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The Cutting 
House & Garden 
Hartshorn Rollers Guarantee 
No More Shade Troubles ! 
Colonial windows lacked 
shades. In this 1/93 Man¬ 
sion, draped curtains or 
half curtains on wooden 
rods served. 
S HADES mounted on Hartshorn rollers serve 
so well that they are virtually unnoticed, 
though in constant use. 
They rise at your slightest touch; they lower and 
“stay put” where you want them. They run straight 
and never “jam”. 
This is because a shade is only as good as its roller 
and a roller is only as good as its spring. Hartshorn 
makes all its springs—and holds to one standard. 
They are the best that can be made! 
For over sixty years Hartshorn has been the only 
shade roller known by name and the only roller 
of such high quality as to warrant its being 
recommended by high class retailers. 
On request we will send you with our com¬ 
pliments, the latest edition of Mrs. Alice Burrell 
Irvine’s“Shade Craft and Harmonious Decora¬ 
tion,” a booklet invaluable in home decoration. 
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When you cut a stem near to the main 
stalk, or at a joint, the small buds which 
are lying there waiting for just such an 
opportunity, spring into life and de¬ 
velop a new branch. As you cut place 
your flowers in a flat basket or tray, 
never pile them too high for they are 
liable to crush each other out of shape. 
This method is far superior to carry¬ 
ing them about in your warm hand 
while picking the remainder of the 
bouquet, for they wilt so easily that 
many times they are almost unfit for 
use and very short lived when you get 
them indoors. The best time to cut 
flowers is in the morning while they 
are still wet with the dew, then they 
are freshest and will live longer indoors. 
When the flowers are taken indoors 
plunge their stems into a deep dish or 
pail of cold water and let them stand 
there for several minutes while you are 
collecting the various vases and filling 
them about three quarters full of fresh 
water. The most pleasing combinations 
of color are secured when one mentally 
forms his bouquet. When these things 
are done, select your bloom and before 
taking it out of the water snip off the 
end with yoUr scissors under water, 
then quickly transfer it to its vase. The 
reason for this operation is that while 
the flower has been in the open air with 
a cut stem a large amount of air has 
entered the stalk and so does not al¬ 
low water to pass up as readily as it 
should. Cutting the stem under water 
allows the end to fill and excludes the 
air so that an unbroken circuit, as it 
were, is formed. 
Bouquets in the house should be gone 
over every day. A single wilted flower 
will often spoil the effect of the whole. 
Take out the passe ones and snip off a 
bit of the stem of the remaining ones 
for the ends are apt to close after be¬ 
ing in water for awhile. Replace the 
water with fresh, and if necessary re¬ 
plenish with new cut blooms. 
The question of vases is not difficult, 
but it is generally given a place of less 
importance than it deserves. It is sad, 
when our supply of vases is so small 
that it is necessary to use either one 
thing or none. The happy solution is 
found in a good supply of flat squatty 
ones, tall ones, thin ones, wide-mouthed 
Dignity in a 
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size room, and are far more restful 
than an over-head glaring light. 
The sitting room in a New York 
house—illustrated on this page, is an 
excellent example of a man’s room. It 
is simple, dignified, comfortable and 
beautiful. The proportions of the room 
are good, the doors, windows and fire¬ 
place well placed. The paneled walls 
are painted a neutral green rather dark 
in color and make a splendid back¬ 
ground for the furnishings. The cur¬ 
tains are of a figured brocatelle which 
harmonizes beautifully with the walls. 
The chairs are all comfortable and at 
the same time good in line. Some are 
covered in leather and a heavy cretonne 
of an old English pattern is on the 
sofa and one or two chairs. The Ori¬ 
ental rugs, while warm and rich in 
color, are perfect in value for the 
room. The well bound books, old 
Chinese porcelains and rare mezzo tints 
give a pleasing variety of color. 
Another photograph shows the cor¬ 
ner of a man’s study: A corner filled 
with interesting and beautiful things 
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and narrow-mouthed varieties, and a 
good selection and variety in colors. 
The vase is almost as important as the 
blooms themselves, and it will in a 
great many cases, raise a bouquet out 
of the ordinary. 
Flower arrangement? Well, it is in¬ 
deed an interesting subject, but so much 
has been said and written on it that it 
would be conceit to treat it in such 
small space as this. Sufficient to say 
that it is necessary to think of the fit¬ 
ness of your combinations, and to al¬ 
low enough room so that the individ¬ 
uals in it may be appreciated. A few 
well chosen blooms or even one is far 
superior in value to a “bunch.” As for 
color, use plenty of imagination with a 
dash of common sense and an eye to 
the fitness of things; then one may not 
go too far wrong. 
A list of plants for the average cut¬ 
ting garden might read as follows: 
Annuals: 
Arctotis grandis 
Asters 
Bachelor’s Buttons 
Calendula 
Clarkia 
Cosmos 
Phlox drummondi 
Lupine 
Marigold 
Mignonette 
Nasturtium 
Nicotiana 
Salpiglossis 
Scabiosa 
Snapdragon 
Sweet Peas (Spencer) 
Sweet William 
Verbena 
Zinnia 
Perennials: 
Columbine 
Hardy Chrysanthemums 
Shasta Daisy 
Coreopsis 
Delphinium 
Helianthus (scabra major—maximil- 
iana) 
Helenium 
Iris in variety 
Peonies in variety 
Tritoma, Red Hot Poker Plant 
Valerian, Garden Heliotrope 
Man’s Room 
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adapted to the needs of their owner. 
The room is paneled in butternut which 
makes a splendid background for the 
18th Century painting and colored 
hunting prints. The old Chippendale 
chair covered in beautiful needlepoint 
of the period is as comfortable as most 
over upholstered chairs. At the right 
is an old Sheraton writing desk made 
into a humidor. On the table with 
the books, among other rare pieces, is 
an 18th Century lead box of fine work¬ 
manship now used for a tobacco jar. 
This small corner fulfills all the re¬ 
quirements of a man’s room, a com¬ 
fortable chair to read in, a good light 
near at hand, one’s favorite books 
within easy reach and the surroundings 
charming and in keeping with the spirit 
of the room. 
A room to be really successful should 
be in such perfect harmony that one 
is conscious of its beauty and restful¬ 
ness without being too conscious of the 
things in it. To achieve this one must 
be aware of composition, line, texture 
and color. 
