AMERICAN 



HOMES AND GARDENS 



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LIBRARY 

 NEW YORK 

 BOTANICAL 



CONTENTS FOR JULY, 1906 



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A Colonnade o\ r the Estate of L. S. Couch, Esq., Danvers, Massachusetts io 



Monthly Comment 12 



Notable American Homes — "Sunnyside," the House of Harleston Deacon, Esq., Tuxedo 



Park, New York By Barr Fence 1 3 



Parks — Large and Small 18 



Some Inexpensive Houses By Paul Thurston 19 



How a Two-Family House was Remodeled into a Private Dwelling. 



By Francis Durando Nichols 23 



My Garden Without Flowers By Carine Cadby 29 



Helps to Home Building: The Value of Architectural Study to the Architect 32 



The Wonders of a Bird's Bill By B. S. Bowdish 33 



The Concrete Garage of Dr. N. B. Van Etten, Tremont, New York 38 



How to Buy Worthless Run-Down Farms with $1,000 or Less and Make Them Pro- 

 ductive By S. L. DeFabry 40 



The Marvels of Plant Retardation By S. Leonard Bastin 44 



House Hygiene: V. — House Drainage By Ralph Finest Blake 47 



The Kitchen: V. — Pots, Pans and Apparatus By Sarah J dams Keller 48 



The Gladiolus, the Peony and the Dahlia. 

 The Lawn. 



Vines for the Wall and House. 

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