HOUSE AND GARDEN 
242 
March. 
i9D 
IN THE LIVING ROOM 
Wilds 
PARQUET 
INLAID 
LINOLEUM 
Brings an air of refinement, repose and perfect cleanliness to the 
comfort haven of the home. There is no danger to young or old 
from slipping as on hardwood floors; no noise; no need of costly 
refinishing; and no annual upheaval at Spring cleaning time as 
with carpets. 
WILD’S PARQUET INLAID LINOLEUM is noiseless, elastic and in ap¬ 
pearance closely resembles wood parquetry. It is perfectly sanitary, the perma¬ 
nent presence of linseed oil being actually destructive of germ life. It has a safe 
stepping surface; is easily cleaned with soap and water; is less expensive than 
hardwood; never requires refinishing and will wear for years as the patterns are 
INLAID, the colors being the same right through. It is suitable also for other 
rooms, likewise for offices, public buildings, etc. 
Sold by dealers in high grade linoleum. The trade 
mark on the back is your guide and guarantee. 
Send for folder “K” showing the 26 patterns reproduced in 
colors, and list of dealers in your locality handling the line 
Joseph Wild & Q>- 
WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS 
366 FIFTH AVE., NEW YORK 
BOSTON Est. 1352 CHICAGO 
KENNEL DEPARTMENT 
AIREDALE TERRIERS 
The best all ’round dog and companion 
Our Terriers are blue ribbon winners at 
New York, Boston, Pittsburg, Chicago, 
Kansas City and other large shows. 
Puppies for Sale, $25 and Up. 
Champion Red Raven at Stud. 
Fee $25. The greatest living sire. 
Beautiful illustrated booklet for stamp 
ELMHURST FARM KENNELS 
Sta. E. KANSAS CITY. MO. 
delight the 
H sneiiand Pony 
—is an unceasing source 
of pleasure. A safe and 
ideal playmate. Makes 
the child strong and of 
health. Inexpensive 
to buy and keep. Highest 
types here. Complete outfits. 
Entire satisfaction. Write 
for illustrated catalog. 
BELL*; MEADE FARM 
Dept. 3 Markham, V« 
WHITE SGOTGH COLLIES 
No country home is finished, no family 
circle complete without a big, brave dog, 
and the Scotch Collie is the ideal home 
dog. Mothers are at ease when a sleepless, faithful, fearless Collie follows the 
children on their rambles in the country. Fathers know that the tireless, vigorous 
playmate of the children will keep them out doors and doctors’ and druggists’ 
bills out of sight. Young ladies know that white Collies are the most beautiful, 
graceful, and sympathetic aristocrats of dogdom. Little girls 
love their gentle ways. Boys swear by them because they know 
a Collie is ALL DOG ALL THE TIME. The tired business 
man, disgusted with the shams and trickery of the world, has 
his faith renewed every time he looks into the face of his faith¬ 
ful Collie. The entire household regard him ONE OF THE 
FAMILY. On the farm he is the first to detect trouble of any 
kind, drives away all two and four-legged enemies, and saves 
hours of labor by herding the cattle and sheep. White Collies 
are very rare ana extremely beautiful. Ours are country-raised 
(out on an island) hardy, healthy and rugged, requiring no 
artificial heat in winter. Pedigree stock only. A pair will raise 
more than $150.00 worth of puppies a year. We ship anywhere 
in North America. 
THE ISLAND WHITE KENNELS, OSHKOSH, WIS. 
BEAUTIFUL CATS AND 
FLUFFY KITTENS FOR SALE 
Short-haired Domestic, Rare Manx- 
Siamese and Abyssinian, Native long¬ 
haired and pedigreed Persians. Ideal 
boarding place for Cats, Dogs and 
Birds. Resident Veterinarian. Write 
for beautifully Illustrated Catalogue 
and Sales lists. 
BLACK SHORT HAIRED CATTERY, 
Oradell, N. J. 
The Paramount 
Dog Food 
Keeps Your Dogs in Condition 
the Year Round 
Are your dogs thriving as they should ? If not, try OSOKO. 
A good, solid, common sense dog food, composed of fine 
beef and high grade materials, with all the nutriment left in 
it. Absolutely pure and free from chemicais, appetizing spices 
or other harmful substances. 
Do not forget the name << 0-S-0-K-0. ,, 
Manufactured by 
Spillers & Bakers, Ltd,, Cardiff, England 
Send for sample and Booklet No. 10 
H. A. Robinson & Co. 
Importers 
128 Water Street New York City 
W HEN in need of any information 
pertaining to the Kennel, write to 
our Kennel Dept. We shall be glad to 
answer any inquiries. 
HOUSE & GARDEN 
31 EAST 17th STREET NEW YORK CITY 
range, being found from Maine to South 
Carolina, Texas, and westward to Cali¬ 
fornia and Oregon. Jimson weed, a com¬ 
mon weed in field and waste places, is 
found almost everywhere except in the 
North and West. The dried leaves are 
frequently smoked or the fumes inhaled, 
as a remedy for asthma. Catnip, famil¬ 
iarly associated with a tea for babies, is 
described as a common weed naturalized 
from Europe. It is noted for its quieting 
effect on the nervous system. 
Boneset is another familiar plant in 
many households, the leaves and tops of 
which form an old and popular remedy in 
the treatment of fever and ague. Penny¬ 
royal, aside from its value as an aromatic 
stimulant, has an odor which is very re¬ 
pulsive to insects, and is therefore much 
used for keeping away mosquitoes and 
other troublesome insects. 
Among the other plants not in such com¬ 
mon use, mentioned in this paper, are fox¬ 
glove, gum plant, bugleweed, balmony and 
skullcap. Tansy, wormwood, fireweed 
and fleabane are described as furnishing 
useful oils. 
A Good Inexpensive Concrete Fence 
A CONCRETE fence which should 
prove of interest to our readers was 
recently designed by R. V. Moss, city 
surveyor of New York City, for the Glen 
Ridge Tennis Courts. It is strong and 
durable, of neat appearance, and is of a 
style that can be quickly erected and at 
low cost. 
At 12' i" centers three-inch I-beams 
12'6" in length were sunk in the ground 
to a depth of two feet six inches, leaving 
ten feet of post above the surface. The 
flanges of these beams were wrapped with 
metal lath to a height of six feet above 
grade to carry cement plaster. 
A 2" x 3" spruce bottom rail was placed 
between the posts along the ground and 
a top rail of the same size at a height of 
six feet, with reinforcing plates. The 
concrete was then applied on the reinforc¬ 
ing plates to a thickness of three inches. 
Above the reinforced concrete portion 
of the fence, wire netting is fastened to 
the height of four feet, making the entire 
height of the fence ten feet, six feet of 
which is concrete and the remainder wire. 
The cost of this type of fence is ex¬ 
tremely low, especially for the concrete 
portion of it, which in this case is in¬ 
creased by the fact that the I-beam posts 
extend four feet above the concrete to car¬ 
ry the netting. The concrete portion alone 
costs about twenty-five or thirty cents 
per square foot, including the contractor’s 
profit, which made the cost of the six- 
foot fence from $1.50 to $1.80 per lineal 
foot. The average fence costs from $2.00 
to $2.50 per foot — is neither as easily nor 
as quickly erected, and seldom as strong 
and durable, and concrete again proves its 
superiority in a new form. 
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