House and Garden 
FLO-WHITE 
The selection of the finish for the walls and standing woodwork in the 
kitchen, pantries and bath-rooms of a residence is a detail of supreme im¬ 
portance to the householder. To render these sanitary is the first consider¬ 
ation, and to give the walls and woodwork a permanent finish and one which 
is suitable and pleasing to the eye is the architect's responsibility. 
Flo-JVhitc, the most recent product of Chicago Varnish Company, fully 
meets these recpiirements and has aroused a very unusual interest, and 
wherever it is specified and used the most enthusiastic praise from client 
and architect. The many points of superiority of this enamel over prod¬ 
ucts prepared for like uses can readily he seen. 
In application it flows easily under the brush, and shows no brush- 
marks in drying. 
Its surface is of wonderful brilliancy, and is hard and smooth like 
glass. 
y\s a sul)stitute for tile it is especially valualfie applied to wainscot or 
entire side walls. 
For Hotels, Cafes, Barber Shops, Hair-dressing and Hanicure Parlors 
it is particularly satisfactory. 
In the ideal kitchen of an ideal house, decorated and furnished by 
Margaret Greenleaf, the consulting decorator of Chicago Varnish Company, 
Flo-White was used over hard plaster marked off in 6-inch squares before 
the plaster hardened. 
This little kitchen is the pride of the housewife—clean, bright and shin¬ 
ing. Its glistening white walls and polished yellow maple floor (left in the 
natural color and finished with two coats of Chicago Varnish Company’s 
Supremis), make an attractive setting for the brick red range with its spread¬ 
ing copper hood. Blue and white ware and shining long-handled frying- 
pans decorate the shelves. 
The little casement window has diamond panes daintily hung with 
clear, crisp, white muslin. The whole effect is quaint and charming. W^rite 
Margaret Greenleaf for advice on the finish of the standing wood-work of 
your house; she will recommend a complete color scheme illustrated by sam¬ 
ples if you send your plans. No charge whatever is made for the service 
if you are using Chicago J^arnish Company’s materials, as this offer is 
made by the Company only to their customers. 
35 DEARBORN AVENUE pO|p A VAPNIQH Trt 36 VESEY STREET 
CHICAGO, ILL. All toil Uvfs NEW YORK CITY 
GILSON 
Gasoline Engine 
and Pumping Jack 
JACKS TO FIT ANY STYLE PUMP. 
S70 00 Complete. Every country home 
supplied with our system always 
has water. Will run ice cream freezer, churn, 
washing machine, etc., etc. 
SEND FOR 
CATALOG 
ALL SIZES 
GILSON 
MFG. CO., 424 Park St., PI. Washington, Wis. 
AMERICAN NURSERY COMPANY 
COMBINING 
FRED’K W. KELSEY, New York City. 
F. & F. NURSERIES, Springfield, N. J. 
BLOODGOOD NURSERIES, Flushing, L. I. 
N. J. & L, 1. NURSERIES. 
Hundreds of Acres: 
Trees, Shrubs, Evergreens, Roses, 
Herbaceous Plants, Vines, etc. 
Everything for country estates, parks 
and cemeteries. 
Beautiful 1908 catalogue now ready. 
Consultation and inspection invited. 
Complete Estimates Furnished. 
Sales Department: 
150 Broadway New York 
BLACK AND TAN TERRIER, “BEAUTY” 
Manchester Kennels, Minneapolis, Minn. 
London in which many men who have 
seen service in India make their quarters, 
rhe hardy little dog did not feel the chill 
of the evening so preferred the top of the 
omnibus. Sitting down the old soldier 
looked for his little companion to take 
him on his knee. Not seeing him he 
rose from his seat looking as if he would 
say, “As he won’t follow me I must 
follow the dog this time.” 
These two examples prove their use¬ 
ful and amusing traits and many touch- 
ino; stories could be told of their faithful- 
ness and devotion. 
CROSSING BREEDS 
/^CCASIONALLY there are owners 
of flocks who have taken up an 
unusually deep interest in them and who, 
for the sake of variety and the pleasure 
of the pursuit, conceive the idea that 
some reputation, if not profit, may be 
gained by the founding of a new breed 
of sheep, the reputation of which may be 
connected with their names through 
long time to come. About thirty years 
ago there were two distinct efforts made 
in this direction by well known breeders 
to combine the good points of some of 
each of different breeds in such a way as 
to produce in the progeny a more valu¬ 
able animal than either of the parents. 
The skilled art and experience of both 
of these enthusiasts were brought into 
requisition for some years, but the labor 
was in vain, and in both cases the prog¬ 
eny of these sheep quite failed to show 
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