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I'm digging out something everybody needs in paint .V Once a Cement Work] iVear the mo<r famon* gardrm of rhf A'orrhtJ pfs jrto! from a lei > ike hood t.kotury or f | Drills, dynamite* steam shovels, and cranes tore away tons of earth OU don't need three Yguesses to tell what I'm talking about, because my job is mining lead. And lead is the starting point for making a durable paint. You see, they make the pur est lead into white lead. And white lead is used in making paint. When you look at such ances try, it's not surprising that pure white lead paint is able to stand up under the attack of time and nature. In case you think I'm grinding my own ax, just ask any painter who knows his stuff. Ask him what he'd paint his own house with. I can tell you what his Ra RELY does a siehtseer land in It take* etperteectte do a food paint )ob. For the paint on a houae it only l-MOth of an inch thick, and it eeeda to be akilfully applied to give real protection. Pictured here ia ooe of the many thingaa good painter knows -how to lay paint at cornera to pro tect the pointa where clapboard* Join. answer will be--"white lead." So take it from an old lead miner, you can't beat a paint that's made from lead. And this is one case where the best is really the cheapest. Le a d In d u s t r ie s As s o c i a t io n 420 Lexington Avenue New York, N. Y. jVVictoria, British Columbia, even for only a few hours between boats, without visiting the famous Butchart gardens 12 miles from the city, at Tod Inlet. The gardens are a tri umph in landscape gardening--a massed coloring against a rocky and forested background that's wonder* ful. The garden proper, which covers about 16 acres, contains trees and shrubs of varying shades of green, red, yellow, and purple; and hedges of Bowen line the driveway. Spa* cious lawns surround the Butchart home, and inviting swings and chairs are set among rose trees and arbors. It WASN'T always so. Years ago Mr. Butchart was the owner of a cement business located on the grounds now occupied by the ear* dens. Drills, dynamite, steam shov* els, and cranes tore away tons of earth, until at the end of four years a yawning gap disfigured the land* scape. Standing at the edge of the chasm one day, Mrs. Butchart gazed sorrowfully at the spectacle and wept a few tears. They'd taken so much wealth from the earth and re turned so little. Some months later the pit was abandoned. Now was Mrs. Butcharfs opportunity. Tons of rich loam were procured and spread over the chasm. Grass was sown. Rock cardrns were formed. Arbors, bridecs, pereolas, stone steps, bub bling fountains, and tinkling water falls were built. Trees and shrubs wera obtained from all over Van couver Island and set into the rich soil. Borders and beds of ti were planted. Within two vr.tr chasm was transformed into vel of beauty. Not content with that whu ; already been accomplished, and Mrs. Butchart journeys- other lands and brought bat* : shrubs and flowers. Today th ' in the gardens more than hundred varieties of bio-- plants, besides shrubs and tre-v As we stroll thru the love!- dens, we marvel at the van''' colors and beautiful color coi tions. Large stone jars full of h ing plants stand beside ii- fountains. At one corner of th - den a proud peacock sprc.nl- gorgeous plumage as tho r-' to charm the eye with N bountiful beauty. In the early days of the n Mrs. Butchart gave away outlines to all comers, but th* ' ness crew into more than sin- handle, and now there's a ' just inside the gates where y.*u buy seed very reasonably. It HAS been estimated th * manv as 130.000 people vbit privately owned eardens dun: summer season. Each day summer, special police stand cates to regulate traffic. Ever- " the owners are away on Ion. :` the eardens, under the man.i:* of a staff, remain open to the p -' The eardens have been '"l: boon to Victoria that the re presented Mr. Butchart a gold k* ' the city. He doesn't have to p-*' 1 taxes and is free from arrest. *AHUD^