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  AMERICAN- 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  January, 
  1907 
  

  

  n.YOU 
  take 
  an 
  interest 
  in 
  your 
  home; 
  

   YOU 
  want 
  to 
  know 
  how 
  that 
  home 
  can 
  

   be 
  improved 
  at 
  little 
  cost, 
  how 
  it 
  can 
  

   be 
  made 
  a 
  better, 
  happier, 
  brighter, 
  

   more 
  artistic 
  place 
  to 
  live 
  in; 
  

   YOU 
  have 
  a 
  garden 
  and 
  you 
  love 
  flow- 
  

   ers, 
  and 
  you 
  wish 
  to 
  make 
  that 
  garden 
  

   more 
  attractive; 
  

   YOU 
  have 
  failed 
  as 
  a 
  gardener 
  and 
  you 
  

   want 
  to 
  know 
  why; 
  in 
  a 
  word, 
  if 
  your 
  

   home 
  and 
  its 
  surroundings 
  mean 
  anything 
  at 
  all 
  to 
  you, 
  

  

  DON'T 
  YOU 
  READ 
  

  

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  you 
  need 
  to 
  better 
  your 
  sur- 
  

   roundings; 
  gives 
  you 
  hints 
  that 
  you 
  

   can 
  follow 
  because 
  they 
  are 
  suited 
  

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  your 
  purse. 
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  magazine 
  is 
  

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  handsomely 
  printed, 
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  beau- 
  

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  Homes; 
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  SOME 
  OF 
  THE 
  ARTICLES 
  WHICH 
  WILL 
  APPEAR 
  DURING 
  1906 
  AND 
  1907 
  ARE 
  THE 
  FOLLOWING 
  

  

  Inexpensive 
  Country 
  Homes 
  (with 
  plans) 
  

  

  Interior 
  Decoration 
  

  

  How 
  Curtains 
  May 
  Be 
  Made 
  at 
  Home 
  

  

  How 
  to 
  Make 
  Pottery 
  at 
  Home 
  

  

  How 
  Furniture 
  May 
  Be 
  Covered 
  at 
  Home 
  

  

  How 
  the 
  Amateur 
  May 
  Decorate 
  the 
  Room 
  

   with 
  Home-made 
  Stencils 
  

  

  How 
  to 
  Preserve 
  Wild 
  Flowers 
  

  

  How 
  a 
  Water 
  Garden 
  May 
  Be 
  Laid 
  Out 
  and 
  

   Built 
  

  

  How 
  the 
  House 
  of 
  a 
  Bygone 
  Day 
  May 
  Be 
  Re- 
  

   modeled 
  and 
  Converted 
  into 
  a 
  Modern 
  

   Home 
  

  

  How 
  To 
  Do 
  Copper 
  and 
  Brass 
  Repousse 
  

  

  Work 
  

   How 
  to 
  Rehabilitate 
  Worthless, 
  Run-down 
  

  

  Farms 
  with 
  $1000 
  or 
  Less 
  

   The 
  Use 
  of 
  Statuary 
  for 
  Garden 
  Decoration 
  

   The 
  Kitchen 
  and 
  How 
  it 
  Should 
  Be 
  Planned 
  

   Historical 
  Places 
  in 
  America 
  

   The 
  Entrance 
  to 
  a 
  Country 
  Place 
  

   The 
  House 
  of 
  the 
  Colonial 
  Period 
  

   Sun 
  Dials 
  

   Modern 
  Dahlias 
  

   Gateways 
  to 
  Estates 
  

   Nature 
  Study 
  and 
  Its 
  Effect 
  on 
  the 
  Home 
  

  

  Old 
  Time 
  Wall 
  Paper 
  

  

  Something 
  Concerning 
  Driveways 
  

  

  My 
  Garden 
  Without 
  Flowers 
  

  

  A 
  Seventeenth 
  Century 
  Homestead 
  

  

  Wild 
  Animals 
  in 
  Captivity 
  

  

  How 
  a 
  Pennsylvania 
  Farmhouse 
  was 
  Trans- 
  

   formed 
  Into 
  a 
  Beautiful 
  Dwelling 
  

  

  Electricity 
  in 
  the 
  Home 
  for 
  Cooking, 
  Ironing, 
  

   Heating, 
  etc. 
  

  

  Life 
  on 
  an 
  Olive 
  Ranch 
  

  

  A 
  Neglected 
  Opportunity 
  — 
  the 
  House 
  Roof 
  

  

  Rapid 
  Growth 
  of 
  Birds 
  

  

  Life 
  on 
  Great 
  Vineyards 
  

  

  Besides 
  there 
  will 
  be 
  descriptions 
  — 
  handsomely 
  illustrated 
  descriptions, 
  accompanied 
  by 
  plans 
  — 
  of 
  houses 
  with 
  and 
  without 
  gardens, 
  

  

  houses 
  of 
  stone 
  and 
  wood, 
  houses 
  for 
  the 
  very 
  rich 
  man 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  man 
  with 
  moderate 
  means. 
  

   In 
  every 
  number 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  complete 
  descriptions 
  of 
  actually 
  built 
  houses 
  ranging 
  in 
  price 
  from 
  $2000 
  to 
  $6000, 
  

  

  together 
  with 
  photographs 
  of 
  exterior 
  and 
  interior 
  and 
  architects' 
  plans. 
  Each 
  number 
  has 
  a 
  cover 
  printed 
  in 
  colors. 
  

  

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  1907 
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