September, 191® 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



vu 



American Homes and Gardens 

 for October 



A Notable Home 



The house and the garden of W. S. Spaulding, Esq., 

 at Pride's Crossing, Mass., form the opening article 

 of the October number. Both the house and the 

 formal garden are particularly well illustrated by 

 many fine engravings. All the features of the house 

 and the garden are Intimately described by Barr 

 Ferree in a very interesting manner. 



Topiary Art 



During the past few years there has been a remark- 

 able revival of what had at one time become a lost 

 horticultural art. A. Jennings Brown has prepared 

 a very Interesting article on this subject, which Is illus- 

 trated by some excellent engravings showing the vari- 

 ous forms of design in which a shrub may be treated. 



Handicraftsman 



A. J. Squires has prepared an excellent article on the 

 subject of "Sun-Dials Made At Home." The article 

 is Illustrated by engravings and diagrams showing 

 how this may be done, and It might be an aid to those 

 who would like to have a sun-dial without the expense 

 of Its purchase. 



"The Rice Field" 



The residence of Mrs. Charles E. Perkins, at West- 

 wood, Mass., known as "The Rice Field," is a typical 

 New England farm house, built to form a continua- 

 tion of house, stable, garage and coachman's house, 

 all under one continuous roof. Paul Thurston has 

 prepared an excellent article on the house and the gar- 

 den, which is amply Illustrated by fine engravings. 



"Planning a Formal Garden" 



Charles Downing Lay shows by a ground plan and a 

 very able description, how to arrange and to develop 

 a formal garden. He tells how to plan it, how to 

 plant it, and what kind of shrubs and plants should be 

 used. This article ought to be of service to all who 

 are interested in a subject more pretentious than the 

 ordinary style of garden. 



Decorations and Furnishings for the Home 



Miss Alice M. Kellogg presents her eighth paper, on 

 the subject of decorating and furnishing the home. 

 Her contribution for this issue will be devoted to the 

 "Furnishing of a Boy's Room." Very little thought is 

 given, as a rule, to the furnishing of a boy's room, but 

 Miss Kellogg tells In her usual practical and helpful 

 way, how much can be accomplished In the decorating 

 and furnishing of a room of this type, and aids it by 

 the use of several engravings. 



Bulbs to Plant in the Autumn" 



Now is the time to consider the kinds of bulbs to plant 

 In the fall, in order to have a proper welcome In the 

 first warm days of spring. Is there anything more joyful 

 than the first flowers of the spring, the hyacinths, the 

 daffodils, the tulips. S. Leonard Bastin has pre- 

 pared an illustrated article telling of some of the best 

 bulbs to plant and how to plant them In order to se- 

 cure the highest possible results. 



" Fireproof Houses from an Artistic Point of View " 



It has been thought difficult to design a small house 

 of fireproof construction and at the same time put 

 into it some of the artistic values which are so fre- 

 quently found in stucco houses. The group of houses 

 illustrated in this article was built in Orange, N. J., 

 and represents a very handsome type of house of 

 fireproof construction. Edith Haviland has prepared 

 an excellent paper on the subject, pointing out some 

 of the salient features of this form of construction. 



A Pompeian Villa" 



One of the show places of California is the "Pom- 

 peian Villa," built for Andrea Sbarboro in the Italian- 

 Swiss Agricultural Colony at Astl. It is completely 

 described by Horatio F. Stoll, and is profusely illus- 

 trated by charming landscape views of vine and villa, 

 picturesque colonists' quarters and rose-covered win- 

 eries, all of which form an impressive object lesson 

 of what can be accomplished by good taste. 



