﻿VI 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  December, 
  1907 
  

  

  THE 
  ANGELUS 
  PIANO 
  

  

  A 
  CHRISTMAS 
  GIFT 
  

  

  FOR 
  EVERY 
  DAY 
  IN 
  THE 
  YEAR 
  

  

  *~ 
  

  

  CHOOSE 
  what 
  you 
  will, 
  no 
  gift 
  within 
  your 
  power 
  of 
  giving 
  can 
  add 
  one 
  

   half 
  so 
  much 
  to 
  the 
  joys 
  of 
  the 
  coming 
  Christmas 
  as 
  the 
  ANGELUS 
  PIANO. 
  

   For 
  all 
  the 
  household, 
  young 
  and 
  old, 
  on 
  Christmas 
  Day 
  and 
  every 
  day 
  

   throughout 
  the 
  year, 
  the 
  ANGELUS 
  PIANO 
  heralds 
  a 
  new 
  era 
  of 
  enjoyment 
  

   in 
  your 
  home. 
  

  

  Anyone 
  — 
  musician 
  or 
  non-musician 
  — 
  can 
  play 
  the 
  ANGELUS 
  PIANO. 
  

   It 
  is 
  an 
  upright 
  piano 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  grade 
  with 
  the 
  world-famous 
  Angelus 
  piano- 
  

   player 
  incorporated 
  within 
  its 
  case. 
  The 
  musician 
  can 
  play 
  it 
  by 
  hand 
  the 
  same 
  

   as 
  any 
  other 
  piano, 
  or, 
  if 
  you 
  are 
  unfamiliar 
  with 
  the 
  technique 
  of 
  music, 
  you 
  can 
  

   play 
  as 
  well 
  or 
  even 
  better 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  the 
  Angelus. 
  

  

  Remember, 
  the 
  ANGELUS 
  PIANO 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  instrument 
  in 
  the 
  world 
  equipped 
  

   with 
  the 
  patented 
  expression 
  devices, 
  the 
  wonderful 
  MELODANT 
  and 
  the 
  famous 
  

   Phrasing 
  Lever. 
  

  

  The 
  MELODANT 
  emphasizes 
  the 
  melody 
  notes 
  so 
  that 
  they 
  come 
  out 
  clear 
  and 
  

   distinct 
  above 
  the 
  accompaniment. 
  

  

  The 
  Phrasing 
  Lever 
  provides 
  you 
  with 
  absolute 
  and 
  instantaneous 
  control 
  of 
  the 
  

   time 
  so 
  that 
  your 
  music 
  will 
  not 
  sound 
  humdrum 
  or 
  mechanical. 
  

  

  Before 
  investing 
  in 
  a 
  piano— 
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  AND 
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  THE 
  ANGELUS 
  

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  The 
  Art 
  and 
  Craft 
  of 
  Garden 
  Making. 
  

   By 
  Thomas 
  H. 
  Mawson. 
  Third 
  edition, 
  

   revised 
  and 
  enlarged. 
  New 
  York: 
  Im- 
  

   ported 
  by 
  Charles 
  Scribner's 
  Sons. 
  Pp. 
  

   20+310. 
  Price, 
  $10.00 
  net. 
  

  

  That 
  three 
  editions 
  of 
  so 
  large 
  and 
  expen- 
  

   sive 
  a 
  volume 
  as 
  this 
  should 
  have 
  been 
  called 
  

   for 
  is 
  the 
  highest 
  possible 
  demonstration 
  of 
  its 
  

   merits 
  and 
  its 
  utility. 
  Its 
  author 
  has 
  long 
  en- 
  

   joyed 
  an 
  extensive 
  practise 
  in 
  laying 
  out 
  gar- 
  

   dens 
  in 
  England, 
  and 
  this 
  book 
  represents 
  the 
  

   full 
  expression 
  of 
  his 
  wide 
  and 
  varied 
  experi- 
  

   ence. 
  Concerned, 
  as 
  it 
  is, 
  chiefly 
  with 
  the 
  

   principles 
  of 
  the 
  garden 
  art 
  and 
  craft, 
  with 
  

   garden 
  design 
  in 
  its 
  most 
  ornamental 
  aspect, 
  

   and 
  abounding 
  as 
  it 
  does, 
  almost 
  on 
  every 
  page, 
  

   with 
  suggestions 
  of 
  artistic 
  and 
  practical 
  value, 
  

   the 
  fact 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  of 
  English 
  origin, 
  written 
  

