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  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  Price, 
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  Cents. 
  $3.00 
  a 
  Year 
  

  

  CONTENTS 
  FOR 
  APRIL, 
  1907 
  

  

  PAGE 
  

  

  "North 
  Farm" 
  — 
  The 
  Pergola 
  I22 
  

  

  Monthly 
  Comment 
  I24 
  

  

  Notable 
  American 
  Homes— 
  "North 
  Farm," 
  the 
  Estate 
  of 
  Howard 
  L. 
  Clark, 
  Esq., 
  Warren, 
  

  

  Rhode 
  Island 
  By 
  Barr 
  Ferree 
  l2$ 
  

  

  A 
  Model 
  House 
  Costing 
  Thirty-seven 
  Hundred 
  Dollars 
  By 
  Burr 
  Bartram 
  131 
  

  

  Evolution 
  of 
  American 
  Grounds 
  Y 
  ^ 
  2 
  

  

  A 
  "Nautical" 
  House, 
  Designed 
  and 
  Built 
  for 
  John 
  H. 
  Duncan, 
  Esq., 
  Highland 
  

  

  Beach, 
  New 
  Jersey 
  By 
  Paul 
  Thurston 
  134 
  

  

  The 
  Use 
  of 
  the 
  Rose 
  for 
  House 
  Decoration 
  By 
  Charles 
  F. 
  Holder 
  137 
  

  

  "Phelcroft"— 
  The 
  Residence 
  of 
  Professor 
  A. 
  C. 
  Phelps, 
  Ithaca, 
  New 
  York. 
  

  

  By 
  Francois 
  Picard 
  139 
  

  

  Kitchens 
  of 
  the 
  Olden 
  Time 
  By 
  Esther 
  Singleton 
  141 
  

  

  The 
  Easter 
  Flower 
  Market 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  By 
  William 
  G. 
  FitzGerald 
  145 
  

  

  My 
  Bird 
  Family 
  By 
  Craig 
  s 
  T}wms 
  l$Q 
  

  

  Sewage 
  Disposal 
  for 
  the 
  House 
  By 
  Ralph 
  Ernest 
  Blake 
  I52 
  

  

  The 
  Border 
  of 
  Hardy 
  Plants 
  By 
  Eben 
  K 
  Rex 
  f 
  ord 
  I53 
  

  

  Copper 
  and 
  Brass 
  Repousse 
  Work 
  By 
  Mabel 
  Tuke 
  Priest 
  man 
  156 
  

  

  The 
  School 
  and 
  the 
  Children 
  in 
  Civic 
  Betterment 
  i 
  59 
  

  

  Using 
  the 
  Kitchen 
  By 
  Sarah 
  Adams 
  KeUar 
  i6q 
  

  

  Garden 
  Work 
  for 
  April. 
  Plants 
  for 
  the 
  Terrace. 
  

  

  New 
  Books. 
  Floors. 
  

  

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