AMERICAN 



HOMES AND GARDENS 



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CONTENTS FOR APRIL, 1910 



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"Springtime" Cover 



A Good Place for Rock Plants Frontispiece 



Rock Gardens By Charles Downing Lay 123 



The Homes of Four Architects in the Middle West. . . .By Francis Durando Nichols 127 

 Decorations and Furnishings for the Home — The Window Curtain 



By Alice M. Kellogg 132 

 The Summer Home of E. C. Stanwood, EsQ.,Kennebunkport, Me.. . .By Henry Hawley 134 



Furniture for the Home By Esther Singleton 136 



Automobilixg — The Closed Car By Stanley Yale Beach 138 



An Interesting Group of Stucco Houses, Costing from Two Thousand Dollars 



Upwards 140-141 



The Gobelin Tapestry Works . .By Frank Brown 142 



Winter Diseases of House Plants 144 



Furnishing the Apartment — IV. The Bedroom By Lillian Hamilton French 145 



The Handicraftsman — A Combined Grandfather Clock and Book-Case 



By A. Russell Bond 148 

 The Residence of Stephen L. Bartlett, Esq., Chestnut Hill, Mass.. .By Paul Thurston 149 



Garden Notes By Charles Downing Lay 153 



The Effect of Colored Light on Vegetation By Jacques Boyer 154 



A Novel Method of Growing Potatoes By S. Leonard Bastin 156 



A Protected Grape-Fruit Grove in Florida By C. M. Berry 158 



The Home Vegetable Garden By E. P. Powell 159 



The Double Flowering Cherry By D. Z. Evans, Jr. 160 



Garden Competition for 19 10 American Homes and Gardens for May 



Editor's Note-Book Correspondence 



The Production of a Black Color on Brass Pepper Cultivation in India 



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