March, 1909 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



The Readers' Service will give you 

 information about motor boats 



93 



Why Paint Cracks 



CARTER PURE WHITE LEAD, when mixed 

 with pure linseed oil and the desired tints, 

 forms a perfect combination — PAINT. Just 

 as sugar and water form syrup. 



When applied to a building, this combination 

 produces a smooth, elastic film which expands and 

 contracts with the surface it protects. Only years 

 of wear will remove it. 



When substitutes are added to the white lead 

 (barytes, zinc, silica, chalk, etc..) this perfect com- 

 bination — this affinity between oil and white lead, 

 is broken. The paint film is not elastic — it is brittle 

 and soon cracks, scales and checks. It must then 

 be burned or scraped off — a costly operation. The 

 building must be repainted — unnecessary expense. 



CARTER 



Strictly Pure 



White Lead 



will perfectly protect your buildings. It will never 

 crack, scale or check. 



Carter is made by the only modern and scientific 

 process in the White Lead industry. Every particle 

 of discoloration and impurity is eliminated. Carter 

 is the whitest paint you can buy — this whiteness 

 assures tints that are brilliant, true and extremely 

 durable. 



By the pound, Carter costs a trifle more than 

 other leads. Figured by yards of surface covered 

 and years of wear, however, it is the most economical 

 paint you can buy. Carter is sold by all reliable 

 dealers — used by first- class painters. 



Send for our valuable free book, which gives all 

 the tests by which you may know good paint — tells 

 bow to choose a harmonious color scheme. With 

 the book comes a set of color plates from real houses, 

 that will give you ideas for painting your home. 



CARTER WHITE LEAD CO. 



12073 S. Peoria Street. CHICAGO. ILL. 



factories; 

 Chicago— Omaha 



"We will pay $100 and cost of analysis for \ 

 the detection of any adulteration in this 1 

 or any other package bearing this brand. '" 



There is 

 scarcely any limit to the 

 possible improvement in seeds, 

 but it takes time and money. We have been im- 

 proving flower and vegetable seeds for over 50 

 years. More than 2000 people are working to 

 make Ferry's Seeds suit you. Buy the best- 

 Ferry's. For sale everywhere. 



FERRY'S 1909 SEED ANNUAL 



FREE ON REQUEST. 



D. M. FERRY & CO., Detroit, Mich. 



Paint Talks No. 2 — Interior Painting 



You have seen painted walls, ceilings and woodwork peel and scale. 

 That's a sign that something is wrong, either with paint or painter, or 

 both. Good White Lead and Linseed Oil, properly applied, will neither 

 scale nor peel. Any paint will peel if applied over a damp surface. And 

 paint loaded up with hard, unyielding substances (put in to save the ex- 

 pense of pure White Lead) will check, or crack and scale, no matter 

 how carefully they are applied. 



There is much wider latitude in the mixing of paint for interior work 

 than for outside work. Turpentine may be used freely instead of linseed oil, 

 giving the beautiful dull or "flat" effects. This treatment would be ruinous 

 out in the weather. 



A great range of delicate tints are suitable inside also. These 

 cannot be secured at their best except with the finest White Lead — the 

 Dutch Boy Painter kind. It costs no more to have this guaranty of 

 purity of your paint material. Insist on having White Lead with the 

 Dutch Boy Painter on the side of the keg. At your paint dealer's. 



Read about our "House-owners' Painting Outfit" J6®» 



NATIONAL LEAD COMPANY 



A n office in each of the following cities: 



New York Boston Buffalo Cincinnati Chicago Cleveland St. Louis 

 Philadelphia (John T. .Lewis & Bros. Company) Pittsburgh (National Lead and Oil Company 



Painting Outfit 

 Free 



We have prepared a 

 little package of things 

 bearing on the subject 

 of painting which we 

 call House-owners' 

 Painting Outfit No. V. 

 It includes: 



I— Book of color 

 schemes (state 

 whether you wish 

 interior or exte- 

 rior schemes). 

 2 — Specifications 

 for ail kinds of 

 painting. 



3 — Instrument 

 for detecting: 

 adulteration _ i n 

 paint material, 

 with directions 

 for using it. 

 Free on request to 

 any reader who asks for 

 House-owners' Paint- 

 ing Outfit No.V. 



Plant for Immediate Effect 



Not for Future Generations 



Start with the largest stock that can be secured ! It takes over twenty years 



to grow such Trees and Shrubs as we offer. 



We do the long waiting — thus enabling you to secure Trees and Shrubs that give an 

 immediate effect. Price List Now Ready. 



ANDORRA NURSERIES T ^SSSSJSik 



Wfl. WARNER HARPER, Proprietor 



