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  CONTENTS 
  FOR 
  FEBRUARY, 
  1907 
  

  

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  The 
  Terrace 
  Front 
  of 
  "Laurento" 
  42 
  

  

  Monthly 
  Comment 
  44 
  

  

  Notable 
  American 
  Homes 
  — 
  "Laurento," 
  the 
  Estate 
  of 
  Craig 
  Biddle, 
  Esq., 
  Wayne, 
  Penn- 
  

   sylvania 
  By 
  Barr 
  Ferree 
  45 
  

  

  Public 
  Cleanliness 
  51 
  

  

  The 
  House 
  of 
  Norman 
  Ellison, 
  Esq., 
  Merion, 
  Pennsylvania 
  By 
  Paul 
  Thurston 
  52 
  

  

  Mrs. 
  Slater's 
  House 
  on 
  the 
  Hunt 
  Estate, 
  in 
  the 
  Heart 
  of 
  the 
  Blue 
  Hill 
  District, 
  

  

  near 
  Boston, 
  Massachusetts 
  By 
  George 
  Brayton 
  56 
  

  

  Three 
  Modern 
  Houses 
  By 
  Burr 
  Bar 
  tram 
  60 
  

  

  Moxticello 
  — 
  Thomas 
  Jefferson's 
  Noble 
  Country 
  Seat 
  By 
  Waldon 
  Fawcett 
  63 
  

  

  "Crowhurst," 
  Manchester-by-the-Sea 
  By 
  Mary 
  H. 
  Northend 
  67 
  

  

  Manual 
  Training 
  in 
  Public 
  Schools 
  By 
  Charles 
  C. 
  Johnson 
  70 
  

  

  The 
  Cult 
  of 
  the 
  Orchid 
  By 
  S. 
  Leonard 
  Bastin 
  73 
  

  

  The 
  Interior 
  Color 
  of 
  Walls 
  76 
  

  

  The 
  Revival 
  of 
  Artistic 
  Hand-Wrought 
  Iron 
  Work 
  By 
  Frederick 
  Bottal 
  77 
  

  

  The 
  Japanese 
  Morning 
  Glory 
  By 
  Ida 
  D. 
  Bennett 
  80 
  

  

  February 
  Garden 
  Notes. 
  

  

  The 
  Old-fashioned 
  Hardy 
  Garden 
  and 
  How 
  to 
  Plant 
  It. 
  

  

  How 
  to 
  Start 
  Extra 
  Early 
  Vegetables 
  for 
  Home 
  Use. 
  

  

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