should be
carefully applied and then polished to the required finish with a
weighted brush.

Of wax finishes one very largely used is that made by the Butcher Polish
Company of Boston. It has all the best qualities of other wax finishes
and has stood the test of time and experience.

There are numerous variations in the products referred to above suited
for different purposes. The Wood-Mosaic Company makes end-wood mosaic
7/8 inch thick made of small blocks joined by means of a lead tongue;
wood carpet similar to that of S. C. Johnson; and thick and thin
parquetry. S. C. Johnson also makes a flooring of 1/4 inch face glued to
a backing of pine to make 7/8 inch, 1 inch, or 1-1/4 inch stock which is
found to stand the changes of temperature in American houses remarkably
well. The thicker floors of 7/8 inch and upwards are frequently made
with tongued and grooved joints and blind nailed.

These patterns when properly chosen are just as appropriate for stairs,
walls, or even ceilings, as for floors, and are frequently used for
these places.

Modern Mosaic Floors.

The use of mosaic floors, especially for corridors and entrances of
public and business buildings and in some positions of private
residences, is rapidly increasing, and every specimen of work gives this
art impetus. The laying of a mosaic floor is not so simple a matter as
it appears to many architects, and the fact that anyone cannot do it is
proven by the bad work one constantly runs across. It is, therefore,
advisable that work of this sort be entrusted to a concern that can be
found after the job has been finished and paid for, and that has a
reputation to maintain and a willingness to make good any imperfection
that a few months' wear will bring to light. As this number of THE
BROCHURE SERIES will often be referred to where ornamental floors are
being designed, we take pleasure not particularly in recommending a
house for executing such floors, but rather in calling attention to some
of the work executed, inspection of which will be the strongest
endorsement possible. We refer to the Murdock Parlor Grate Company of
Boston, a house known by name at least to every architect and builder of
New England.

Organized over forty years ago, and with prospects of active existence
for as many or more years to come, their contracts contain the element
of responsibility that is the best guarantee an architect can have that
his client's interests are in g