AMERICAN 



HOMES AND GARDENS 



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CONTENTS FOR JUNE, 1910 



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Cover Design By M. R. Rahming 



The Terrace at the Garden Front of the House Frontispiece 



Residence of Frederick Culver, Esq., Hadlynne, Conn.. . .By Francis Durando Nichols 215 



The Handicraftsman — Home-Made Concrete Flower Urns By J. E. Lloyd 220 



Concrete Copings for Garden Walks By John J. Heinze 221 



"The Summer Lodge" — Built, Furnished and Equipped with Garage, Automobile and 



Motor Boat for $2,000 By Esther Singleton 222 



Decorations and Furnishings for the Home. IV. Fitting up the Porch. 



By Alice M. Kellogg 229 



A Suburban House in the Mission Style By Walker and Hazzard 232 



Short-Horned Cattle By Theodore Langdon Van Norden 234 



''Fox Hill Lodge" — The Summer Home of Mr. Prescott Bigelow, at Manchester, Mass., 



By Mary H. Northend 236 



The House and the Garden at "Rachelwood," Laurel Hill 238 



American Homes and Gardens' Garden Competition. Honorably Mentioned Garden. 239 



Some Small Houses By Paul Thurston 243 



Garden Notes By Charles Downing Lay 248 



Bulb Growing on Sponges By S. Leonard Bastin 249 



Home-Made Perfumery By George Ethelbert Walsh 251 



Garden Pests By E. P. Powell 252 



Garden Competition for 1910 American Homes and Gardens' for July 



Editor's Note-Book New Books Correspondence 



Canning and Preserving Fruits; Hints for the Housewife 



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