AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



February, 1910 



Farrs New CateJoyue 

 ofHdi^Plant Specialties 



A Book 

 That Is 

 Unusual 



Describing a tvonderiul col- 

 lection oi IRISES, PEONIES, 

 and PHLOXES— everywhere 

 acknowledged to be tlie most 

 complete in ttiis country— a 

 q'jarler ol a million Irises 

 and Peonies, in upward ot 

 a thousand varieties, besides 

 Delphiniums, Phloxes, Pop- 

 pies, and all the essentials 

 ol the Hardy Garden. 



A RETROSPECT 



A boy's garden on a prairie farm 

 out in Iowa which developed a pas- 

 sionate love of "growing: tilings." 



7V/<'wthe great city and its cares, 

 with "a nameless longing," till one 

 day my doctor said: ''Go back to 

 the country and dig." 



A final surrender and an utter 

 abandonment to an absorbing pas- 

 sion — a nian's garden that long 

 sinceoverflowed, out into the open 

 fields, a glorious riot of color, an 

 intoxication of delight. Peonies, 

 Irises, Phloxes — I tiiiist have them 

 all, and for ten years I have gathered 

 them from all over the world. 



{7o lie io>Uinned nfxl Inoiilh) 

 Th9 new crtalogue Is free 1o all who 

 love hardy plants. Send lor It todsy If 

 you have a garden, and are interested 



BERTRAND H. FARR 



Wyomissing Nurseries 

 809E Penn Street Reading. Pa. 



Bungalows and Homes 



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showing photographs, floor plans 

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Suburban Architectural Association 



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The Scientific American Boy 



By A. KUSSELL BOND. 320 pages, 340 illus. $2.00 postpaid 



A STORY OF OUTDOOR BOY LIFE 



qSuajMn a laft* number of diversioni which, aside from af' 

 foraini cnnrtuiamant, will stimulate in boys the creative spirit. 

 Complete practical instructions are given for building the van- 

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Hartford Fire Insurance 



Company 



With the coming of 1910, THE HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE 

 COMPANY has rounded out a century of business history. That means something 

 m the hazardous business of lire insurance, for four out of every five companies organized 

 m this country have either failed or retired. It means unshaken stability. The smoke 

 of every great American conflagration has darkened the sky over the Hartford's head. 

 In San Francisco alone it paid ten millions. But emerging triumphant from the ordeals 

 of 1 00 years, it enters its second century stronger than ever. 



Unshaken stability for a century is no mean heritage, but age is venerable only when 

 adorned with honor. Honor implies more than honesty. It is the quality which impels an 

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 scattered among more than I 5,000 communities throughout this great land, is the largest 

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^ It contains information of vital importance to the owner of every 

 country home; tells about the danger from fire; it explains why insur- 

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 relics, and things made dear by association. 



fl It tells the various methods for protecting your beautiful home from 

 fire, and it tells how for a small sum ranging from $1,50 to $12.00 

 (depending upon the size, and the number of buildings) you novv' can 

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^This book is written by Mr. Ralph M- Stuaffen, C.E., who has de- 

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Bungalows and American Homes 



Design No. 2, Built In California and Iowa— Cost $2,800 



Our handsome 112-page, 8x11 book ot Bungalows, Mission, Colonial, 

 English Timbered and Concrete Houses for 1910 shows interiors, ex- 

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