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Easy to Have Well- 
Dressed Floors 
WEAVE 
This Crex Herringbone 
Parlor Rug (No. 626) is 
to be had in the 9x12 ft. 
size for $19.50 
Below a strand of Crex wire 
grass magnified many times. 
Note thefibre: Smooth, solid, 
strong. No holes, no splits. 
This is why Crex rugs wear 
so long. Germs and dust fmd 
no lodging here. 
CREX 
STRONG 
SOLID 
TOUGH 
WIRE 
GRASS 
F OREIGN 
HOLLOW 
BRITTLE 
STRAW 
This shows a strand of 
rice straw magnified in the 
same way. Note the spongy, 
shredded appearance. This 
is why foreign rugs and mat¬ 
ting tear apart so easily. This 
spongy, shredded fibre is an 
ideal breeding place for 
germs. 
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should not be well-dressed this 
summer. Just insist on Crex 
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the decorative scheme of your 
rooms may be—Jacobean, 
Colonial, whatnot—there’s a 
Crex in design and coloring to 
perfectly harmonize. 
But be sure the rug you buy 
is a genuine Crex. Crex Rugs 
are made of tough wire grass, 
twisted and woven to give the 
strength that makes them last 
for years and years. Beware 
of inferior imitations. 
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House & Garden 
Walled and Paved Town Gardens 
(Continued from page 110) 
I^rix Duryea 
they have been de¬ 
signed are in no 
way ephemeral in 
quality. Neither 
garden depends up¬ 
on any loo:e orna¬ 
ment for its effec¬ 
tiveness. 
The garden shown 
on page 110 occu¬ 
pies a tiny backyard 
plot. In the center 
iof the almost square 
place a circular pool 
has been set, de¬ 
termining the shape 
of beds that lie around it like segments. 
A low retaining wall surrounds the gar¬ 
den like a deep frame. Beyond the 
wall lies a narrow border of heavy 
herbaceous plants. A solitary piece of 
garden furniture, a stone bench of clas¬ 
sic lines, occupies a recess in the low 
wall. The paving stones are set in ir¬ 
regular pattern directly on the soil of 
the yard, with dirt joints in which 
small tough, trailing plants are grown. 
The beds are given body and emphasis 
by columnar shaped yews and privet. 
The garden shown 
on this page is 
somewhat more 
formal in design, 
both in its sym¬ 
metrical outline and 
in the way its ma¬ 
terials have been 
handled. The flag¬ 
stones of the walks 
are rectangular in 
shape ar.d are laid 
with cement joints 
so that they will 
maintain a smooth 
appearance. The 
copings of the pool and the step ramps 
are made of cast stone, which helps 
along the air of formality. 
The construction of the dry wall in 
the view at the bottom of the page 
might very well serve as a model of 
excellence. The wall is composed for 
the most part of flat, split stones, but 
occasionally larger pieces have been 
used with splendid effect. It is laid 
dry (without mortar) and the joints 
are made with earth, offering a root- 
hold to rock plant and alpines. 
Rectangular flag¬ 
stones form the 
pavement of this 
well-enclosed Lon¬ 
don garden 
The plan of the 
garden illustrated 
below shows its 
b eautifully bal¬ 
anced design 
This extremely successful town garden, by being sunken and 
paved , becomes as integral a part of the site as the house. 
The walls and paths, by the way, are masterpieces of masonry 
