AMERICAN 



HOMES AND GARDENS 



CONTENTS FOR NOVEMBERf tl|905 



PAGE 

 A Scene in the Rock Garden of Mr. Spencer Trask's Country Seat at Saratoga, 



New York cover 



The Garden Front and Terrace — Home of Murry Guggenheim, Esq 292 



Monthly Comment 294 



Notable American Homes — The Summer Home of Murry Guggenheim, Esq., Holly- 

 wood, New Jersey By Barr Ferree 295 



The End of the Home 303 



The Studio of John P. Cuyler, Esq 304 



" The Needles/' the Country House of Mrs. B. P. Cheney 306 



Glass for Building and Paving 309 



" Craigston," the House of T. C. Hollander, Esq 310 



The House of Daniel F. Ginna, Esq 315 



Helps to Home Building : Color 318 



The Transplanting of Growing Trees By Charles Day 319 



Science for the Home: The Dangers of Illuminating Gas 322 



The Fattening of Fowls in France By Jacques Boyer 323 



A Group of Fire Irons in Dreamwold By Durand Nichols 327 



Utilizing the Cellar in Winter By George Ethelbert Walsh 328 



The Cultivation of the Morel By Jacques Boyer 330 



The Household : The Man as Housekeeper 331 



Civic Betterment: The Meaning of Civic Betterment — Road Improvement .... 1 332 



The Garden: The Garden Month by Month (November) — The Window Garden 333 



The Observer's Note-Book : Litter in the Parks and Streets 334 



The City and the Country. 

 Fifty Suggestions for the House. 

 New Books. 



Publishers' Department. 

 New Building Patents. 



1885. 



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