For the Room 
Where Old Sol L ives 
In the happy room where Old Sol 
coaxes you so often when other 
rooms seem dull, the furniture must 
harmonize with the sunshiny atmos¬ 
phere. 
A Northfield fibre davenport suite, with a 
bed folded compactly under the low, deep- 
cushioned davenport seat finds its happiest 
place in such a room. And the designs 
lend themselves wonderfully to colorful 
decorating,, reflecting the spirit of the 
room, adding to its lure, completing it. 
No guest will know that a bed is in this 
room. Design and good workmanship 
conceal it, utterly. But when occasion 
makes an extra bed necessary, the bed 
is ready, without an extra bedroom. 
Northfield designs are authoritatively ex¬ 
pressive of the better furniture-style ten¬ 
dencies. Our Master Designers have made 
the convenient combination of davenport 
and bed both a thing of beauty and a 
comfortable, loungy piece of furniture. 
People of taste find it worthy of a place in 
well furnished homes. It is called ‘‘The 
Davenport With A Secret”. 
The Northfield booklet, "The 
Davenport With A Secret’’ il¬ 
lustrates many attractive 
Northfield Bed-Davenport 
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Mahers of Good Furniture 
SHEBOYGAN • • WISCONSIN 
18th STREET AT MARTIN AVENUE 
House & Garden 
ANNUALS FOR SOUTHERN GARDENS 
A LL THE annuals known to the 
trade from “A is for ageratum to Z 
is for zinnia,” are available for South¬ 
ern plantings and if there is one thing 
the gardeners of this section know how 
to do well it is to grow them. They 
seem, however, to have missed the point 
that discrimination and choice in the 
planting of annuals can be as effectively 
shown as in the groupings of shrubbery 
or the arrangement of the perennial 
borders. There are many charming 
and infinitely varied combinations. Few 
varieties rather than many should be 
used. Broad masses rather than long 
lines should be the choice. Colors 
should not be mixed unduly. Consider 
the foliage as well as the blossoms. 
1 hese rules followed, and remembering 
that all annuals must have sunshine, 
proceed to fill in the gaps, cover the 
waste places and live through the sum¬ 
mer months in a riot of color and 
bloom. 
There are many new homes just 
ready for occupancy in the early 
spring where few, if any, permanent 
plantings can be made until fall. To 
such gardens annuals in wide choice are 
a boon of inestimable value. This is 
the only case, absolutely, where it is 
permissible to use these plantings for 
the foundation—and' only for this one 
summer. 
The walks and drives should be 
made, the lawns graded and planted, 
the shrubbery beds staked off and pre¬ 
pared just as for the permanent plant¬ 
ings, then filled with strong vigorous 
annuals that will hide the bareness and 
make pictures during the first trying 
season. 
Where tall plantings are needed, in 
this or any other case, if strong colors 
can be used Klondyke cosmos is the 
most brilliant and beautiful of the an¬ 
nuals that bloom in the late fall. Noth¬ 
ing could be more effective against the 
boundaries or foundation lines or 
among the evergreen masses of the 
shrubbery, if the garden has been made 
already, than this sun-loving flower that 
is of the easiest culture and quickest 
growth. 
All the cosmos are easy to grow, 
good to look at, fine for cutting and to 
use in the background anywhere. Keep 
them tied up and do not mix the pink 
and white varieties with tawny orange 
of the Klondyke. The cosmos are not 
heavy enough for a screen however, and 
if a tall hedge is needed use the Ricinus 
plant with Russian sunflowers. In the 
foreground miniature sunflowers will 
make the lower part of the hedge thick¬ 
er and prolong the season of bloom 
indefinitely. 
For a border for an entrance path 
or edgings anywhere pink verbenas 
and sw'eet alyssum are charming. A 
long sidewalk planting in calliopsis and 
blue larkspur was a color harmony of 
blue and gold for many weeks. Broad 
masses of petunias as well as verbenas 
and candytuft make lovely spots of 
color and brightness on the edge of the 
shrubberies or for vivid color in porch 
and window boxes. Wherever hanging 
plants of color or ground covers are 
needed petunias, verbenas, sweet alys¬ 
sum and candytuft are sure to give 
good results. 
