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CONTENTS FOR FEBRUARY, 1910 



"Hill Stead" — The Evergreen-Bordered Walk from the House into the Garden 42 



Monthly Comment — Public Improvements in the Country 44 



Notable American Homes — "Hill Stead," the Estate of Alfred Atmore Pope, Esq., Farm- 



ington, Conn By Barr Fcrree 45 



The Revival of Rag Rugs By Eliza Oliver 52 



The Residence of Frederick Phillips Craig, Esq., Short Hills, New Jersey. 



By Robert Prescott 54 



American Homes and Gardens Garden Competition. Third Garden Prize of Twenty- 

 five Dollars Won by Anthony P. Finder, Troy, New York 56 



The Sualmer Home of H. A. Goodwin, Esq., at Marblehead, Mass. . .By Lillian Harrod 59 



Old Time Clocks and Their Makers By Mary H. Northend 62 



Some Western Homes — Costing from Three to Five Thousand Dollars. 



By Francis Diirando Nichols 65 



The World's Largest Swannery By Harold J. Shepstoue 69 



An American Forestry School By Day Allen JVilley 71 



The Residence of Robert Holt, Esq., at Summit, New Jersey By Paul Thurston 74 



Furnishing the Flat — IF The Drawing-Room By Lillian Hamilton French 77 



Hints for the Household By George E. JJ'alsh 80 



Garden Competition Announcement for 19 10. American Homes and Gardens for March. 



Correspondence Garden Notes 



Destruction of Wood Borers Grinding Cement 



A Timber Famine Predicted in Twenty Years 



Brick Roads for the Automobile New Books 



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