﻿December, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  IX 
  

  

  and 
  give 
  a 
  multitude 
  of 
  suggestions 
  and 
  ideas 
  

   to 
  the 
  owner 
  and 
  proprietor. 
  It 
  is, 
  in 
  short, 
  

   a 
  discussion 
  of 
  the 
  artistic 
  side 
  of 
  gardens 
  from 
  

   the 
  practical 
  and 
  real 
  point 
  of 
  view, 
  and 
  is 
  

   thus 
  a 
  book 
  of 
  unusual 
  value. 
  

  

  Houses 
  for 
  Town 
  or 
  Country. 
  By 
  Wil- 
  

   liam 
  Herbert. 
  New 
  York: 
  DufHeld 
  & 
  Co. 
  

   Pp. 
  240. 
  Price, 
  $2.00 
  net. 
  

  

  That 
  much 
  of 
  this 
  book 
  has 
  already 
  ap- 
  

   peared 
  in 
  the 
  pages 
  of 
  a 
  technical 
  architectural 
  

   magazine 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  detracts 
  from 
  its 
  value. 
  

   It 
  aims, 
  as 
  its 
  title 
  states, 
  to 
  discuss 
  the 
  vari- 
  

   ous 
  types 
  of 
  modern 
  houses 
  as 
  shown 
  by 
  recent 
  

   dwellings 
  in 
  cities 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  country. 
  The 
  

   two 
  classes 
  of 
  structures 
  are, 
  in 
  truth, 
  widely 
  

   different, 
  but 
  the 
  discussion 
  of 
  their 
  most 
  mod- 
  

   ern 
  types 
  as 
  shown 
  by 
  current 
  American 
  prac- 
  

   tice 
  gives 
  the 
  author 
  of 
  this 
  handsome 
  book 
  

   an 
  opportunity 
  for 
  much 
  sane 
  criticism 
  and 
  

   illuminating 
  discussion. 
  

  

  A 
  rapid 
  comment 
  on 
  American 
  architecture 
  

   of 
  to-day 
  is 
  followed 
  by 
  a 
  discussion 
  of 
  the 
  

   typical 
  tow 
  n 
  house. 
  Then 
  come 
  chapters 
  on 
  the 
  

   American 
  country 
  estate, 
  the 
  typical 
  country 
  

   house, 
  the 
  house 
  for 
  all 
  the 
  year, 
  followed 
  by 
  

   separate 
  chapters 
  on 
  the 
  chief 
  or 
  ornamental 
  

   rooms. 
  The 
  concluding 
  chapters 
  deal 
  with 
  the 
  

   house 
  in 
  relation 
  to 
  out-of-doors 
  and 
  new 
  uses 
  

   of 
  old 
  forms. 
  Written 
  from 
  the 
  critical 
  rather 
  

   than 
  from 
  the 
  descriptive 
  point 
  of 
  view 
  there 
  

   is 
  much 
  of 
  value 
  and 
  interest 
  in 
  these 
  pages. 
  

   The 
  author's 
  comment 
  that 
  in 
  large 
  estates 
  or 
  

   properties 
  the 
  layout 
  of 
  the 
  land 
  is 
  adapted 
  to 
  

   the 
  location 
  ar.d 
  design 
  of 
  the 
  house, 
  instead 
  

   of 
  the 
  proper 
  and 
  reverse 
  process, 
  is 
  character- 
  

   istic 
  of 
  the 
  general 
  tone 
  of 
  the 
  book, 
  and 
  is 
  an 
  

   observation 
  so 
  very 
  true 
  that 
  no 
  one 
  in 
  Amer- 
  

   ica 
  has 
  yet 
  thought 
  of 
  acting 
  upon 
  it, 
  even 
  

   when 
  acres 
  and 
  acres, 
  and 
  practically 
  miles 
  of 
  

   landscape 
  are 
  within 
  the 
  owner's 
  control. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  a 
  charming 
  book 
  to 
  read 
  and 
  is 
  a 
  

