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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
November, 1910 
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Water Supply Service, 
"fly/il” for any building— 
for any institution— 
any place—anywhere 
No matter where you want water, or how much 
you want, or under what conditions you want 
it, it will pay you to investigate the 
Kewanee System 
of Water Supply 
No city water system provides better water supply 
service. With your own private plant — a Kewanee 
System—you can have an abundance of water de¬ 
livered under strong pressure, to all your fixtures 
and hydrants—to the bathroom, kitchen, laundry, 
lawn, stables, garage— anywhere. 
Thousands of Kewanee Systems are in use 
every day, year in and year out, for supplying 
city, country and suburban homes, private and 
public institutions, country clubs, schools, 
apartment buildings, fraternal homes, factories, 
towns, etc. 
The Kewanee System Is a high quality water 
system through and through. It is the only ^ HE 
absolutely guaranteed no-trouble system 
Write for our Catalog No. 44 and 
full information. Estimates and 
engineering service free. 
Kewanee Water Supply Co. 
Kewanee, Illinois. 
2080 Hudson-Terminal Bldg., 50 Church 
Street, New York City. 
1212 Marquette Bldg., Chicago, Ill. 
305 Diamond Bank Bldg., Pittsburgh, Pa. 
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COMBINE 
Varnish and Stain of the highest quality and you have 
“MONOVAR” 
A perfect finish in imitation of popular woods secured by 
using 
“ Monovar” 
Rub with punice stone ani witer for antique finish, with 
pumce stone ani oil for egg-shell gloss or half-fiat finis h. 
Manufactured only by 
SAMUEL H. FRENCH & CO. 
Paint & Varnish Manufacturers 
4th & Callowhill Sts., PHILADELPHIA 
Stanley’s Ball-Bearing Min gts 
Nothing equals them for 
hanging doors either in 
Big Public Buildings or 
Private Dwellings 
Two will frequently take the place of three 
ordinary hinges, and their action is noise¬ 
less and perfect. TTMade in Wrought Bronze 
and Steel. 
THE STANLEY WORKS 
Myrtle Street. New Britain, Conn. 
New York Office: 79 Chambers Street 
the slightest aperture in which vermin can 
hide. In laying the tiling all joints are 
cemented together under pressure so that 
the entire surface is hermetically sealed 
-—no crack or crevice anywhere for wa¬ 
ter, dirt, germs or insects. The only 
cleaning needed is washing with hot wa¬ 
ter. For bathrooms, laundries, kitchens, 
piazzas, cork tiling is suitable, and it can 
be made as decorative as a parquetry 
floor, in all natural wood colorings, and 
in small or large square or oblong tiles. 
The New York Public Library, which 
will shortly be open to the public, has in 
it one hundred thousand square feet of 
cork tiling. The tiling can be laid on any 
floor base, and its price, laid and finished 
in any design, is seventy-five cents a 
square foot. Iv. N. B. 
Book Reviews 
[The Publishers of House and Garden will be glad to 
furnish any books desired by subscribers on receipt of 
publisher’s price. Inquiries accompanied by stamp for 
reply will be answered imme diaiely.] 
Our Flower Gardens. By Harriet L. Keeler. 
Illustrated. Cloth Cr. 8vo, 550 pp. New 
York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. $2 net. 
This convenient book is a popular study 
of the life histories of our garden flowers, 
their structural affiliations, their native 
lands, set forth in a clear and thorough 
manner, combined with a charming style. 
It is, however, more a volume of matter 
for the garden-maker who has a botanical 
curiosity, than for the abstract garden- 
lover, or lover of flowers independent of 
their life-histories. There are no practi¬ 
cal cultural matters included. 
Who’s Who Among the Ferns. By W. I. 
Beecroft. Illustrated. Cloth, i6mo, 208 pp. 
New York: Moffat, Yard and Company. 
$1 net. 
As its companion volume did with the 
wild flowers, this book will enable anyone 
to determine the identity of Ferns without 
trouble, and with a few minutes’ work, to 
find, simply set forth, the essential facts 
about. Like “Who’s Who Among the 
Wild Flowers,” this handy volume may be 
carried in the pocket for reference on a 
woodland tramp. 
Vegetable Gardening. By Samuel B. Green. 
Illustrated. Cloth, 121110, 232 pp. St. Paul: 
Webb Publishing Company. $1. 
This is a profusely illustrated handy 
manual on the growing of vegetables for 
home use and gardening. As the author 
is the Professor of Horticulture in the 
University of Minnesota, the practical in¬ 
formation set forth will be of especial 
value to garden makers in the Middle 
West. 
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