers 
give the effect of mural paint¬ 
ings, and in beauty and dis¬ 
tinction are vastly superior 
to even the highest type of 
formal design. They depict 
such subjects as El Dorado, 
Scenic America, Italian 
Landscape, Fetes of Louis 
XIII, etc. 
If your decorator cannot supply 
you, write for illustrated booklet. 
A. L. DIAMENT 8 c CO. 
101 Park Ave., New York 
Sole American Agents 
An effective tobacco jar 
in hammered brass or 
copper is attractively 
priced at $ 4 . It is 4 " 
high and may be pur- 
cliased through the 
House & Garden Shopping Service 
19 West 44th Street, 
New York City 
NOTES OF THE 
T HE Garden Club of Lake George 
held its first Meeting in June 1921. 
Miss Schurz has served as President 
since the organizing of the Club, whose 
“object is the advancement of garden¬ 
ing”. In the invitation extended to 
those interested in growing flowers to 
become members, the hope was ex¬ 
pressed that they might “find inspira¬ 
tion in the exchange of ideas”. There 
are sixty-five women in the organiza¬ 
tion, as active and associate members 
coming from the summer colonies in 
Bolton Landing, Diamond Point, 
Glens Falls, Luzerne, Mt. McGregor, 
and Warrensburg, as well as the town 
of Lake George. Meetings are arranged, 
whenever possible, in gardens, from 
June to October, inclusive. Some of the 
programs have been prepared by mem¬ 
bers, who have taken up the topics of 
the “Culture of Sweet Peas,” “Fall 
Flowers,” and “Spring and Fall Plant¬ 
ing,” and devoted one afternoon to 
visiting each other’s gardens. Profes¬ 
sional speakers addressing the Club 
have been Professor Williams, Botanist, 
of Glens Fails Academy, who talked 
on the “Preservation of the Wild 
Flowers”, with water color drawings 
of them by Mrs. Williams; Mr. George 
Powell of Brookfield, Mass., who de¬ 
scribed the trees and shrubs for attract¬ 
ing birds and upon other occasions a 
garden consultant read a paper on 
“Garden Gossip of Celebrities”, and 
Miss Hilda Loines gave a lecture, with 
slides, on “English Gardens”. Miss 
Loines is a member of the Garden Club. 
Among the members who have de¬ 
signed their own gardens are the Presi¬ 
dent,—Miss Schurz, who developed 
a bare pasture lot into attractive ter¬ 
raced planting; Miss M. L. Hayden 
whose garden is partly enclosed by 
white trellises and arbors draped with 
vines and roses, and screened on one 
side by a wood; Mrs. W. B. Dean 
who laid out a formal garden close to 
the Lake; Miss Brereton whose garden 
is planted for “continuous bloom”, using 
some material she imported herself. 
Other gardens designed by their own¬ 
ers are Mrs. Harmon P. Read's, with 
its 100' walk and broad borders,— 
and Mrs. Lawrence Jacob’s beds of 
choice perennials amidst which stands 
a spreading shade tree. Among the 
members of the Garden Club are Mrs. 
Denny and Mrs. Harmar Brereton, Miss 
Florence Hayden, Miss Ranger, Mrs. 
Charles J. and Mrs. Royal Peabody, 
Miss Kreitler, Miss Merrill, Mrs. Ernest 
Stiles and Madame Homer. Included 
in the plans of the club for 1923 is the 
specializing in dahlia growing with com¬ 
petitions, also Flower Shows are to be 
held. 
T HE Garden Club of Lock Haven, 
Penna., whose President is Mrs. 
George Green, was organized in Feb¬ 
ruary, 1922, through the cooperation of 
Mrs. F. K. Lundy, a charter member of 
the Williamsport Garden Club. There 
are thirty members who all do personal 
work in their gardens and who meet 
fortnightly in house or garden. The 
list of speakers addressing the club its 
first year was comprised of the follow¬ 
ing: Professor L. J. Ulmer of the State 
Normal School, Lock Haven, explain¬ 
ing “Fundamentals of Gardening”; Miss 
Elizabeth Leighton Lee, Director of the 
Ambler School of Horticulture for Wo¬ 
men, lecturing with slides on English 
and American Gardens; Mr. O. P. Beck- 
ley, of the Berry Hill Company, Harris¬ 
burg, who talked on “Wild Flowers and 
the Home Garden”; Mr. Ober, of the 
County Farm Bureau, Lock Haven, 
telling of “Some Enemies of the Gar¬ 
den”; and Mr. A. Lughart, a graduate 
of the Royal Horticultural College, 
Boskoop, Holland, who talked on “The 
Propagation of Plants”. In May a 
Flower Mart was arranged at which 
GARDEN CLUBS 
plants contributed by members were 
sold very profitably. During the year 
the Garden Club was several times the 
guest of the Williamsport Garden Club. 
