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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



January, 1910 



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A Superb Gift 

 Book 



Historic Houses and Their 

 Gardens 





EDITED BY CHARLES FRANCIS OSBORNE 



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Assistant Professor of the History of Architecture, University 



of Pennsylvania 



With an introduction by Frank Miles Day, Lecturer on 



Architecture at Harvard University 



HE wealthy and wise have, from time immemorial, set 



their houses m the midst of a garden with grassy lawns, 



clickmg pebble walks, splashing water, trees for shade 



and flowers for scent and color. The garden is the open-air 



part of a house. 



Everyone cannot inhabit the house and the garden that his dreams inspire, but in leafing over such a book as 

 this he can wander at will upon the turf that others have sown, can glimpse enchanting vistas that the greatly 

 fortunate have revealed, can revel in the rooms that centuries of famous family occupancy have hallowed with 

 a history of their own. 



" Historic Houses and Their Gardens " affords an intimate picture of places the world over, 

 celebrated for their beauty and their associations. It is of extraordinary value because it comprises an 

 astonishing diversity of scene. Japan, India, Persia, Mexico, Greece and Ancient Rome have contributed to 

 it, with America, England, France, Austria, Spain and modern Italy. 



Writers "to the manor born" conduct one through the spacious halls and terraces : The Dowager Countess 

 De La Warr, The Honourable Miss Sackville-West, Miss Acland-Hood, P. H. Ditchlield, George Walter 

 Dawson, and others whose observation is as keen as their pens are facile. 



Over three hundred exquisite pictures from photographs, water-color sketches and plans, are beautifully 

 printed on the extra-coated paper which is used throughout. 



The book is a quarto, 9x12 inches, and contains 272 pages. Bound in Cloth, with gold and ink stamping. 



$6.00 Express Prepaid 



Country Homes and Garden of Moderate Cost 



EDITED BY CHARLES FRANCIS OSBORNE 



^^^^HiS book has been prepared to satisfy a constantly growing demand from those who are planning to 

 M J build and lay out their grounds, from those who wish to remodel their houses and those who enjoy 

 ^^^ seeing portrayed successful hauses that have been built at a moderate cost. Leading architects, 

 interior decorators and landscape gardeners who are leaders in their respective fields were 

 asked to contribute. The result is an authoritative book on the whole subject of home 

 building, interior decoration and gardening surpassing anything of the kind yet published. 

 Country and suburban homes on limited space, on the seashore, in the mountains, 

 alluring bungalows and inexpensive remodelled farmhouses are some of the types 

 presented in picture and text. 



Plans and Photograplis of Houses and Gardens Costing from $800 to $10,000 



Each of the designs is the work of an architect of established reputation, and the 

 photographs were taken especially for the book, after the houses were built. 200 

 beautiful half-tone engravings form the superb illustrative features. Floor plans of 

 homes, plans of gardens, photographs of interiors and exteriors, general views of 

 completed homes all combine to render the book intensely interesting and helpful. 



A quarto volume, size 9x12 inches, sumptuously printed on heavy plate paper, attractively bound in green 

 book-cloth. $2.00 Express Prepaid 



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CRAFTSMAN HOMES 



By GUSTAV STICKLEY 



A Book for Architects, Builders, Containing practical house plans, 

 Homemakers and Housekeepers exteriors and interiors suggestions 



for gardens, gates and pergolas, 

 models for furniture, metal work 

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lion ficjin insect enemies and fungous 

 disease, harvesting, storing and marketing, 

 substantial progress lias been made, and 

 w cll-dcrtncd systems or policies have been 

 quite generally adopted. On the other 

 hand, there are few definite or well-defined 

 systems of pruning. It is a sort of hit-or- 

 miss, go-as-you-please policy from start to 

 finish. 



Aside from our fruit plants tlic rejuvena- 

 tion and prolongation of life of our native 

 trees that have for generations beautified, 

 even glorified, the landscape, and have such 

 a potent infiuence upon the esthetic life, 

 may well be considered. The life of a vet- 

 eran tree outside of the forest at least 

 should be cherished with zealous care. 

 What a contrast to the works of man ! As 

 we watch its growth there is no push and 

 pull, no stress and strain, no grimy toil, no 

 agony, no bloody sweat. It represents the 

 calm, silent, persistent, resilient forces of 

 nature, acting through scores, or even cen- 

 turies, of years. Yet it can be destroyed in 

 an hour, and when it is gone there is a va- 

 cancy not soon or easily filled. 



The time has come when more attention 

 should be given to the dwarfing of trees by 

 systematic pruning. As land becomes more 

 and more valuable, and orchard areas more 

 circumscribed, there will be a natural tend- 

 ency to plant more closely. This will neces- 

 sitate and impel to more radical pruning. 

 We should be prepared for this. 



Ten years ago the writer established a 

 home on a vacant city lot. This lot was 

 75 by 1 60 feet and devoid of tree or shrub. 

 The question was how to have a compara- 

 tively spacious open lawn and a goodly 

 number of trees, not excluding a fair pro- 

 portion of shrubs, herbaceous perennials 

 and annuals. With some misgivings and 

 with the expectation of a speedy removal 

 of at least two-thirds of the number, about 

 two-score of trees were planted, some at 

 considerable distance apart to form a 

 border, others in close or compact groups, 

 and quite a number at various points in 

 close proximity to the house. Since that 

 first planting, many other trees have been 

 added, and yet, by a more or less systematic 

 pruning, all have been kept well within the 

 allotted space. It was a revelation to me to 

 learn that with slight but watchful care 

 trees like the elm, sycamore, box elder, pin 

 oak, basswood, silver maple, buckeye, hack- 

 berry, etc., could be so easily dwarfed and 

 at the same time retain their individuality 

 in so marked a degree. 



The result of the close group or compact 

 planting was even more striking in mass 

 and foliage effect. I have rarely if ever 

 seen a more effective small group of shrubs 

 or trees, or the two combined, than one 

 kept now for many years at a height of 

 from ten to twelve feet, and composed of 

 the closely intermingled branches and foli- 

 age of the ailanthus, mulberry, honey-lo- 

 cust, sassafras, coffee tree, sweet gum, 

 white birch and willow. Of course the 

 success of such planting depends mainly on 

 pruning, and how little we know of the 

 kind of pruning that will give the best all 

 around results. It is certainly an interest- 

 ino- field for the landscape horticulturist. 



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