﻿AMERICAN 
  

  

  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  Price, 
  25 
  Cents. 
  $3.00 
  a 
  Year 
  

  

  CONTENTS 
  FOR 
  AUGUST, 
  1907 
  

  

  The 
  Flower-bordered 
  Bridge 
  and 
  Steps 
  Looking 
  Toward 
  the 
  Tea 
  House 
  in 
  the 
  Gar- 
  

   den 
  of 
  T. 
  Jefferson 
  Coolidge, 
  Esq., 
  Magnolia, 
  Massachusetts 
  282 
  

  

  Monthly 
  Comment 
  2 
  §4 
  

  

  Notable 
  American 
  Homes 
  — 
  "Pakeen," 
  the 
  House 
  of 
  Samuel 
  Cabot, 
  Esq., 
  Ponkapoag, 
  

  

  Massachusetts 
  By 
  Barr 
  Ferree 
  285 
  

  

  Cement 
  and 
  Concrete 
  in 
  the 
  Formal 
  Garden 
  By 
  Phebe 
  Westcott 
  Humphreys 
  291 
  

  

  "Meadowbank" 
  — 
  How 
  Clinton 
  Gage, 
  Esq., 
  Transformed 
  a 
  Farm 
  into 
  a 
  Delightful 
  Country 
  

  

  Seat 
  at 
  Villa 
  Nova, 
  Pennsylvania 
  By 
  Francis 
  Durando 
  Nichols 
  294 
  

  

  Curiosities 
  of 
  the 
  Chinese 
  Table 
  By 
  L. 
  Lodian 
  298 
  

  

  Effect 
  of 
  Bagging 
  Upon 
  the 
  Quality 
  of 
  Fruit 
  3°° 
  

  

  The 
  Summer 
  Home 
  of 
  E. 
  C. 
  Richardson, 
  Esq., 
  Magnolia, 
  Massachusetts. 
  

  

  By 
  Mary 
  H. 
  Northend 
  301 
  

  

  The 
  White 
  Pelican 
  By 
  B. 
  S. 
  Bowdish 
  304 
  

  

  Three 
  Low 
  Cost 
  Houses 
  at 
  Dyker 
  Heights, 
  Brooklyn 
  By 
  Paul 
  Thurston 
  306 
  

  

  The 
  Water 
  Garden 
  By 
  Myrtle 
  Hyde 
  Darling 
  308 
  

  

  A 
  Vacation 
  Problem 
  Easily 
  Solved 
  By 
  Phebe 
  Westcott 
  Humphreys 
  310 
  

  

  The 
  Purification 
  of 
  Sewage 
  and 
  Factory 
  Waste. 
  

  

  By 
  E. 
  Boullanger 
  ) 
  of 
  the 
  Pasteur 
  Institute 
  at 
  Lille 
  311 
  

  

  Fireplaces 
  for 
  the 
  Summer 
  Home 
  By 
  Esther 
  Singleton 
  315 
  

  

  The 
  Garden 
  of 
  T. 
  Jefferson 
  Coolidge, 
  Esq., 
  Magnolia, 
  Massachusetts. 
  

  

  By 
  William 
  Taylor 
  317 
  

  

  Garden 
  Work 
  for 
  August. 
  Painting 
  the 
  House. 
  

  

  The 
  Hardy 
  Hedge 
  as 
  an 
  Ornamental 
  Feature 
  of 
  the 
  Lawn. 
  

  

  New 
  Books. 
  

  

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  Rate 
  for 
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