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CONTENTS FOR MAY, 1910 



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The Entrance to the Home of Timothy Walsh, Esq., Pasadena, Cal Cover 



A Profusion of Flowering Shrubs Adorn ihe Terrace Frontispiece 



Modern Houses from the Atlantic to the Pacific By Francis Durando Nichols 163 



Ideas for Colonial Furnishing By Mary Livingston 171 



The Handicraftsman — Home-built Garden Seats and Pergolas By B. A. Vanderveer 174 



American Homes and Gardens' Garden Competition — The Fifth Prize Garden, won by 



Edward Payson, Esq., of Lexington, Mass 176 



AUTOMOBILING — The Modern Low-priced Car By Roger B. JFhitman 178 



The Alteration of the Colors of Flowers by Cultivation. .By Prof. F. Hildebrand 180 



The Out-of-door Living-room By John A. Gade 181 



Some California Bungalows By Helen Liikens Cant 185 



Pottery Making for the Amateur By Mabel Tiike Priestman 189 



The Small Kitchen of To-day ; Its Planning and Equipment. .By Robert Spencer, Jr. 1.93 



The Development of the Arts and Crafts House By Edith Haviland 196 



Decorations and Furnishings for the Home — III. The Combination of Wall Papers 



and Window Curtains By Alice M. Kellogg 198 



The Use of Cement in the Building of the Suburban House and Garage 



By Robert W. Gardner 201 



Garden Notes — Lawn Making By Charles Downing Lay 207 



Planning the Small Garden By Loring Underwood 208 



A Wanderer's Garden By Gladys Hyatt Sinclair 21 1 



Trees and Shrubs to Avoid in General Planting By Irving E. Johnson 212 



New Books 

 Canning and Preserving Fruit; Hints for the Housewife 

 The Editor's Note-Book Correspondence 



Garden Competition for 19 10 American Homes and Gardens for June 



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