AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



March, 1910 



50 PACES OF DISTINCTIVE HOME5 



Going Lo Build 

 A Country Home? 



Then you will find the great 



Building Number of 



House (Si> 

 Garden 



an indispensable guide teeming with 

 Help and Suggestions. 



Fifty Pages of Distinctive Homes 



Colonial — Half - timber — Cement — Remodelled Farmhouses — Bungalows 



House & Garden *^^ magazine of good taste 



— for the home — is an ably 

 edited and beautifully illustrated magazine brimming over 

 with inspiration and interest to everyone who wants to make 

 the house, its garden and its grounds notable in their good 

 taste and attractiveness and for all those who love the country. 

 25 Cents a Copy :: :: Three Dollars a Year 



To New Subscribers : Send one dollar for a six months trial subscription, 

 ^ which will include the great Building Number and the 

 superb Gardening Guide in April, two of the most important issues for the home- 

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LOJV-COST SUBURBAN HOMES 



A Practical Guide for Prospective Home-Bu ilders 



This book contains 90 illustrations of plans and photographs of houses which 

 have been successfully built at a cost ranging from $1,000 to $10,000, with de- 

 scriptive articles and an estimate of the cost of most houses described. Only 

 the newest and best have been selected. General views of exteriors, diagrams 

 of interiors, interior decorations and furnishings, and full construction plans 

 make up the illustrations. 



Only Most Eminent Architects Are Contributors 



If You're Planning to Build— If You Need Ideas on How to Improve Your Home 

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McBRIDE, WINSTON & CO., 449 FOURTH AVENUE, NEW YORK 



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Price, 23 ')ents postpaid 



EUGENE PITOU, Jr. 



CIVIL ENGINEER AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT 



Designs and Estimates for Improving and Constructing 



the Grounds of City and Suburban Properties. 



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Country Homes 



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CR EIDER'S FINE CATALOGUE 



of pure bred poultry, for 1910, 200 pages, handsomely 

 illustrated, 150 engravings, photos, 30 fine colored 

 plates, describes 65 leading varieties of land and 

 water-fowls, gives low prices of stock, eggs, incuba- 

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B. H. GREIDER, Box 11, Rheems, Pa. 



Charles B. Wilson, Architect 



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The experience I have makes my services desir- 

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309 American National Bank Bldg., Richmond, Va 



Commissions Executed Anyw^here 



