AMERICAN 



HOMES AND GARDENS 



Price, 25 Cents. $3.00 a Year 



CONTENTS FOR AUGUST, 1910 



PAGE 



The Court at "Harbour Court" Frontispiece 



"Harbour Court" — The Residence of Mrs. John Nicholas Brown, Newport, R. I., 



By Barr Ferree 295 



Bernard Palissy, the Famous French Potter and His Works. 5v Charles A. Brassier 302 



"Crystal Brook" — A Co-operative Colony By Jerome Walker, M.D. 304 



Decorations and Furnishings for the Home — VI. The Arrangement and Hanging of 



Pictures By Alice M. Kellogg 309 



Some Notable Garages By Robert Prescott 312 



Flowers as Dessert By Monica Bastin 314 



Some Novel French Chimney Pots ..By Frances B. Sheaf er 315 



"A Nook in a Formal Garden" 316 



Furniture for the Home — Garden Furniture By Esther Singleton 317 



The Handicraftsman — Methods of Beautifying the Common Gas Light, 



By Catherine A. Jensen 321 



Making Plumes Out of Crepe Paper By Ethel Jones 322 



Imitation Marble By A. J. Jarman 323 



The Modern House By Paul Thurston 324 



Garden Notes By Charles Downing Lay 329 



The Heliotrope as a Bedding Plant Bj Ida D. Bennett 330 



Vegetable Fountains By W . R. Gerard 33 1 



Garden Competition for 19 10 American Homes and Gardens for September 



Correspondence N'^w Books 



Canning and Preserving Fruits; Hints for the Housewife 



Subscription for "American Homes and Gardens" to foreign countries $4.00 per year 

 Subscription for "American Homes and Gardens" to Canada $3.50 per year 

 Combined Subscription for "American Homes and Gardens" and "Scientific American," $5.00 per year 



Published Monthly by Munn & Co., Inc., Office of the "Scientific American," 361 Broadway, New York 



CHARLES ALLEN MUNN. Preadeni - - ,- . FREDERICK CONVERSE BEACH; Secretary and Tteasurer 



361 Broadway, New York 361 Broadway, New York 



[Copyright, I9I0, by Munn & Company. Regutered in U. S. Patent Office. Entered as lecond-cIaM matter, June 15, 1905, at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., under the 



Act of Congrea of March 3, 1879] 



NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS — The Editor will be pleated to have contnbutioni tubmitted, especially when illustrated by good photographs ; but he 

 caimol hold himself responsible for manuscripts and photographs. Stamps should in all cases be inclosed for postage if the writers desire the return of their copy. 



