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CONTENTS FOR SEPTEMBER, 



1913 



The Planting of Appropriate Evergreens : . . Frontispiece 



A Medfield Farmhouse By Marion Norcross 303 



Iris By S. Leonard Bastin 307 



A Stucco House of Distinction By William T. Phillips 311 



Evergreens for the Home Grounds By Henry Wild 313 



The Problem of Screening the Service-Yard from View 318-319 



A Long Island House By R. D. Arthur 320 



Mr. Kirklin E. Palmer's House in Douglaston, L. 1 323 



The Stately Four-Poster By Mary H. Northend 324 



Trivets and Toasting Forks By Elizabeth Lounshery 327 



Dolls of All Times By Laura B. Starr 328 



Within the House : 



The Decorative Value of Glass By George Crane 332 



Around the Garden: 



September in the Garden 334 



Helps to the Housewife: 



September's Calls to the Housekeeper By Elizabeth Atwood 335 



Collectors' Department 



New Books 

 Collectors' Mart 



Editor's Notebook 



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CHARLES ALLEN MUNN 

 President 



FREDERICK CONVERSE BEACH 

 Secretary and Treasurer 



MUNN & CO., Inc. 



Publishers 



361 Broadway, New York 



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Copyright 1913 by Munn & Co., Inc. Registered in United States Patent Office. Entered as second-class matter June 15, 1905. at the Post Office at New York. N. Y., 

 under the Act of Congress of March 3, 18/9. The Editor will be pleased to consider all contributions, but "American Homes and Gardens" will not hold itself 



responsible for manuscripts and photographs submitted 



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