ARE THESE YOUR PROBLEMS? 
Hicks Home Landscapes —1923 edition 
Some of our friends say this is the best book we have ever issued. 
Profusely illustrated with paintings by Miss Amy Cross and Walt Huber; 
photographs in color and black; other un¬ 
usual features of value to home owners 
everywhere. We shall be glad to mail a 
copy to you on request. 
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Hicks Time-saving Trees 
For Seashore and Mountain 
And all That Lies Between 
W HEN nor'easters, blustering along coast and mountain 
side, whip the branches furiously; when summer 
breezes play around the foliage and the well-developed 
top casts a welcome shade, then you will realize that Hicks 
Time-saving Trees are adaptable to all situations. 
Hicks Time-saving Trees can be moved now—in full leaf— 
with perfect safety. They can be used for avenues, for en¬ 
trance-courts, for lawn specimens, or for large groups— a<H in 
either instance will add to the value and beauty of your holdings. 
Varieties and Sizes Available Now 
Time-Saving Evergreens 
Size 
Each 
Per 10 
White Fir 
2-:; ft... 
$22.50 
8-4 ft... 
. 4.00 
35.00 
4-5 ft... 
. 5.00 
45.00 
6 ft.. . 
. 10.00 
G-S ft.. . 
. 20.00 
Nikko Fir (Japanese) 
3-4 ft.. . 
. 6.00 
50.00 
5-6 ft... 
. 10.00 
90.00 
S-10 ft.. . 
. 40.00 
Japanese Cypress (Green) 
i-iy 2 ft... 
. 2.50 
20.00 
“ “ (Golden) 
i fi . 
. 1.25 
10.00 
i ft.. 
. 2.00 
(Blue) 
2 ft.. 
. 3.00 
Colorado Blue Spruce 
8-9 ft... 
. 40.00 
American Hemlock 
;; ft.. 
30.00 
4 ft.. 
. 4.00 
35.00 
Japanese Hemlock 
2-2V 2 ft 
25.00 
3-4 ft.. 
. 5.00 
45.00 
6 ft.. 
. 10.00 
Austrian Pine 
7-10 ft... 
10-12 ft.. 
. 45.00 
Jack Pine 
6-8 ft.. 
. 10.00 
90.00 
8-10 ft... 
. 15.00 
Mugho Pine 
i tt.. 
iy 2 ft.. 
. 4.00 
25.00 
35.00 
Red Pine 
4-5 ft... 
. 5.00 
40.00 
6-8 ft.. 
. 20.00 
Scotch Pine 
3-4 ft. 
. 3.00 
25.00 
8-10 ft. . 
. 25.00 
180.00 
White Pine 
4 ft... 
. 3.00 
25.00 
5 ft. . 
. 6.00 
50.00 
6 ft.. 
. 10.00 
75.00 
8 ft. . 
. 15.00 
Japanese Yew (Upright) 
4- 5 ft... 
5- 6 ft. . . 
. 1S.00 
. 25.00 
Japanese Yew (Flat Form) 
1*6x2 ft... 
1 Voy 4 ft. . . 
. 6.00 
. 25.00 
50.00 
Time-Saving Shade Trees 
Height 
Diam. 
Each 
Per 10 
Norway Maples 
18-22 ft... 
1S-22 ft... 
. .4 
. .U/a 
in . 
in . 
. $15.00 
. 25.00 
$125.00 
225.00 
18-22 ft... 
in . 
. 40.00 
350.00 
22-24 ft.. 
. .6 
in. 16 
prs. old 50.00 
450.00 
24-30' ft... 
. .8-11 
in . 
. 100.00 
900.00 
Pin Oak 
18-20 ft. . . 
• AVz 
in . 
. 35.00 
18-20 ft. . . 
. .5 
in . 
. 60.00 
20-26 ft. . . 
. .6 
in . 
. 75.00 
25-28 ft.. 
. . 7 
iti . 
. 100.00 
26-28 ft. . 
. .8-9 
. 150.00 
Scarlet Oak 
4 ft.. . 
1.50 
12.50 
6 ft. . . 
. 2.00 
17.50 
8 ft. . . 
. 4.00 
35.00 
10 ft.. 
..iy 2 
in . 
. 6.00 
50.00 
Linden 
8 ft. . . 
. 2.00 
17.50 
10 ft.. 
in . 
. 2.75 
25.00 
12 ft.. 
•> 
in . 
. 3.50 
30.00 
14 ft.. 
..2 'k 
in . 
. 5.00 
45.00 
14 ft 
. .3 
in . 
. 12.00 
100.00 
Sweet Gum 
10-12 ft.. 
■ ■V/? 
in . 
. 3.50 
30.00 
12-14 ft.. 
. .2-3 
in . 
. 6.00 
50.00 
14-18 ft.. 
. .3-4 
in . 
. 25.00 
16-20 ft.. 
in. 17 
NTS. old 45.00 
16-22 ft.. 
. .5-6 
in . 
. 60.00 
Tulip Tree 
' 8 ft.. 
. 3.00 
25.00 
10 ft. . 
. 4.00 
35.00 
14 ft. . 
. 15.00 
120.00 
18 ft. . 
. 25.00 
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match the curtains with one chair 
done in antique satin in a tan and 
rose stripe and another in the blue 
and gold damask. 
The walls in the dining room might 
be tinted a warm tan with gauze glass 
curtains of the same color, hangings 
of crewel embroidered linen and the 
chair seats done in claret colored 
damask and either an Oriental rug in 
deep tones of red and blue to har¬ 
monize with the colors in the crewel 
work or else a plain rug in claret color. 
