ILLUSTRATIONS 



The Road to the Country Home and Happiness Frontispiece 



FACING PAGE 



An Old House Is Good Raw Material for a Real Home . . 20 

 Trellises Cost Little and Make Beautiful Garden Fences . 42 

 Rough Stone and a Little Skill Will Work Wonders . . 60 



Women Have Their Place in Outdoor Work 82 



There Is No Age-Limit in Gardening 100 



Even the Barn Should Have Its Share of Vines and Hedges 120 



A Good Horse Is Your Best Hired Man 140 



Give the Fences and Shrubbery a Chance at Your House . 162 

 Teach the Children to Work with Hands and Brain . . 180 



The Potato Harvest 200 



Cultivate the Use of Labor-Saving Machinery 220 



A Brook Combines Beauty and Usefulness 236 



What Can Be Done on a Small Scale with Pond Lilies ., . 252 

 The Country-Home Maker Must Not Be Afraid of Hard 



Work 270 



Where Vines and Flowers Cover the Signs of Age . . . 288 



