﻿AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  December, 
  1907 
  

  

  "LANE'S 
  BALL-BEARING" 
  

  

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  Brothers 
  Company, 
  434-466 
  Prospect 
  Street, 
  Pougnkeepsie, 
  N. 
  1 
  . 
  

  

  The 
  

   Original 
  Old 
  Style 
  Method 
  

  

  of 
  making 
  Terne 
  Plates 
  was 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  

  

  32 
  POUNDS 
  COATING 
  

  

  PROCESS 
  

  

  because 
  MF 
  Roofing 
  Tin 
  was 
  the 
  first 
  practical 
  metal 
  roof 
  

   covering 
  ever 
  made. 
  The 
  process 
  is 
  the 
  same 
  to-day 
  as 
  it 
  

   was 
  then, 
  and 
  the 
  plates 
  are 
  just 
  as 
  even 
  in 
  gauge, 
  thoroughly 
  

   coated 
  and 
  easily 
  worked. 
  Therefore, 
  when 
  a 
  property 
  

   owner 
  or 
  roofer 
  specifies 
  MF 
  Ternes, 
  he 
  can 
  rest 
  assured 
  he 
  

   is 
  getting 
  the 
  best 
  to 
  be 
  had. 
  

  

  When 
  ordering, 
  keep 
  in 
  mind 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  MF 
  Process 
  is 
  the 
  Oldest 
  

   Old 
  Style 
  Process 
  in 
  existence, 
  and 
  that 
  MF 
  Roofing 
  Tin 
  cannot 
  be 
  excelled, 
  

   regardless 
  of 
  how 
  long 
  you 
  search. 
  Write 
  for 
  our 
  booklet 
  "From 
  Under- 
  

   foot 
  to 
  Overhead," 
  it 
  is 
  interesting, 
  and 
  costs 
  you 
  nothing. 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  

  

  SHEET 
  C& 
  TIN 
  PLATE 
  

  

  COMPANY, 
  

  

  FRICK 
  EUILDING, 
  PITTSBURGH, 
  PA. 
  

  

  Gardening 
  in 
  Town 
  and 
  Suburb. 
  By 
  

   Harry 
  H. 
  Thomas. 
  New 
  York: 
  Long- 
  

   mans, 
  Green 
  & 
  Co. 
  Pp. 
  8 
  (-175. 
  Price. 
  

   $1.00 
  net. 
  

  

  "Phis 
  is 
  an 
  unpretentious 
  and 
  useful 
  volume 
  

   dealing 
  with 
  gardens 
  of 
  a 
  type 
  not 
  usually 
  

   treated 
  in 
  garden 
  books, 
  that 
  is, 
  with 
  small 
  

   gardens 
  such 
  as 
  are 
  available 
  in 
  the 
  somewhat 
  

   restricted 
  limits 
  of 
  town 
  and 
  suburbs 
  as 
  dis- 
  

   tinguished 
  from 
  the 
  more 
  ample 
  gardens 
  of 
  the 
  

   country. 
  Its 
  author 
  is 
  an 
  accomplished 
  Eng- 
  

   lish 
  horticulturalist, 
  but 
  his 
  book, 
  contains 
  

   many 
  suggestions 
  of 
  practical 
  value 
  that 
  are 
  as 
  

   helpful 
  and 
  as 
  useful 
  in 
  America 
  as 
  in 
  Eng- 
  

   land. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  volume 
  that 
  will 
  particularly 
  ap- 
  

   peal 
  to 
  the 
  owner 
  of 
  the 
  modest 
  garden, 
  to 
  the 
  

   man 
  or 
  woman 
  who 
  has 
  but 
  limited 
  space 
  and 
  

   perhaps 
  limited 
  means 
  for 
  the 
  cultivation 
  of 
  

   the 
  gardening 
  art. 
  The 
  introductory 
  chapters 
  

   treat 
  of 
  gardens 
  in 
  a 
  general 
  way, 
  and 
  are 
  fol- 
  

   lowed 
  by 
  detailed 
  discussions 
  of 
  various 
  kinds 
  

   of 
  flowering 
  plants 
  and 
  groups 
  of 
  plants, 
  trees 
  

   and 
  shrubs. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  suggestive 
  chapter 
  on 
  

   roof 
  gardens 
  and 
  others 
  on 
  various 
  types 
  of 
  

   greenhouses, 
  followed 
  by 
  one 
  on 
  window 
  gar- 
  

   dening. 
  The 
  concluding 
  chapter 
  of 
  useful 
  

   hints 
  is 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  the 
  least 
  useful 
  in 
  this 
  

   very 
  helpful 
  little 
  book. 
  

