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Quiet, Comfortable Floors RESILIENT AND INSULATED INCREASE THE VALUE OF YOUR HOME

"For higher quality at lower cost" Weatherproof HOMASOTE products ▲ Under wall-to-wall carpeting — Homasote 3/8" Carpet Board Under quality floor coverings — Homasote 5/8" Underlayment ▶ The life of your fine floor coverings is greatly increased by the resilience of Homasote Carpet Board or Underlayment. Simultaneously — whether working or merely walking — you experience a new sense of comfort and energy-saving. Your floors are insulated against temperature, against dust infiltration, against sound transmission. These panels measure 4' by 4' and are quickly applied over concrete slab or rough wood flooring. Ask your Lumber Dealer (or mail us the coupon) for more detailed information — plus your free copy of the Homasote Handbook (72 pages of building know-how and money-saving methods). Build your new home the modern way — PRECISION-BUILT Save at least 10% of the cost and 2/3 of the time. You get a quality home in every detail of construction — with each component scientifically custom-built to fit your own plans. Send 25¢ for fully illustrated brochure, giving full details for perma-nent homes, vacation and shell houses. Use the coupon below. HOMASOTE COMPANY, Trenton 3, N. J., Dept. H-1 Without obligation, send me the literature checked. [ ] Carpet Board & Underlayment [ ] Homasote Handbook [ ] Send my fully illustrated brochure which gives details on P-B Homes and on vacation houses and shell houses. I enclose 25¢ to cover cost of postage and mailing, plus a 7" square sample of Homasote, suitable for use as a handy hot plate pad. NAME. ADDRESS. CITY. ZONE. STATE. 1-277

What? A Greenhouse In August? It is not midsummer madness — now is the time to get one under way.

The greenhouse, complete. Final step in the building, begun last August, was to knock out the library wall so that the indoor garden became part of the house. BY JOHN BRIMER IF YOU WANT a proper place to house outdoor "holdover" plants and indoor greenery by the time the cold winds blow, you should get parts ordered now — greenhouses come knocked down — and start construction immediately. It was August of last year when Thomas W. Ulrichs of Mahwah, New Jersey, put in his order for the greenhouse photographed here. He picked one from a catalogue that best fitted his location and then decided to make his curved-cave lean-to greenhouse into a conservatory rather than a separate element, by removing the entire study wall as well as the living-room door. By starting in summer he managed to be ready, before cold weather came, with this pleasant glassed area which he filled with geraniums, lantana, impatiens, and other outdoor plants, as well as a motley assortment of house plants formerly distributed in various rooms. A feature of the conservatory is the collection of handsome aspidistra now nearly seventy-five years old, inherited from a relative. As soon as his order was sent off last August, Mr. Ulrichs started to dig and lay the foundation, working evenings and on weekends, as he could. He had the foundation nearly ready when the ten cases of do-it-yourself parts arrived. After filling the foundation with soil, soaking and tamping the fill to assure a good solid underpinning for the eventual brick floor, which was to be laid on sand to assure drainage, he began to bolt and secure the modular parts and erect the greenhouse. Once this was done, he installed the automatic heating and ventilating equipment, and then came the final step: removal of the study wall. This was carried out in easy stages, and by mid-December, long after all the plants were in place and the brick floor laid, the job was finally finished. The conservatory is uncrowded, with plants hanging in baskets and massed on racks and shelves as well as on the floor, leaving room for some attractive painted chairs which add a gay note to the picture and offer pleasant sitting places for winter afternoons. How much does a greenhouse cost? You will get a good idea from the accounting below. This includes automatic heating and ventilation devices as well as installation of electrical and gas connections: GREENHOUSE COSTS Size: 9'8" X 11'2" GREENHOUSE — all metal and glass parts | $538.00 Automatic ventilator | 50.00 Gas furnace, duct from house | 278.00 Electrical work | 65.00 Greenhouse shelves, screens, hangers, etc. | 52.63 Building permit | 7.50 Sand, gravel | 8.30 Cinder blocks for foundation | 46.80 Cement | 10.50 Lumber for door, bricks, etc. | 104.69 Miscellaneous, hardware, etc. | 23.50 $1,184.92

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