   volume 
  that 
  will 
  give 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  pleasure 
  

   to 
  every 
  one 
  interested 
  in 
  houses, 
  whether 
  in 
  

   the 
  city 
  or 
  in 
  the 
  country. 
  And 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  book 
  

   of 
  brilliant 
  criticism 
  that 
  will 
  help 
  prospective 
  

   builders 
  and 
  owners 
  amazingly. 
  There 
  are 
  nu- 
  

   merous 
  illustrations, 
  adequately 
  reproduced, 
  

   and, 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part, 
  endowed 
  with 
  real 
  in- 
  

   terest. 
  Many 
  of 
  the 
  full-page 
  illustrations, 
  

   however, 
  are 
  printed 
  with 
  inscriptions 
  to 
  the 
  

   inner 
  margin, 
  and 
  are 
  hence 
  awkward 
  and 
  

   sometimes 
  difficult 
  to 
  study. 
  

  

  Daffodils, 
  Narcissus 
  and 
  How 
  to 
  Grow 
  

   Them. 
  By 
  A. 
  M. 
  Kirby. 
  New 
  York: 
  

   Doubleday, 
  Page 
  & 
  Co. 
  Pp. 
  235. 
  Price, 
  

   $1.10 
  net. 
  

  

  The 
  publication 
  of 
  books 
  on 
  separate 
  groups 
  

   of 
  flowers 
  has 
  a 
  tendency 
  to 
  overweight 
  the 
  

   shelves 
  of 
  the 
  bookish 
  plant 
  lover, 
  but 
  com- 
  

   pleteness 
  of 
  treatment 
  is 
  impossible 
  by 
  other 
  

   method, 
  and 
  hence 
  this 
  little 
  book 
  on 
  daffodils 
  

   and 
  narcissus 
  will 
  be 
  welcomed 
  by 
  every 
  lover 
  

   of 
  these 
  beautiful 
  plants. 
  And 
  who 
  does 
  not 
  

   love 
  them 
  and 
  enjoy 
  their 
  delicate 
  beauty 
  in 
  

   early 
  spring 
  or, 
  if 
  one 
  is 
  more 
  fortunate, 
  and 
  

   takes 
  the 
  necessary 
  7 
  trouble, 
  in 
  autumn 
  and 
  

   winter? 
  

  

  The 
  author 
  of 
  this 
  book 
  has 
  undertaken 
  to 
  

   treat 
  the 
  subject 
  in 
  its 
  entirety 
  and 
  does 
  so 
  

   with 
  great 
  detail. 
  Perhaps 
  every 
  one 
  will 
  not 
  

   care 
  to 
  read 
  the 
  volume 
  through, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  use- 
  

   ful 
  to 
  know 
  exactly 
  where 
  every 
  needed 
  item 
  

   of 
  information 
  on 
  these 
  plants 
  can 
  be 
  had, 
  and 
  

   the 
  book 
  is 
  none 
  the 
  less 
  valuable 
  because 
  it 
  is 
  

   chiefly 
  concerned 
  with 
  cultural 
  directions. 
  

   They, 
  indeed, 
  make 
  it 
  valuable, 
  for 
  the 
  photo- 
  

   graphic 
  illustrations 
  have 
  been 
  inserted 
  as 
  ex- 
  

   planatory 
  of 
  the 
  text 
  rather 
  than 
  as 
  embellish- 
  

   ments. 
  It 
  is 
  issued 
  in 
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  form 
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  is 
  

   supplied 
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  and 
  very 
  detailed 
  

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  Architect 
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  New 
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  York 
  

  

  Tank 
  designed 
  for 
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  supply 
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  of 
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  Before 
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  over 
  tank, 
  and 
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  winter 
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   ice 
  10 
  inches 
  thick 
  formed 
  on 
  water 
  stored 
  

   therein. 
  No 
  cracks 
  or 
  leakage 
  have 
  developed. 
  

  

  Clinton 
  Wire 
  Cloth 
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