American homes and gardens . and the callof the moth and firefly for sweets is insistentwith longing. When the bee, that all day-long has flitted from flower to flower onhoney laden wings, has folded his wings andcrept into the petals of the day-blooming roseand lily, to dream away the night in perfumedsleep, then the great starry-eyed and soft-winged moths hover around the tubes of thenight-blooming flowers. The night is full of asoft, tremulous motion of dusky wings andsubtle, intoxicating odors, unknown by enough only deep throated, tube-shaped flowers bloom at night, the flow
American homes and gardens . and the callof the moth and firefly for sweets is insistentwith longing. When the bee, that all day-long has flitted from flower to flower onhoney laden wings, has folded his wings andcrept into the petals of the day-blooming roseand lily, to dream away the night in perfumedsleep, then the great starry-eyed and soft-winged moths hover around the tubes of thenight-blooming flowers. The night is full of asoft, tremulous motion of dusky wings andsubtle, intoxicating odors, unknown by enough only deep throated, tube-shaped flowers bloom at night, the flowersbeloved by the long tongued moths. Thesilver winged tobacco moth—Cariolanus—whose flexible tongue frequently measures fiveinches in length, frequents the deep throatedhells of the tobacco plant—Nicotiana atrinis,and the night-blooming moonflower; overthe evening primrose the Everix Myronwaves its wings of olive and brown while September, 1906 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 195 COMPLETE INTERIOR DECORATIONAND FURNISHING. HOTEL BELMONT Completely Furnished by W. & J. Sloane afford every possible advantage to architects forideas. Correspondence invited. WE direct the atten-tion of architectsto our exceptionalresources for the completenterior decoration and fur-nishing of hotels. 1| A recent example of thescope and quality of ourwork is seen in the HotelBelmont. The greater partof the wall and ceilingdecorations and all of thefloor-coverings, hangings,tapestries, laces, furniture,bric-a-brac, lamps, andgeneral furnishings weresupplied and installed byour Hotel ContractDepartment. ^ Our remarkably com-plete and efficient organi-zation of artists and artisanslong trained to this work,our extensive looms andworkshops, and our closeaffiliations with foreigncenters of interior deco-rative art, enable us tothe effective expression of their W. & J. SLOANE Broadway & 18th St. NEW YORK ESTABLI SHED 1843 s Complete Outfit| HAND AND FOOT-POWER I Machinery AUR No. 7 SCROLL SAW — ^^ is w
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