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mn? : HT SWER > { suspect your hot water becomes too hot. When water is under pressure, (as in the hot water. supply system), -##-.will. fot--vaporize. when_heated to. (or above) the boiling point -but-—will_flash into steam when

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a faucet is turned on, this pres- sure is reduced; steam forms instantly and causes the vibra- ‘tion and noise as if forces its way to the outlet for escape. Installing a water temperature contro] will prevent overheating ofthe water, I suggest you have & competent plumber verify this by--making a personal inspection and necessary correction. -’ =o. LEAKY. MASONRY.

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double ergamy- white flowers at celled in My varieties. These | Toronto; and Meadow Lark,

spotted yellow, from Guelph. New Shasta daisies such as Miss Canada and Elsie Gilbert, a wonderful race of hardy out- door mums from Brandon; and

7 ane se ° és \range from thé fighter squadron | | Many plants.for your Mower | and stenographer series devel-

\border are varieties that have | ; oped by Miss Isabella Preston, been bred in Canada. Name aby which contain such beautiful

compound applied with a pres- sure-release caulking gun, will | jserve. These’ compounds with- | stand temperature changes and | |retain flexibility, and have an | adhesive property causing them to adhere to surfaces to which they are applied. :

LOOSENED FLOOR TILES

| QUESTION: We recently mov- ed: into ‘a home. witha large floor area of_vinyl-impregnated

Centennial Gardens. Using Native Plants

Many horticultural societies medium-sized shrubs with large, and garden clubs are seriously |fragrant, ‘Single white or creamy

cork tiles, laid over the

ro a hardwood floor. Some of these |Faised in Canada. Why not fol- tal farm of the Canada Depart-

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with a waterproofing prepara- tion and have any faulty mortar repointed. Get estimate from mason for putting in perimeter insulation GREASE ON WALLS . QUE; How can one get grease stains off plaster walls? I have>little grandchildren and they have put their greasy hands on my walls. ANSWER: Try washing with one of the new liquid detergents or all-purpose household clean- ers, following label instructions for use carefully: "Or make-~a thick paste of powdered whiting and a noneflammable liquid spot remover; cover the stains with a layer, and place a sheet of: thin plastic over this-to” retard: When dry brush off and repeat tratement if necessary. f GUMMY BUFFET I have a mahog- any buffet that was left in the. house we recently purchased. It feels gummy from not being cleaned. How can I clean it be- fore I polish it? - j ANSWER: Try cleaning the surface ‘with a wax. - removing and cleaning preparation, made bya nationally -known mann: facturer, following label direc- tions. “Or rub carefully with

fine steel wool and—turpent: SCRATCHED PLATE. GLASS QUESTION: in our patio. door has many scratches. Is there anything -I can use to remove them? j ANSWER: There is no practt- \cal_.way to. remove. scratches

which you can point with pride ly shrub with arching beaneies, as your memento of the centen- Baton Rouge and Eileen are nial year? One thing is sure, |new hybrid cherries that bloom you won’t have to coddle or cov- jearly and produce abundant er most of these plants because flowers on good bushy shrubs. nearly all have been bred for |Kileen has white flowers with hardiness as well as for beauty. |pink tips, and Baton Rouge deep Cae ee spring.

a = - choose ce oe ne excels in its lilac me ose are notew are |troductions, many of whic oe ene eee aver were bred at the Central Exper- w rosy-purple star- imental Farm in Ottawa. flowers, and Royalty with deep purple foliage all ‘summer long | and rose-pink flowers in May. Both. were -raised_on the _prair- jes and, apart from spraying to protect ‘them from caterpillars and greenfly, they need little care. Other native Canadians are—_Makamik—and Baskatong, each with rose-pink flowers, de-

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of floor tile. Then, with a putty -\knife or any dull flat similar .. |tool, insert a small quantity of the adhesive under the loosened tile and place a heavy weight on top, allowing to remain un- \disturbed until the adhesive dries and hardens. Wipe up any excess cement that may ooze remain, this is very difficult to remove later. If the surface of out immediately; if allowed to the hardwood floor underneath was. not completely clean and free of any-trace of-wax, grease a etc., before applying the tiles, E sft : the adhesive won't hold tightly; |veloped at the’ Central Experi-|are Mount Baker, a splendid HOW TO OBTAIN re-laying the tile may be the | mental Farnr in Ottawa, and | white variety; Tom Taylor, dou- [eae be ‘only prevention. Leslie and. Strathmore, which | ble violet; Sister Justine, single DESIGN BOOK | cReosoTep TIES BLEED are good flowering and fruiting-| white; —and—Charles—Nordine; QUESTION: I recently pur- | kinds from the west. : |with large open upright, pale- yy mhe latest design book em- chased some new. creosoted rail-| Two good trees for_shade are |blue panicles. From Ontario titled “101 Selected Subur-~ oad ties, planning té use them |the new ~Greenspire - linden, -a -comes-the-largest flowered lilac ban and Country Homes De- for outside entrance steps into | beautiful shade tree with e of all, the deep- purple Frank signed for Canadians,” 18. |my house. Since then I have |form growth selected from the now available at the offices | of The Guardian and~ The Evening Patriot for $1, tax free. This_new edition in-

