﻿July, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  XXV 
  

  

  and 
  crushed. 
  This 
  jarring 
  must 
  continue 
  from 
  

   the 
  time 
  the 
  petals 
  begin 
  to 
  fall 
  until 
  the 
  fruit 
  

   is 
  toughened, 
  about 
  eighteen 
  days. 
  Plum 
  knot 
  

   must 
  be 
  removed 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  the 
  leaves 
  are 
  off 
  

   in 
  the 
  fall, 
  and 
  before 
  the 
  spores 
  scatter 
  — 
  

   which 
  is 
  done 
  in 
  late 
  winter 
  or 
  early 
  spring. 
  

  

  My 
  Garden 
  Record. 
  New 
  York: 
  Dodd, 
  

   Mead 
  & 
  Co. 
  Pp. 
  190. 
  Price, 
  $1.00 
  net. 
  

   This 
  is 
  a 
  well-meant 
  help 
  to 
  gain 
  knowl- 
  

   edge 
  by 
  experience. 
  It 
  aims 
  to 
  provide 
  a 
  

   record 
  from 
  one 
  season 
  to 
  the 
  next 
  of 
  suc- 
  

   cesses 
  and 
  failures 
  in 
  the 
  growing 
  of 
  plants. 
  

   It 
  is 
  primarily 
  intended 
  for 
  use 
  with 
  annuals, 
  

   whether 
  flowers 
  or 
  vegetables, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  also 
  

   available 
  as 
  a 
  record 
  of 
  herbaceous 
  perennials, 
  

   shrubs 
  and 
  trees. 
  The 
  plan 
  provides 
  space 
  

   for 
  an 
  index 
  and 
  the 
  record 
  pages 
  proper, 
  on 
  

   the 
  latter 
  of 
  which 
  catchwords 
  are 
  printed, 
  

   with 
  space 
  to 
  be 
  filled 
  in 
  with 
  writing. 
  These 
  

   catchwords 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  reasonably 
  complete. 
  

   but 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  book 
  in 
  general 
  use 
  

   would 
  have 
  been 
  heightened 
  by 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  

   ruled 
  pages 
  instead 
  of 
  the 
  blank 
  leaves. 
  If 
  

   one 
  takes 
  the 
  trouble 
  to 
  fill 
  out 
  these 
  pages 
  

   with 
  care, 
  one 
  will 
  surely 
  have 
  a 
  useful 
  guide 
  

   for 
  subsequent 
  garden 
  work. 
  

  

  Birds 
  That 
  Every 
  Child 
  Should 
  Know. 
  

   The 
  East. 
  By 
  Neltje 
  Blanchan. 
  New 
  

   York: 
  Doubleday, 
  Page 
  & 
  Co. 
  Pp. 
  16+ 
  

   281. 
  Price, 
  $1.20 
  net. 
  

   There 
  is 
  no 
  need 
  to 
  argue 
  that 
  children 
  

   should 
  be 
  interested 
  in 
  the 
  birds 
  of 
  the 
  fields 
  

   and 
  parks, 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  real 
  need 
  for 
  a 
  book 
  

   that 
  would 
  present 
  birds 
  in 
  a 
  way 
  interesting 
  

   to 
  children, 
  or 
  which 
  should 
  supply 
  their 
  

   elders 
  with 
  the 
  facts 
  that 
  children 
  might 
  be 
  

   interested 
  in. 
  This 
  need 
  is 
  very 
  completely 
  

   met 
  by 
  the 
  present 
  volume, 
  the 
  author 
  of 
  

   which 
  has 
  long 
  since 
  demonstrated 
  both 
  her 
  

   ability 
  to 
  write 
  on 
  this 
  subject 
  and 
  her 
  keen 
  

   sympathy 
  with 
  it. 
  This 
  is, 
  therefore, 
  a 
  bird 
  

   book 
  of 
  genuine 
  interest 
  and 
  indeed 
  of 
  quite 
  

   urgent 
  necessity. 
  The 
  birds 
  of 
  the 
  fields 
  and 
  

   hedges 
  are 
  treated 
  with 
  sufficient 
  fulness 
  of 
  

   detail 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  thoroughly 
  charming 
  and 
  

   graceful 
  way. 
  Many 
  photographs 
  add 
  to 
  the 
  

   interest 
  of 
  the 
  text. 
  A 
  number 
  of 
  these 
  are 
  

   photographs 
  of 
  young 
  birds, 
  very 
  interesting 
  

   in 
  themselves 
  and 
  vastly 
  entertaining, 
  although 
  

   :t 
  is 
  the 
  adult 
  bird 
  that 
  is 
  most 
  frequently 
  met 
  

   with, 
  and 
  with 
  which 
  children 
  are 
  most 
  fa- 
  

   miliar. 
  Perhaps 
  this 
  is 
  why 
  the 
  baby 
  birds 
  

   are 
  shown. 
  The 
  pictures 
  are 
  enormously 
  

   clever 
  and 
  add 
  measureably 
  to 
  the 
  interest 
  of 
  

   this 
  fascinating 
  book. 
  The 
  addition 
  of 
  the 
  

   words, 
  "The 
  East," 
  to 
  the 
  title, 
  while 
  per- 
  

   haps 
  explaining 
  the 
  scope 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  

   volume, 
  may 
  also 
  hint 
  at 
  the 
  production 
  of 
  

   another 
  treating 
  of 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  

   May 
  it 
  have 
  the 
  same 
  hearty 
  welcome 
  tha" 
  

   undoubtedly 
  awaits 
  the 
  present 
  one! 
  