All the zinnias are good these days 
except the old magenta that slips in 
with the scarlets and pinks occasionally 
in spite of all one can do. Heavy plant¬ 
ings of the giant and dwarf large 
flowering varieties give wonderful color 
effects during the heat of the summer 
when flowers are scarce and supply 
abundant cut flower material. White 
and salmon pink, light and dark scarlet, 
deep crimson, pale primrose, canary and 
orange yellows, carry one through a 
rich range of color and invite a careful 
choice. Try a definite color scheme 
this season and see for yourself how 
much finer the result is than the usual 
mixed collection. 
Nasturtiums in both tall and dwarf 
varieties are universal favorites for 
border edgings and porch boxes. They 
have a way of drying up about the 
middle of the summer and leaving ugly 
gaps in the borders or beds. Why not 
use them for an edging for the walks 
in the vegetable garden or in some part 
of the grounds not in full view of the 
street and where the strong nasturtium 
colors will not clash, as they nearly al¬ 
ways do with the near-by annual plant¬ 
ings? They should be planted early in 
the places where they are to bloom and 
in soil that is not too rich. If the 
blossoms are cut daily the season will 
be much prolonged. 
If room is at a premium why not use 
one annual for the summer’s plantings? 
You have no idea, unless you have 
tried it, how delightful a picture you 
can make of your garden by using 
masses of marigolds, zinnias, bachelor’s 
buttons, verbenas, dwarf sunflowers, 
ageratum and cosmos for the fall, cal¬ 
liopsis, candytuft and larkspur or Red 
Riding Hood zinnias for scarlet ribbons. 
One variety in gorgeous color splashes 
is the most satisfactory way to plant 
annuals. 
All of the annuals mentioned above 
are of the simplest culture. They need 
only to be planted in a well-prepared 
seed bed, and summer rains and hot 
sunshine will do the rest. Not so easily 
can the finer annuals be grown. Asters 
are wonderful and not overly hard to 
grow but they must be taken care of 
all the time. Selection is purely a mat¬ 
ter of personal preference but cut 
worms and mildew are prone to destroy 
the crop regardless of whether they are 
the finest or cheapest varieties. It is 
just as well not to plant asters in the 
most prominent positions in the garden. 
Use them among the perennials where 
they will not stand out strongly until 
the blooming time. 
Delightful summer screens can be 
made with the quick-growing annual 
climbers. The Scarlet Runner beans 
and the white and purple hyacinth 
beans are strong and heavy growers. 
The Cardinal Climber and the old-fash¬ 
ioned cypress vines are more delicate 
and dainty both in foliage and flower. 
The former gives better results if a 
screen is desired. Of all the summer 
vines nothing is sweeter than the Moon- 
flower of the evening and nothing love¬ 
lier than the Heavenly Blue morning 
glory of the early morning hours. 
Plant them wherever they can be used 
for they are exquisite. 
Women’s Clubs and civic organiza¬ 
tions seeking to improve the vacant lots 
can do no better service to their towns 
than to take over a few vacant lots and 
plant them in a broadcasting of 
mixed annuals. Have the ground cleared 
of trash and rubbish. Spread a layer of 
stable manure. Have the lot ploughed 
deeply, then harrowed and hand raked 
until reasonably smooth. If the back¬ 
ground is very unsightly cover it up 
with quick-growing vines or with Rici¬ 
nus and sunflowers. For the fore¬ 
ground try this prescription for a 
broadcasting mixture: Zinnias in white, 
yellow and orange shades in both giant 
and dwarf large-flowering varieties, 
marigolds in tall and dwarf kinds, 
dwarf sunflowers, white candytuft, gold¬ 
en calliopsis, blue and white ageratum, 
straw flowers, Helichrysnm, in mixed 
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