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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  August, 
  1907 
  

  

  Sun-Dials 
  with 
  Pedestals, 
  Complete 
  

  

  By 
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  con- 
  

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  by 
  us, 
  we 
  

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   formal 
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  that 
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   reach 
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  A 
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  a 
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  of 
  

   pedestals, 
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  scarlet 
  hips, 
  which 
  remain 
  on 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  

   of 
  the 
  winter 
  and 
  are 
  highly 
  ornamental. 
  

  

  The 
  berberis, 
  also, 
  is 
  beautiful 
  in 
  leafage 
  

   and 
  in 
  fruit; 
  the 
  variety 
  thunbergii 
  is 
  neat 
  in 
  

   growth, 
  requiring 
  little 
  pruning 
  to 
  keep 
  it 
  in 
  

   shape, 
  and 
  its 
  dwarf 
  nature 
  makes 
  it 
  very 
  de- 
  

   sirable 
  for 
  hedges, 
  especially 
  along 
  the 
  roadway 
  

   or 
  the 
  rear 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  lawn 
  or 
  garden. 
  

  

  Then 
  there 
  are 
  certain 
  of 
  the 
  hardy 
  peren- 
  

   nials 
  which 
  make 
  admirable 
  summer 
  hedges 
  

   when 
  properly 
  trained 
  and 
  supported, 
  as 
  wit- 
  

   ness 
  the 
  paeonies, 
  which 
  in 
  well 
  established 
  

   clumps 
  supported 
  by 
  stout 
  wire 
  guards 
  make 
  

   a 
  compact 
  and 
  lovely 
  hedge 
  when 
  loaded 
  with 
  

   their 
  wealth 
  of 
  magnificent 
  flowers. 
  Clematis 
  

   Davidiana 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  desirable 
  plant 
  for 
  the 
  

   purpose 
  when 
  well 
  developed, 
  and 
  gives 
  large 
  

   quantities 
  of 
  fine 
  violet 
  flowers 
  throughout 
  the 
  

   summer. 
  

  

  Physostegia 
  alba 
  and 
  rosea 
  are 
  fine 
  when 
  in 
  

   bloom, 
  being 
  sturdy 
  erect 
  growing 
  plants, 
  hold- 
  

   ing 
  aloft 
  their 
  sprays 
  of 
  white 
  and 
  pink 
  flowers 
  

   which 
  much 
  resemble 
  a 
  gigantic 
  heather. 
  They 
  

   are 
  hardy 
  perennials 
  of 
  the 
  easiest 
  culture, 
  and 
  

   once 
  established 
  need 
  little 
  care 
  beyond 
  an 
  oc- 
  

   casional 
  watering 
  and 
  annual 
  mulching 
  with 
  

   manure 
  in 
  the 
  fall. 
  The 
  sweetpea 
  shrub 
  is 
  

   beautiful 
  with 
  showers 
  of 
  pink 
  and 
  white 
  

   flowers, 
  and 
  the 
  various 
  spireas 
  are 
  always 
  to 
  

   be 
  depended 
  upon 
  in 
  the 
  matter 
  of 
  bloom. 
  

  

  Home 
  Economics. 
  By 
  Maria 
  Parloa. 
  New 
  

   and 
  enlarged 
  edition. 
  New 
  York: 
  The 
  

   Century 
  Co. 
  Pp. 
  12+416. 
  Price, 
  $1.50. 
  

  

  Miss 
  Parloa's 
  book 
  on 
  Home 
  Economics 
  

   has 
  long 
  been 
  favorably 
  known, 
  and 
  the 
  pres- 
  

   ent 
  enlarged 
  edition 
  must 
  find 
  many 
  new 
  read- 
  

   ers 
  who 
  will 
  appreciate 
  its 
  usefulness 
  and 
  

   availability. 
  The 
  book 
  aims 
  to 
  tell 
  the 
  woman 
  

   the 
  chief 
  facts 
  she 
  should 
  know 
  about 
  the 
  situa- 
  

   tion 
  and 
  structure 
  of 
  her 
  home, 
  how 
  it 
  should 
  

   be 
  furnished, 
  what 
  the 
  daily 
  routine 
  of 
  house- 
  

   hold 
  work 
  consists 
  of, 
  together 
  with 
  some 
  de- 
  

   tailed 
  information 
  on 
  the 
  more 
  important 
  

   parts 
  of 
  household 
  labor, 
  such 
  as 
  laundry 
  

   work, 
  care 
  of 
  lighting 
  apparatus, 
  fuels 
  and 
  

   fires, 
  table 
  service, 
  marketing, 
  carving 
  meats, 
  

   hints 
  on 
  woodwork 
  and 
  polished 
  floors, 
  treat- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  wood 
  finishes, 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  oils 
  and 
  

   stains, 
  a 
  brief 
  chapter 
  on 
  foods, 
  and 
  a 
  lengthy 
  

   miscellaneous 
  chapter 
  offering 
  all 
  sorts 
  of 
  

   household 
  suggestions, 
  each 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  

   calculated 
  to 
  meet 
  some 
  particular 
  want, 
  and 
  

   not 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  without 
  practical 
  value. 
  

  

  The 
  whole 
  subject 
  of 
  home 
  economics 
  is 
  so 
  

   large 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  difficult 
  to 
  include 
  a 
  compre- 
  

   hensive 
  survey 
  of 
  its 
  multitudinous 
  topics 
  with- 
  

   in 
  the 
  scope 
  of 
  a 
  single 
  modest 
  volume. 
  Miss 
  

   Parloa 
  would 
  probably 
  not 
  offer 
  her 
  book 
  as 
  

   a 
  complete 
  handbook, 
  but 
  it 
  includes 
  a 
  multi- 
  

   tude 
  of 
  important 
  facts, 
  admirably 
  condensed 
  

   and 
  arranged, 
  and 
  is 
  a 
  book 
  of 
  immense 
  sug- 
  

   gestivity 
  and 
  help 
  to 
  every 
  housekeeper. 
  

  

  Farm 
  Management. 
  By 
  F. 
  W. 
  Card. 
  

   New 
  York: 
  Doubleday, 
  Page 
  & 
  Co., 
  

   1907. 
  Pp. 
  14+270. 
  Price, 
  $2.00 
  net. 
  

   The 
  farmer 
  is 
  not 
  likely 
  to 
  suffer 
  from 
  lack 
  

   of 
  literature 
  telling 
  him 
  how 
  to 
  manage 
  his 
  

   farm, 
  what 
  to 
  plant 
  in 
  it, 
  and 
  how 
  he 
  may 
  

   win 
  a 
  sustenance 
  and 
  perhaps 
  a 
  fortune 
  from 
  

   it. 
  The 
  latter 
  proposition 
  is 
  hardly 
  the 
  pur- 
  

   pose 
  of 
  Professor 
  Card's 
  book, 
  but 
  he 
  does 
  

   essay 
  to 
  show 
  the 
  farmer 
  how 
  his 
  farm 
  may 
  

   be 
  conducted 
  as 
  a 
  business 
  proposition, 
  and 
  

   how, 
  to 
  quote 
  the 
  publishers, 
  drudgery 
  and 
  

   "experience" 
  may 
  be 
  changed 
  into 
  "money- 
  

   making 
  content." 
  

  

  