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INDEX 



Midnight marauder foiled 237 



Midnight prowler balked 226 



Mid-stair platforms . . 326 



Mightiest monopolistic trust.... 53 



Milch cow aphides 93 



Mildew 248 



Mildew, the arch enemy of grape 249 



Milk 17, 19, 243 



Milk storage excavation 7 



Milk snakes 100 



Milkweed, rubber-producing ... 99 

 Mills, country wood working... 290 



Milton's blue hills 247 



Minaret 213 



Mind-built houses . 301 



Mineral wool 236 



Mink 33 



Minor within a major world... 92 



Miiag* rooms 230 



Minorcas, black 31 



Minstrel balcony, 14x20 179 



Mirror doors 230, 237 



Mirrors, eagle-crowned 5 



Mirrors, foot wide 218 



Mirrors for dressing require a 



good light 311 



Mirrors, location of 230 



Mirrors, triplicate 231 



Mirrors, vista 230 



Mirrors, wall dressing 216 



Mission, keyed and doweled.... 300 

 Missionary work for pure air 



and healthy living 341 



Misusing a southern exposure . . 7 



Mitchell, Donald G 19 



Moat 244 



Model house in cardboard 328 



Model house skeletonized 328 



Model shows size and location 

 of rooms, doors and win- 

 dows 328 



Modus operand! of dishonest 



builder 289 



Moisture confined is a destroyer 326 

 Moisture in stone walls only 

 balked by imbedding in 

 cement, tarring and under- 

 draining 305> 



Moisture-laden south and east 



winds . 338 



Moisture loopholes 289 



Moisture vs. rheumatism 303 



Molding, convex sweep 234 



Mole runways 22 



Mollu.sk vs. boats 20-1 



Monastic grass paths... 243 



Alonetary responsibility 288 



Money-grubbing age 41 



Money in poultry. 33 



Money wasted on one lawn.... 21 

 Moneywort, yellow-gernmed . . . 89 



Monilia 53 



Monkey climber 86 



Monsieur Mansard 215 



Monte Nuovo crater. . 15^ 



Moody's white farm . . . .- 15 



Mooring rings . 207 



Moorish castle *" ~ 



Moorish house with flat roof... 315 



Moorish suggestions 157 



Morning room 5, 227, 230 



Morning stroll . ,41 



Morphine poppy 88 



Mortar joints, red. . ..'.". ...*..... 153 

 Mortgage decreased without 



paying a dollar 330 



Mortgage may be a fallacious 



nightmare 1 



Mosaic gold 122 



Mosnuito and malaria-breeding 



ditch 244 



Mosquitoes 94 



Moss, asexual 21 



Mossy peat 10Q 



Moth, regal 93 



Mothering cider 63 



Moth s. 92 



Motif, the cross 129 



Motor boat berth 207 



Motto on door-sill 258 



Mottoes 244, 332, 33?, 334 



Mottoes, painted - 219 



Mound, frost-proof 11 



Mount block, stone 244 



Mount Mansfield 154 



Mount Marcy, snow-erowned. . . 154 



Mourning cloak 94 



Moving day for the farm house 103 

 Muck with sand, mixture of.... 74 



Mud cocks 223 



Muggy, moisture-laden dog days 



bad for the cabinet maker. 324 



Mulching 79, 248 



Mullins, Priscilla 51 



Muntins, curved 144 



Muriatic acid 214 



Muscat Hamburgs 249 



Mushroom venture 62 



Music room, carpetless 218 



Myles Standish 51 



Nadir of architecture 300 



Nailing, insecure 289 



Nails and hardware under lock 



and key 297 



Nails, hand-wrought 221 



Nameless seedling apple 51 



Naples, volcano of 150 



Napoleon's emblem 34 



Napoleon willow 88 



Narcissi, border of . 82 



Natives purblind to speculative 



values 33S 



Nature in equilibrium 90 



Nature's epitome of human life 



seen in tree 83 



Nature's secret unlocked 89 



Nature's waking hour 36 



Necessary roads 338 



Nectarines 53 



Neglect of pruning knife 83 



Neoclassic of the fifteenth and 



sixteenth centuries 300 



Neolithic pennpit of early Eng- 

 land 299 



Nest-stealing vagrant 37 



Never - to - be - forgotten home- 



greeter 27 



Ne\v England' 'housewife. 82 



New England poet" of the hills 124 

 New England's dark day.;.'."... 124 

 New methods 'not necessarily 



more expejjglve 327 



New old-fasnioried ribbon gar- 

 dening , 22 



Newel, Himalayan lathe turned 183 



Newel, lion rampant 183 



Newels , IS- 1 ) 



Newspaper advertising plus 

 skill, patience, 'and per- 



severmrce 341 



Newton, hills of 247 



Newtown Pippins 49 



Niches 238 



Night hawk 45 



Night moths 93 



Night watchman wise precau- 

 tion in a large job 297 



Nipping frost 11 



Nit rate of soda 21 



Nitrates with sand, mixture of. . 74 



Noise barriers 324 



Noise, dust and fire risk reduc- 

 tion 224 



Non-biting constrictor 15 



Nonillions of insects 90 