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inor, Isabella, and Fountain, with extremely fragrant, pink flowers,. and Desdemona, — with light-violet fl . All of these have thick green, foliage than the European lilacs and flower a week later, thus pro- longing the lilac season. _ Good_ varieties from the west

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| beem told they will bleed and the little leaf linden (Tilia cordata) \ereosote would be. tracked into | and Rowancroft Coral, a moun- the house and over concrete | tain ash raised ‘in Meadowvale,; ‘patio, Is there some way to elim- | Ontario. This rowan tree has

ers that measure an inch and a quarter. across.

cludes color selection, etc., — inate this? I haven't installed | Salmon-coral berries instead of |be in every garden are Agnes, plug over 100 popular new them yet; if it’s a condition that | the ‘usual bright-red ones and |with deep-yellow flowers, and designs to choose from. Also’ can’t be corrected, I should not |deeper green leaves than the |Wyasagaming, with fragrant.

included are full designs on | want to use them. ¢ommon European type. hew to order blueprints. | . a MANY SHRUBS There are many choice shrubs of Canadian origin. Quite a num- ber of these have been bred in Western Canada and are valued ‘net~only for their hardiness but because they are improvements on existing kinds. The Snow White spirea, a hybrid of the Korean spirea and the three- lobed spirea, has larger flowers than the common vanhouttei- spirea but is hardy in areas where this hrub_ winter-kills. Fairy..is what_one_might term a. miniature ‘vanhouttei spirea, be- cause it is ‘identical with this shrub-in every respect but grows only two feet high. Both these -jnew.-shrubs-were-raised .in.Drop-. more, Manitoba. | Honeysuckles are usually such large coarse plants that they j}are. best used for screening. | However, two good Canadian | ones, Crimsona, light pink, and }Carleton, a deeper pink, are more compact and do not grow higher than five to eight feet. Dr. Skinner also raised a large imumber of mock-oranges, all of | which_are hardier than the com- !mon Virginal and Minnesota | Snowflaké:Good. ones are Gala had, Patricia, and Purity, all

fully double, soft clear-rose flow- ers. Agnes was raised by Dr. William Saunders, the first di- rector of the Central Experi- mental Farm, and the other rose.in. Manitoba. ........

ANSWER: Sorry to say, but the creosote will probably bleéd \through. The Department of ag- riculture recommends _ several jyéars” of weathering~ before~ ap- \plying any coating over a creo- |

from glass other than having the eurface | professionally ground down. You might try filling an uinconspicious scratch with clear nail polish to make it less notice- ,soted surface. able: if this works, go ahead| (Note: All correspondence with the rest of the deeper jrelating to home maintenance eam atta eo nee Sr CAULKING LOGS : mae, oro QUESTION: The exterior of |Syndicate, 80 King St., West, our home. consisting of very ir- | Zoremte, Ontarie.) a regular vertical -logs. Because; Israeli girls must serve 20 Of the fioles~resulting—from-—-the: -months~in-the-armed-forces—un-.- irregularities, I. would like to jless they have religious reasons caulk between logs, but find the’ for exemption.

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white reverse, was selected by nurserymen as_ the, centennial rose. It was raised in British Columbia. Others are Jet Fire, dazzling orange red; Canadiana, bright-yellow;—and-Hallowe'en;-a-}

yellow-orange color. .Patricia. Macoun is about the hardiest of rambler roses and needs no more protection than mounding: -with-earth-“It=has-a* profusion™

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jyou will find that there is a var- varieties as Brenda Watts, ‘iety that has been bred in this’ |ecountry. Good irises are Arm- lean Bright, vivid orange; Eliza- | beth of England, light blue; Blue |Ballet, blue; and Candy Capers, one of the new fringed types. Your craving for Siberian irises can easily be satisfied by grow- ‘ing Ceaser and Tropic Seas, both of which originated in a

Morden, Manitoba, and-from from Royal Botanic Garden at Hamilton, and the famous Mor- den lythrums, are all Canadian and grace many gardens throu- ghout the world today. ;

It would be no problem to ex- tend this list far beyond\the con- fines of a short article for there are many other paentifel wants : anadian origin. or Starlight, white with _orange 5 ce catalogue and you

ba MO OF Cecilia, pink, Primrose Lady, | your own thome-bred flowers.

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