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CONTENTS FOR DECEMBER, 1913 



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The Ancient Cedar of Lebanon .Frontispiece 



Cedars of Lebanon By Ralph Johns 41 1 



A Well Planned California Chalet By Charles Alma Byers 417 



Aquamarine Glass By Elizabeth Lounsbery 419 



Curtains for Winter By Ida J. Burgess 420 



A Remodeled City House By Harry Martin Yeomans 422 



A Persian Garden in California By Horatio F. Stoll 426-427 



House Plants and Their Care By F. F. Rockwell 428 



House of Mr. Charles Parks at Englewood, N. J 43 l 



Cottage Figures By Mary H. Northend 432 



Screens By Marie Elizabeth Camp 436 



Within the House: 



Christmas Decorations By Frances Mayne 440 



Around the Garden: 



December and Gardens By Gardner Teall 442 



Helps to the Housewife: 



Fire Prevention in the Home By Winnifred Fales 443 



When Making a Gift By Harry Martin Yeomans 444 



Collectors' Department New Books Editor's Notebook 



The Collectors' Mart 



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CHARLES ALLEN MUNN 

 President 



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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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