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a rose-enclustered dairy 146 



Monthly Comment [48 



NOTABLE AMERICAN HOMES — 'The Summer Home of Ambassador George von L. Meyer, 



Hamilton, Massachusetts By Burr Ferrer 149 



The Modern Bungalow By Francis Durando Nichols 1 53 



Garden of "Avonwood Court" — Estate of Charles E. Mather, Esq., Haverford, Penn- 

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Ox Pasture Hill — The Home of Edward B. George at Rowley, Massachusetts 



By Lilian Harrod 162 



The Entrance to a Country Place By John A. Gade 1 66 



The Citizen's Part in Civic Betterment 1 70 



The 125m Anniversary of the Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown 



By Allen Desaix 17 1 



A New Apple-tree Pest in California By Enos Broun 176 



Plant Sensation t yg 



Old-time Porches of Salem By Mary II. Northend 1 79 



Modern Dahlias By Clarence M. Weed 182 



Plant Specialists By George Ethelbert Walsh 184 



September Work, in the Garden 

 Some of Our Night-Blooming Flowers 

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