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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  February, 
  1907 
  

  

  Sun-Dials 
  with 
  Pedestals, 
  Complete 
  

  

  By 
  utilizing 
  our 
  Koll's 
  Patent 
  Lock 
  Joint 
  in 
  the 
  con- 
  

   struction 
  of 
  the 
  wooden 
  pedestals 
  furnished 
  by 
  us, 
  we 
  

   are 
  enabled 
  to 
  offer 
  this 
  most 
  attractive 
  feature 
  of 
  the 
  

   formal 
  garden 
  at 
  a 
  price 
  that 
  places 
  them 
  within 
  the 
  

   reach 
  of 
  all. 
  

  

  A 
  special 
  booklet 
  showing 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  designs 
  of 
  

   pedestals, 
  pergolas, 
  etc., 
  with 
  prices, 
  will 
  be 
  sent 
  free 
  

   upon 
  request. 
  Ask 
  for 
  Circular 
  "A-26." 
  

  

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  BROS. 
  MFG. 
  CO. 
  

  

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  Y., 
  U. 
  S. 
  A. 
  

  

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  York 
  Office: 
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  Broadway 
  

  

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  Factory: 
  Henry 
  Sanders 
  Co., 
  Chicago, 
  111. 
  

  

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  Start 
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  Start 
  with 
  the 
  largest 
  stock 
  that 
  can 
  be 
  secured! 
  It 
  takes 
  over 
  twenty 
  years 
  to 
  

  

  grow 
  such 
  trees 
  and 
  shrubs 
  as 
  we 
  offer. 
  

   We 
  do 
  the 
  long 
  waiting 
  — 
  thus 
  enabling 
  you 
  to 
  secure 
  trees 
  and 
  shrubs 
  that 
  give 
  an 
  

   immediate 
  effect. 
  Send 
  for 
  descriptive 
  and 
  price 
  lists. 
  

  

  will 
  light 
  up 
  the 
  garden 
  in 
  the 
  dull 
  days 
  of 
  

   November 
  when 
  all 
  the 
  other 
  flowers 
  have 
  

   had 
  their 
  day 
  and 
  passed 
  on, 
  with 
  their 
  wealth 
  

   of 
  gold 
  and 
  crimson. 
  These 
  and 
  the 
  golden 
  

   wallflower 
  are 
  of 
  the 
  autumn's 
  treasures 
  — 
  her 
  

   best 
  gift 
  to 
  the 
  garden's 
  wealth. 
  

  

  Much 
  may 
  be 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  beauty 
  of 
  the 
  

   garden 
  in 
  the 
  bleak 
  days 
  of 
  winter 
  and 
  late 
  

   fall 
  by 
  a 
  generous 
  planting 
  of 
  berry-bearing 
  

   shrubs 
  and 
  those 
  whose 
  bark 
  takes 
  on 
  a 
  ruddy 
  

   tinge 
  during 
  winter. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  notable 
  of 
  ornamental 
  ber- 
  

   ried 
  shrubs 
  is 
  the 
  Japanese 
  rose 
  — 
  Rosa 
  ru- 
  

   gosa 
  — 
  which 
  forms 
  sturdy 
  bushes 
  which 
  are 
  

   hardy 
  in 
  all 
  situations. 
  They 
  produce, 
  

   throughout 
  the 
  summer 
  months, 
  large 
  fra- 
  

   grant 
  single 
  and 
  semi-double 
  flowers 
  which 
  

   are 
  followed 
  by 
  orange 
  red 
  and 
  scarlet 
  hips 
  or 
  

   seed 
  pods, 
  which 
  are 
  highly 
  ornamental. 
  In 
  

   striking 
  contrast 
  to 
  this 
  we 
  have 
  the 
  snow- 
  

   berry 
  — 
  Symphoricarpus 
  racemosus. 
  This 
  is 
  

   an 
  ornamental 
  shrub 
  with 
  rose-colored 
  flow- 
  

   ers 
  in 
  loose 
  racemes 
  followed 
  in 
  late 
  July 
  by 
  

   snow-white 
  berries 
  which 
  remain 
  until 
  late 
  

   in 
  winter. 
  In 
  autumn 
  the 
  white 
  flowering 
  

   dogwood 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  brilliant 
  scarlet 
  

   berries 
  and 
  rich 
  foliage 
  of 
  crimson 
  and 
  gold, 
  

   while 
  the 
  winterberry 
  — 
  Ilex 
  verticillata, 
  

   hangs 
  its 
  slender 
  branches 
  with 
  bright, 
  scarlet 
  

   berries 
  which 
  are 
  valuable 
  for 
  Christmas 
  

   decoration. 
  

