AMERICAN 



HOMES AND GARDENS 



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CONTENTS FOR DECEMBER, 1906 



NEW YORK 



*NICAL 



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The Formal Garden of "Woodlea" 354 



Monthly Comment 356 



Notable American Homes — "Woodlea," the Estate of Mrs. Elliott F. Shepard, 



Scarborough, New York By Barr Fence 357 



A Small Country House By Francis Durando Nichols 365 



A Princeton House, the Residence of Dr. David Magie, Princeton, New Jersey. 



By Burr Bartram 370 



Leather for Interior Decoration By Phebe Westcotl Humphreys 



Illustrated by S. Walter Humphreys 374 



The " 'Dobe" of To-day By Sarah Comstock 377 



Old Time Arts and Crafts By Mary H. Northend 380 



The Poisons of Soils 382 



The Cult of the Cactus By S. Leonard Bastin 383 



Venomous Insects By Rene Bache 385 



How Soft French Cheeses Are Made By Jacques Boyer 388 



Renovation of Worn-out Soils 392 



December in the Window Garden 

 The Kitchen 



Helps to House Building 

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