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HOMES AND GARDENS 



Price, 25 Cents. $3.00 a Year 



CONTENTS FOR JULY, 1905 



PACE 



The Entrance Front — " The Rocks " cover 



Flower-Lovers Lunching Under Beautiful Wistaria Arbors, Tokyo, Japan 8 



Monthly Comment 10 



Notable American Homes — " The Rocks," the Country Seat of Eben D. Jordan, Esq., 



West Manchester, Mass By Barr Ferree 1 1 



Japanese Wistaria Arbors 15 



" Kingdor," a Swiss Chalet 16 



The House of Sherman Evarts 18 



" Hilhouse," the Italian Villa of Floyd Ferris, Esq 20 



Fire Protection : The Question of Fireproof 23 



The Residence of Charles T. Ives, Esq 24 



" Rock Ledge," the Summer Home of George H. Walker, Esq 27 



Helps to Home Building: Furnishing the House 30 



Science for the Home : The Dangers of Cheap Houses 31 



American Garden Statuary By Harry Dillon Jones 32 



Plants and Music 34 



Principles of Home Decoration By Joy Wheeler Doze 35 



The Dining-Room of the Past and Present By Alice M. Kellogg 38 



The Spanish Missions in Texas and Arizona By Charles F. Holder 40 



The Garden : The Garden Month by Month— July 44 



The Household: Syndicated Service — Taste in Household Decoration 45 



Civic Betterment: The Political Aspect — Ways to Help: The Individual 46 



The Kitchen. 



New Books. 



New Building Patents. 



Sanitary Improvements of the Home. 

 Fifty Suggestions for the House. 

 Publishers' Department. 



NEW Series of SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN BUILDING MONTHLY. Established in 1885. 

 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS, 1905. Price, 25 cents. $3.00 a year. 

 Combined Rate for SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN and AMERICAN HOMES AND 

 GARDENS, $5.00 per year. Rate of Subscription of AMERICAN HOMES AND 

 GARDENS to foreign countries, $4.00 a year. :: :: :: :: :: :: Published Monthly by 

 MUNN y COMPANY, Office of the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, 361 Broadway, New York. 



[Copyright, 1905, by Munn & Company. Application made for entry as second-class matter, June 15 , 1905, at the Post Office at New York, N. 'l .] 



NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS' — The Editor will be pleased to have contributions submitted, especially when illustrated by good photographs; but he 

 cannot hold himself responsible for manuscripts and photographs. Stamps should in all cases be enclosed for postage if the writers desire the return of their copy. 



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