  

  How 
  to 
  Lay 
  Out 
  Suburban 
  Home 
  

   Ground. 
  By 
  Herbert 
  J. 
  Kellaway. 
  

   New 
  York 
  : 
  John 
  Wiley 
  & 
  Sons. 
  Pp. 
  

   1 
  2+ 
  1 
  1 
  2. 
  Price, 
  $2.50. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  indeed 
  a 
  welcome 
  addition 
  to 
  gar- 
  

   den 
  literature 
  and 
  fills 
  a 
  space 
  wholly 
  its 
  own. 
  

   The 
  author 
  has 
  been 
  fortunate 
  in 
  mapping 
  

   out 
  a 
  distinctively 
  individual 
  plan 
  for 
  himself 
  

   and 
  filling 
  in 
  its 
  outlines 
  in 
  a 
  thoroughly 
  suc- 
  

   cessful 
  and 
  helpful 
  manner. 
  After 
  all, 
  the 
  

   true 
  test 
  of 
  books 
  relating 
  to 
  gardens 
  is 
  their 
  

   practical 
  usefulness 
  to 
  the 
  reader. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  mis- 
  

   taken 
  notion 
  to 
  look 
  for 
  definite 
  help 
  in 
  books 
  

   that 
  necessarily 
  must 
  be 
  general 
  in 
  their 
  treat- 
  

   ment, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  definite 
  help 
  that 
  the 
  aver- 
  

   age 
  garden 
  lover 
  seeks 
  rather 
  than 
  the 
  state- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  general 
  principles 
  whose 
  practical 
  ap- 
  

   plication 
  he 
  can 
  not 
  always 
  understand. 
  

  

  The 
  general 
  principles, 
  however, 
  are 
  exactly 
  

   the 
  fundamental 
  laws 
  that 
  underlie 
  the 
  making 
  

   of 
  all 
  gardens 
  and 
  the 
  treatment 
  of 
  all 
  subur- 
  

   ban 
  and 
  country 
  places. 
  Mr. 
  Kellaway 
  has 
  

   undertaken 
  to 
  explain 
  these 
  elementary 
  and 
  es- 
  

   sential 
  matters 
  in 
  the 
  briefest 
  way 
  and 
  to 
  show 
  

   how 
  their 
  adoption 
  succeeds 
  and 
  their 
  avoid- 
  

   ance 
  fails. 
  His 
  plans 
  and 
  sketches, 
  with 
  com- 
  

   mendable 
  modesty, 
  are 
  offered 
  not 
  as 
  designs 
  

   to 
  be 
  carried 
  out, 
  but 
  as 
  examples 
  of 
  what 
  can 
  

   be 
  done. 
  Many 
  a 
  personal 
  problem 
  can, 
  how- 
  

   ever, 
  be 
  bettered 
  or 
  solved 
  by 
  a 
  study 
  of 
  his 
  

   pages, 
  and 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  true 
  end 
  sought 
  in 
  the 
  

   writing 
  of 
  this 
  book. 
  The 
  author 
  very 
  wisely 
  

   refrains 
  from 
  giving 
  extensive 
  lists 
  of 
  shrubs, 
  

   for, 
  as 
  he 
  pertinently 
  remarks, 
  every 
  lo- 
  

   cality 
  has 
  plants 
  that 
  are 
  indigenous 
  to 
  it. 
  In- 
  

   stead, 
  he 
  contents 
  himself 
  with 
  the 
  more 
  use- 
  

   ful 
  method 
  of 
  directing 
  the 
  reader 
  to 
  means 
  of 
  

   securing 
  in 
  his 
  own 
  community 
  the 
  knowledge 
  

   on 
  this 
  subject 
  that 
  every 
  one 
  requires. 
  The 
  

   book 
  is 
  adequately 
  illustrated 
  with 
  photo- 
  

   graphs 
  and 
  plans, 
  and 
  will 
  well 
  repay 
  careful 
  

   reading 
  and 
  study. 
  

  

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