One bedroom I should do in tur¬ 
quoise blue and pink with pink flowered 
glazed chintz curtains against turquoise 
walls and the furniture painted blue 
also. In the other, I think it would 
be attractive to have yellow walls and 
woodwork, plain yellow glazed chintz 
hangings bound in mauve, mahogany 
or walnut 18th Century furniture with 
the overstuffed pieces done in flowered 
yellow, pink and mauve chintz. 
Question: Please give me suggestions 
for a dining room in a country house. 
It is not very bright. The furniture 
is mahogany in Chippendale design. 
Answer: There is a charming paper, 
Chinese in feeling that would make 
an unusually attractive dining room 
in a country house. As it has a 
yellow ground it is particularly adapted 
to your room which needs this color 
to lighten it up. The design is in 
pale green, blue and a little gold. 
With this paper you might use hang¬ 
ings of green taffeta over pale yellow 
gauze under curtains and a plain tan 
rug. 
I am enclosing the address of the 
manufacturer of this paper. 
Question: I am furnishing a new 
house and especially want suggestions 
for my porch. The wicker and fibre 
suites seem too perishable. Can you 
suggest anything else? The floor is 
red tile. 
Answer: As Chinese rattan furniture is 
durable, comfortable and effective, I 
would suggest your using it on your 
porch. I am sending you some illus¬ 
trations of this type of furniture that 
appeared in House & Garden. You 
will be able to purchase this through 
our Shopping Service. 
Some painted pieces might be com¬ 
bined with this, painted apple green 
decorated with lines of blue. Yellow 
and blue chintz hangings and a fibre 
rug in natural color will make an 
attractive porch. 
Question: I wonder if you would 
be kind enough to help me in what 
seems like a very real problem. My 
upper hall is impossible—2C long and 
only 3' wide running through the 
middle of the house. The lower floor 
has walls painted old ivory and this 
is carried upstairs into the hall so 
that I cannot use a wall paper, which 
is what I should like. I cannot find 
any rug which seems just right for 
this long hall. Have tried hooked rugs 
but dislike the empty spaces. What 
can I do to improve the hall and also 
what can be done with one small bed¬ 
room 14' x 10'? I have in it at 
present a four post maple bed, hooked 
rugs, silver gray paper and ivory wood¬ 
work. Please help me. 
Answer: You are quite right in not 
wanting to use small rugs in your hall 
as they only serve to cut it up and 
make it look patchy. I think carpet 
in a neutral tone such as taupe or sand 
color would be the best solution as a 
carpet with a figure or odd rugs will 
only make the hall seem narrower. 
Some pictures, prints or etchings 
framed in inconspicuous frames will 
help to widen the effect. 
I think your bedroom will be more 
attractive with a flowered wall paper 
and there is a lovely one of lilacs on 
a pale yellow ground. With this you 
might use plain glazed chintz curtains 
in lavender bound with yellow over 
yellow organdie glass curtains and a 
yellow taffeta bedspread. 
Question: I am enclosing a plan of 
my garden. It is small and I should 
like to lay it out to best advantage. 
Any help you could give me would be 
greatly appreciated. 
On the back of the plan I have 
named what I should like to plant 
Would you kindly tell me how many 
plants I could have in the garden space ? 
I suppose I shall have to have dwarf 
trees but would like one of -’s 
special 7-10 ft. Baldwin apple trees. 
The March issue of House & Gar¬ 
den was simply wonderful, and I found 
it completely filled with the most 
valuable suggestions. Please let me 
know if the perennial border shown 
on page 87 could be used some where 
on my place. 
Answer: In answer to your letter 
of recent date, I would make the 
following suggestions. 
In the shady part of the four foot 
border on the left hand side of the 
property, I would use such perennials 
as funkia, violets, platycodon, prim¬ 
roses and ferns. The planting you 
have indicated for the sunny section 
is good, but I would add anemone 
Japonica and move the white phlox 
into this location. 
It is very nice of you to say such 
good things about the March issue 
and I wish I could tell you that the 
border shown in that number might 
be used on your place, but I am 
afraid it is quite a little too large. 
However, with perennial borders on 
three sides of your plot you should 
get quite an effective array of bloom. 
I would plant the raspberries, blue¬ 
berries and currants in two rows in the 
rear left hand corner of the property. 
Back of them and separated from the 
hollyhock border by a narrow path 
would be the most suitable place for 
the asparagus. In front of the small 
fruits there would then be room for 
the roses you already have and the 
additional roses you want to get. The 
fruit trees I would use to screen the 
foreground from the lawn. 
Question: “Can we help” seems to 
be the watchword of your publication, 
whether it be in relation to buying a 
dog or planning a trip around the 
world. Possibly my question may 
come in somewhere between these two 
extremes. 
I am inclined to be tubercular, and 
my occupation is gardening. Taking 
these two things into consideration 
where would you say is the best 
place in the United States for me to 
locate? I want to be able to work 
outside all the year round, possibly 
to work up a nursery business, cer¬ 
tainly to be free from sickness. (With 
continual outdoor work I seem quite 
healthy). A damp climate is out of 
the question and I would prefer a 
district where the vegetation is of the 
kind which one usually associates with 
temperate regions. 
You cannot be too explicit in an¬ 
swering this question, and I assure 
you that House & Garden will not be 
forgotten. 
Answer: An ideal location for you 
might be in the mountains of North 
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