T HE Garden Club of North Ando¬ 
ver, Mass., was organized in 1920, 
chiefly through the efforts of Mrs. Lewis 
Sherrill Bigelow, who is the President. 
About half of the forty-two members 
composing the club are winter residents 
of Washington, D. C., New York City, 
Boston and elsewhere. Meetings are 
held every other week during the sum¬ 
mer at the homes of members, whose 
gardens are afterwards visited. The 
Club has held a “Flower Arrangement 
Competition”, in which Miss Ruth Ely 
received the largest number of votes 
and Mrs. Harry Clark received the 
second honors. At another meeting 
there was an exhibit of photographs 
of gardens, especially of those belong¬ 
ing to members, and specimens of flow¬ 
ers from the owners’ gardens were also 
shown. Papers for the programs have 
been largely prepared by the members, 
Mrs. E. J. Prescott presenting the sub¬ 
ject of “Hybridizing”, “Rose Gardening 
as practised by an Amateur” related 
by Mrs. Harry Clark; “How to attract 
the Birds”, explained by Mrs. John 
Chickering, and Mrs. Roland Harris 
described “Summer Wild Flowers”. 
Also “Sketchy Impressions of Califor¬ 
nia Flowers”, were given by Miss Har¬ 
riet Smith, and Mrs. S. F. Rockwell 
wrote of “Gardens in Literature”. Non¬ 
members who have addressed the club 
have been Mrs. William Trow, who 
talked of dahlias of which she showed 
specimens, and the Rev. E. J. Prescott 
who spoke on his specialty of “Growing 
Pansies”. Professional speakers have 
been represented by Mr. Fletcher Steele, 
giving his views on “What Makes Charm 
and Interest in a Garden”,—Mrs. B. 
Hammond Tracy who talked on gladio¬ 
lus, and by Miss Katherine Selden who 
gaye an account, with photographs of 
visits, she had paid to gardens in En¬ 
gland, France, and Spain. A garden con¬ 
sultant read a paper “Over the Garden 
Wall Commercially”, taking up the 
use of catalogs, and the business end 
of gardening, and at another Meeting 
the Club was addressed by Mr. W. N. 
Craig, President of the National Asso¬ 
ciation of Gardeners. As a variety in 
the programs an “Experience Meeting” 
of the members was arranged and an¬ 
other day was devoted to an exchange 
of plants and roots. About half of the 
club members, including the President, 
Mrs. Bigelow, have designed or planned 
their own gardens. 
T HE Garden Club of Utica, New 
York, formed in Nov. 1916, of 
which the President is Miss Marion P. 
Thomas, includes about fifty men and 
women in the membership, the dues be¬ 
ing twenty-five cents. The club meets 
in the Public Library all through the 
year, excepting in December and Janu¬ 
ary, once a month in the evening and 
once in the afternoon, monthly. All 
members take part in discussions and 
sometimes they prepare papers, while 
other meetings have professional speak¬ 
ers on the programs, which have con¬ 
sisted mostly of horticultural topics. 
Among those appearing before the 
Club were Mrs. Ada Peck of Water- 
ville, who spoke on “Gardens & Flow¬ 
ers”; Mr. Mortimer G. Merrit of 
Rome, N. Y., telling of “English Kitch¬ 
en Gardens” and Professor S. C. 
Hodges, who lectured on the “Soils of 
Oneida County”. The subject of “Early 
Planting, and Transplanting to Hot 
Beds and Cold Frames” was treated by 
Mr. Milton Williams, and the Secretary 
of the “American Peony Society”, Pro¬ 
fessor Saunders, talked on “Peonies”. 
Two Field Days have been enjoyed at 
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