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CONTENTS FOR OCT Of BR # 1913 



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The Perfect Flower Garden Frontispiece 



Fall Planting in the Flower Garden By F. F. Rockwell 339 



A Country House of the Villa Type By Henry F. Matthews 346 



Building a House in the Autumn By 0. J. Gette 350 



Types of Houses for Fall Building 354-355 



Planting the Bulb Garden. : By Norman H. Loring 356 



House of Mr. F. J. Ogden, Glen Ridge, New Jersey 360 



Collecting Old Samplers By Lawrence Townsend 361 



Old Clocks By Elizabeth Lounshery 363 



"Piqures d'Epingle" By Gardner Teall 366 



Within the House: 



Reviving the House for Autumn and Winter By George Crane 368 



Around the Garden : 



October in the Garden By Gardner Teall 370 



Helps to the Housewife: 



The Importance of Breakfast Foods By Mary H. Northend 371 



Moving the Garden into the House 372 



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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, 1879. The Editor will be pleased to consider all contributions, but "American Homes and Gardens" will not hold itself 



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