  

  The 
  barberry 
  is 
  an 
  exceedingly 
  beautiful 
  

   shrub 
  when 
  laden 
  with 
  its 
  large 
  clusters 
  of 
  

   oval 
  crimson 
  fruit, 
  which 
  cling 
  throughout 
  the 
  

   winter. 
  The 
  dogwoods 
  strike 
  a 
  grateful 
  

   color 
  note 
  through 
  the 
  dull 
  days 
  of 
  winter, 
  

   with 
  the 
  rich 
  red, 
  bright 
  green 
  and 
  yellow 
  of 
  

   their 
  bark 
  and 
  large 
  clusters 
  of 
  bluish 
  and 
  

   cream-white 
  berries. 
  The 
  golden 
  osier, 
  the 
  

   Cornelian 
  cherry 
  and 
  the 
  strawberry 
  bush 
  

   are 
  all 
  valuable 
  additions 
  to 
  this 
  class 
  for 
  

   shrubberies 
  and 
  winter 
  effects. 
  

  

  French 
  Pottery 
  and 
  Porcelain. 
  By 
  

   Henri 
  Frantz. 
  New 
  York. 
  Charles 
  

   Scribner's 
  Sons. 
  Pp. 
  9 
  + 
  177. 
  Price, 
  

   $2.50 
  net. 
  

  

  The 
  admirable 
  Newnes' 
  Library 
  of 
  the 
  Ap- 
  

   plied 
  Arts 
  has 
  a 
  welcome 
  addition 
  in 
  this 
  in- 
  

   teresting 
  sketch 
  of 
  French 
  pottery 
  and 
  porce- 
  

   lain. 
  The 
  scheme 
  of 
  this 
  series 
  of 
  books 
  has 
  

   been 
  more 
  than 
  once 
  adverted 
  to 
  in 
  American 
  

   Homes 
  and 
  Gardens. 
  It 
  is, 
  in 
  short, 
  t© 
  

   provide 
  brief, 
  yet 
  complete 
  monographs 
  on 
  

   various 
  aspects 
  of 
  industrial 
  art. 
  Not 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  

   the 
  subjects 
  already 
  treated 
  are 
  without 
  rep- 
  

   resentation 
  in 
  other 
  books, 
  and 
  while 
  the 
  pres- 
  

   ent 
  subject 
  is 
  not 
  new 
  this 
  presentation 
  of 
  it 
  

   is 
  not 
  the 
  less 
  helpful 
  to 
  amateurs 
  and 
  col- 
  

   lectors 
  and 
  not 
  the 
  less 
  welcome. 
  

  

  French 
  ceramic 
  art 
  dates 
  no 
  earlier 
  than 
  

   the 
  fifteenth 
  century, 
  although 
  it 
  can 
  scarcely 
  

   be 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  begun 
  before 
  the 
  sixteenth. 
  It 
  

   was, 
  therefore, 
  considerably 
  behind 
  other 
  ap- 
  

   plied 
  arts, 
  and 
  was 
  notably 
  later 
  in 
  develop- 
  

   ment 
  than 
  the 
  much 
  more 
  difficult 
  arts 
  of 
  

   architecture 
  and 
  sculpture. 
  Presently, 
  how- 
  

   ever, 
  the 
  art 
  made 
  great 
  progress, 
  and 
  French 
  

   ceramics 
  as 
  a 
  whole, 
  constitute 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  

   important 
  chapters 
  in 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  this 
  beau- 
  

   tiful 
  art. 
  The 
  purpose 
  of 
  the 
  author 
  of 
  the 
  

   present 
  volume 
  has 
  been 
  to 
  trace 
  the 
  main 
  out- 
  

   lines 
  of 
  the 
  story, 
  and 
  this 
  he 
  has 
  done 
  with 
  

   sufficient 
  fulness, 
  notwithstanding 
  the 
  fact 
  

   that 
  his 
  book 
  is 
  barely 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  sketch. 
  

   But 
  it 
  is 
  an 
  admirable 
  beginning 
  to 
  a 
  fascinat- 
  

  

  