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CONTENTS FOR JANUARY, 1910 



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The Imposing Entrance Porch and Facade to the Residence of Henry W. Schultz, 



Kenilworth, 111 2 



Monthly Comment — The Unusual House 4 



Notable American Homes — "Eirianva," the Tuxedo Home of the Rev. Canon George Wil- 

 liam Douglas, D.D By Barr Ferree 5 



New Process for Damascening, Inlaying and Blending Metals. 



By Amos Bradley Simpson i i 



The Japanese Persimmon By E. P. Powell 1 3 



American Homes and Gardens Garden Competition. The Second Garden Prize of Fifty 



Dollars Won by Charles D. Davies, Englewood, New Jersey 14 



Some Eastern Homes — Costing from Seven to Eight Thousand Dollars. 



By Francis Diirando Nichols i 8 



Marine Mosaic By W. Cole Brigham 23 



A Colonial House — The Residence of L. F. Rhoades, Esq., at Nutley, New Jersey. 



By Robert Prescott 26 



The Quebracho Tree of South America 28 



Furnishing the Flat— I. The Hall By Lilie Hamilton French 29 



Flowers All the Year Round By S. Leonard Bastin 32 



An Electrical Household By Jacques Boyer 34 



The Residence of Henry W. Schultz, at Kenilworth, Illinois By Henry Hazvley 1,6 



"Low Gables" — A Summer Home at Sound Beach, Connecticut By Burr Bartram 40 



A Talk About Pruning Trees Automobiles and Roads in France 



Sand Lime Bricks 

 Garden Notes Correspondence 



New Books Pruning 



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