AMERICAN 



HOMES AND GARDENS 



Price, 25 Cents. $3.00 a Year 



CONTENTS FOR SEPTEMBER, 1905 



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The Terrace Entrance — " Woodcrest " cover 



The Garden — " Woodcrest " 152 



Monthly Comment 154 



Notable American Homes — " Woodcrest," the Estate of James W. Paul, Jr., Esq., Rad- 

 nor, Pennsylvania By Barr Ferree 155 



The Residence of S. S. Dennis, Esq 164 



A Successful Small Suburban House 167 



" Mission " House of Evarts Tracy, Esq 170 



A House at Woodmere 172 



Helps to Home Building: Living in the House 173 



The Autumn Bulb Planting By Leonard Gilbert 174 



The Arrangement of Cut Flowers 175 



How a Valueless Suburban Place was Converted into a Productive Estate. 



By S. L. de Fabry 176 



Autumn Work in the Garden By Ida D. Bennett 178 



Science for the Home : Plumbing on the Farm 179 



A Little Friend of the Rose .'.... By S. Frank Aaron 180 



Fire Protection: Safeguarding Temporary Structures 181 



The Training of Cavalry Officers in France By D. A. Wxlley 182 



Harvard's Botanic Garden By Mary Caroline Crawford 184 



The Household: Household Decoration — The Man or the Woman — Which? — Household 



Charm 188 



Civic Betterment: Ways to Help: The Body Politic — Is the Billboard to Go? 189 



The Observer's Note-Book: " Ghost Flowers " 190 



The Garden : The Garden Month by Month — September 190 



The Architect and His Charges. 

 Fifty Suggestions for the House. 

 New Books. 



Publishers' Department. 

 New Building Patents. 



1885. 



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