  

  The 
  Book 
  of 
  Campixg 
  and 
  Woodcraft. 
  

   By 
  Horace 
  Kephart. 
  New 
  York: 
  The 
  

   Outing 
  Publishing 
  Co. 
  Pp. 
  14+321, 
  

   Price, 
  $1.50 
  net. 
  

   Offered 
  as 
  a 
  guidebook 
  for 
  those 
  who 
  

   travel 
  in 
  the 
  wilderness, 
  this 
  book 
  leaves 
  noth- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  be 
  desired 
  from 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  view 
  of 
  

   completeness. 
  The 
  publishers' 
  contention 
  that 
  

   it 
  is 
  based 
  on 
  "sound 
  'horse-sense' 
  " 
  is 
  amply 
  

   justified 
  by 
  the 
  thoroughness 
  with 
  which 
  every 
  

   aspect 
  of 
  camping 
  and 
  wood 
  life 
  is 
  treated, 
  

   the 
  practicability 
  of 
  its 
  suggestions, 
  the 
  rea- 
  

   sonableness 
  of 
  its 
  ideas. 
  The 
  author 
  concerns 
  

  

  have 
  individual 
  character 
  and 
  distinct 
  style. 
  The 
  artists 
  who 
  design 
  Morgan 
  Doors 
  give 
  them 
  a 
  dignity 
  of 
  

   treatment 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  no 
  other 
  kind. 
  The 
  construction 
  and 
  finish 
  of 
  Morgan 
  Doors 
  are 
  consistent 
  with 
  

   their 
  high, 
  artistic 
  merit. 
  They 
  are 
  built 
  with 
  the 
  idea 
  of 
  enduring 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  building 
  lasts. 
  

  

  Morgan 
  Doors 
  are 
  made 
  in 
  a 
  large 
  variety 
  of 
  designs 
  to 
  harmonize 
  with 
  each 
  particular 
  style 
  of 
  archi- 
  

   tectural 
  motif. 
  The 
  name 
  "Morgan" 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  every 
  Hardwood 
  Door 
  we 
  make, 
  and 
  is 
  

   your 
  guarantee 
  of 
  absolute 
  satisfaction. 
  

  

  Write 
  today 
  for 
  our 
  handsome 
  illustrated 
  book, 
  "The 
  Door 
  Beautiful," 
  

   sho 
  wing 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  details 
  of 
  the 
  beauty 
  of 
  design 
  ofthe 
  Morgan 
  Doors. 
  

  

  Morgan 
  Company, 
  Dept. 
  A, 
  Oshkosh, 
  Wisconsin, 
  

  

  Distributed 
  by:— 
  Morgan 
  Sash 
  & 
  Door 
  Company, 
  Chicago, 
  111.: 
  Morgan 
  Company, 
  Oshkosh, 
  Wis.; 
  

   Morgan 
  Company. 
  Baltimore 
  Md. 
  

  

  SOLVED 
  AT 
  LAST 
  

  

  The 
  problem 
  of 
  cutting 
  a 
  com- 
  

   plete 
  and 
  perfect 
  miter 
  with 
  

   one 
  cut 
  of 
  the 
  saw, 
  ready 
  for 
  

   joining, 
  without 
  the 
  necessity 
  

   of 
  fitting 
  by 
  hand 
  plane, 
  has 
  

   been 
  solved 
  at 
  last. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  accomplished 
  by 
  our 
  New 
  No. 
  

   216 
  Mite 
  ring 
  Saw, 
  equipped 
  with 
  a 
  

   patented 
  fence, 
  by 
  which 
  the 
  two 
  parts 
  

   to 
  a 
  miter 
  are 
  cut 
  simultaneously, 
  the 
  process 
  

   producing 
  a 
  counter 
  pressure 
  

   from 
  both 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  saw, 
  

   thus 
  preventing 
  it 
  from 
  run- 
  

   ning 
  off 
  or 
  vibrating, 
  which 
  

   makes 
  this 
  machine 
  especially 
  

   valuable 
  to 
  picture 
  frame 
  

   makers 
  and 
  to 
  others 
  where 
  

   fine 
  mitering 
  is 
  done. 
  

  

  Write 
  us 
  for 
  descriptive 
  

   circular. 
  

  

  J. 
  A. 
  FAY 
  & 
  

   *! 
  EGAN 
  CO. 
  

  

  209-229 
  N. 
  Front 
  Street 
  

   CINCINNATI, 
  OHIO 
  

  

  