   by 
  an 
  English 
  designer, 
  and 
  intended 
  pri- 
  

   marily 
  for 
  English 
  guidance 
  and 
  use, 
  is 
  of 
  

   comparatively 
  slight 
  moment. 
  The 
  basic 
  

   principles 
  of 
  this 
  beautiful 
  art 
  are 
  beyond 
  the 
  

   limits 
  of 
  any 
  country 
  or 
  continent, 
  and 
  much 
  

   of 
  this 
  book 
  — 
  the 
  larger 
  part 
  of 
  it, 
  in 
  fact 
  — 
  

   is 
  as 
  applicable 
  to 
  America 
  as 
  to 
  England. 
  It 
  

   has, 
  therefore, 
  for 
  American 
  readers, 
  a 
  value 
  

   of 
  its 
  own 
  that 
  is 
  distinctly 
  higher 
  than 
  many 
  

   of 
  the 
  garden 
  books 
  which 
  have 
  come 
  across 
  

   the 
  sea. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Mawson 
  has 
  little 
  sympathy 
  with 
  the 
  

   landscape 
  designer 
  who 
  begins 
  his 
  work 
  from 
  

   the 
  very 
  beginning, 
  and 
  modifies 
  and 
  arranges 
  

   his 
  landscape 
  to 
  meet 
  his 
  preconceived 
  ideas. 
  

   He 
  lays 
  it 
  down 
  as 
  a 
  fundamental 
  principle 
  

   that 
  the 
  formal 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  exalted 
  above 
  

   the 
  natural, 
  and 
  that, 
  generally 
  speaking, 
  nat- 
  

   ural 
  and 
  existing 
  contours 
  are 
  more 
  pleasing 
  

   than 
  artificial 
  ones, 
  and 
  should 
  give 
  a 
  lead 
  in 
  

   all 
  development 
  and 
  ground 
  formation. 
  Ex- 
  

   ceptions 
  there 
  are 
  to 
  such 
  a 
  rule, 
  as 
  there 
  must 
  

   be 
  to 
  all 
  good 
  rules 
  in 
  the 
  betterment 
  of 
  na- 
  

   ture, 
  but 
  the 
  wisdom 
  and 
  soundness 
  of 
  such 
  

   advice 
  in 
  garden 
  design 
  is 
  beyond 
  question. 
  

  

  The 
  book 
  covers, 
  and 
  covers 
  very 
  admira- 
  

   bly, 
  every 
  aspect 
  of 
  garden 
  design 
  and 
  treat- 
  

   ment. 
  An 
  introductory 
  chapter 
  briefly 
  de- 
  

   scribes 
  the 
  various 
  styles 
  of 
  garden 
  design 
  in 
  

   vogue 
  in 
  England 
  and 
  points 
  out 
  their 
  vary- 
  

   ing 
  adaptability 
  to 
  modern 
  needs. 
  The 
  choice 
  

   of 
  a 
  site 
  and 
  its 
  treatment 
  is 
  illustrated 
  with 
  

   detailed 
  surveys. 
  A 
  chapter 
  on 
  fences 
  and 
  

   gates 
  is 
  filled 
  with 
  brilliant 
  suggestions. 
  Ter- 
  

   race 
  and 
  flower 
  gardens 
  are 
  discussed 
  at 
  

   length, 
  both 
  from 
  the 
  standpoint 
  of 
  design 
  and 
  

   from 
  the 
  plants 
  that 
  may 
  be 
  grown 
  in 
  them. 
  

   Lawns 
  and 
  garden 
  walks, 
  summer 
  houses, 
  

   trellis 
  work, 
  garden 
  furniture, 
  water 
  in 
  foun- 
  

   tains, 
  lakes, 
  streams 
  and 
  ponds, 
  the 
  building 
  

   and 
  use 
  of 
  conservatories, 
  greenhouses, 
  viner- 
  

   ies 
  and 
  fruit 
  houses, 
  kitchen 
  gardens 
  and 
  orch- 
  

   ards, 
  the 
  formal 
  arrangement 
  of 
  trees 
  and 
  

   shrubs 
  in 
  avenues 
  and 
  hedges, 
  the 
  question 
  of 
  

   planting 
  for 
  landscape 
  effect, 
  ail 
  these 
  and 
  

   many 
  other 
  practical 
  and 
  artistic 
  questions 
  are 
  

   discussed 
  at 
  length, 
  suggestions 
  made, 
  actual 
  

   examples 
  illustrated. 
  Final 
  chapters 
  are 
  de- 
  

   scriptive 
  of 
  trees, 
  shrubs, 
  climbers, 
  roses, 
  hardy 
  

   perennials, 
  aquatic 
  plants 
  and 
  ferns, 
  and 
  the 
  

   book 
  closes 
  with 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  examples 
  of 
  

   garden 
  design. 
  There 
  is 
  an 
  abundance 
  of 
  

   illustration, 
  both 
  from 
  photographs 
  and 
  from 
  

   drawings, 
  with 
  many 
  sketches 
  of 
  details 
  and 
  

   numerous 
  plans. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  book 
  that 
  merits 
  the 
  

   warmest 
  commendation, 
  and 
  is 
  one 
  the 
  read- 
  

   ing 
  of 
  which 
  will 
  aid 
  many 
  a 
  garden 
  designer 
  

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  ix) 
  

  

  