﻿AMERICAN 
  

  

  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  Price, 
  25 
  Cents. 
  $3.00 
  a 
  Year 
  

  

  CONTENTS 
  FOR 
  DECEMBER, 
  1907 
  

  

  PAGE 
  

  

  "Shorelands" 
  : 
  Marble 
  Statues 
  at 
  the 
  Base 
  of 
  the 
  Steps 
  to 
  the 
  Sunken 
  Garden 
  442 
  

  

  Monthly 
  Comment 
  444 
  

  

  Notable 
  American 
  Homes 
  — 
  "Shorelands," 
  the 
  Seaside 
  Villa 
  of 
  Henry 
  Seligman, 
  Esq., 
  

  

  Elberon, 
  New 
  Jersey 
  By 
  Barr 
  Ferree 
  445 
  

  

  Raising 
  Grapes 
  for 
  the 
  Suburban 
  Home 
  By 
  E. 
  P. 
  Powell 
  45 
  1 
  

  

  The 
  Culture 
  of 
  the 
  White 
  Lilac 
  By 
  W 
  . 
  G. 
  Fitz-Gerald 
  452 
  

  

  Chrysanthemum 
  Umbrellas 
  455 
  

  

  An 
  Architect's 
  Summer 
  Home: 
  The 
  House 
  of 
  Austin 
  W. 
  Lord, 
  Esq., 
  Water 
  Witch, 
  New 
  

  

  Jersey 
  By 
  Annie 
  Tolebate 
  456 
  

  

  How 
  to 
  Arrange 
  Window 
  Curtains 
  By 
  Ada 
  Walker 
  Camehl 
  457 
  

  

  Street 
  Entrances 
  By 
  Helen 
  Lukens 
  Gaut 
  459 
  

  

  The 
  Romance 
  of 
  Old 
  Teakwood 
  By 
  Mary 
  H. 
  Northend 
  463 
  

  

  Residence 
  of 
  Maxwell 
  Wyeth, 
  Esq., 
  at 
  Rosemont, 
  Pennsylvania. 
  

  

  By 
  Francis 
  Durando 
  Nichols 
  467 
  

  

  Home 
  Delicacies 
  for 
  the 
  Sick 
  By 
  Mabel 
  Take 
  Priestman 
  472 
  

  

  Residence 
  of 
  William 
  F. 
  May, 
  Esq., 
  Newton 
  Center, 
  Massachusetts. 
  

  

  By 
  W 
  alter 
  Welch 
  476 
  

   The 
  Winter 
  Garden 
  By 
  Eben 
  E. 
  Rexford 
  479 
  

  

  The 
  Preparation 
  of 
  Currant 
  Juice 
  and 
  Marmalade 
  

  

  Garden 
  Notes 
  for 
  December 
  Planning 
  the 
  Garden 
  

  

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  Books 
  

  

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