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GREENHOUSES FOR ESTATES 
The extensive propositions which cover both the ornamental show houses and those 
used solely for growing cut flowers, fruit or vegetables—these are the sort of things we are 
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AMERICAN covers a wide scope; it deals with house 
HOMES @ GARDENS building from the design and construction 
of modest cottages on tiny lots to the 
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out a landscape to the planting of a window-box, are dealt with. Practical 
questions of water supply, of sanitation, or of the arrangement of the kitchen 
receive equal treatment with draping of windows or the arrangement of old china. 
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HOMES © GARDENS volume contains more than a thousand 
engravings, as full of detail and finish as 
actual photographs. They depict some of the old and historic mansions of 
America, and the most beautiful of gardens or of natural scenery. The 
following list of a few of the principal practical articles which appeared in 
American Homes and Gardens during 1908 will show the wide choice of subjects: 
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Notable American Homes (12 descriptive ar- 
ticles); The Rose as aSummer Bedder; Private 
———— Automobile Garages; Leaded Glass Windows; 
yA Etching on Copper and Brass; Problems in 
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House Furnishing (12 papers); Garden Work 
about the Home (12 papers); Indoor Bulb Cul- 
ture; Farming Experiment of a Woman; Rugs 
from the Scrap Bag; Water Parks; Old Time 
Lights; Latches and Knockers; The Sun Room; 
Japanese Gardens in America; Sun Dials; Heat- 
ing and Lighting with Alcohol; Spring Houses 
Old and New; Planning a Country Home; The 
House Roof and its Garden; The Plant and the 
Season; Garden Streams and Bridges; Stencil 
Work in Home Decoration; Bungalows (12 
articles); Scientific Poultry Breeding. 
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PROBLEMS IN HOME FURNISHING 
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be found that is made of mahogany or oak 
and bound with brass hoops. A small table to 
hold a card tray and small packages or letters 
is also a needed fitting for the hall. 
SOME QUERIES ON WINDOW SHADES 
“How should window shades fit the win- 
dows? Should they be placed between the 
casing, or should they extend across the 
frame? Shall I use a white or a colored 
shade? Is fringe in good style? I have 
seen some striped material at the windows 
lately, but do not know if it would be wise 
to have it in my home.” —B. R. O. 
The striped or Venetian shades are a noy- 
elty, but are not an improvement on the 
standard Holland in plain colors. Being a 
purely utilitarian article, a shade should be 
as unobtrusive as possible. For this reason 
a fringe is better omitted. As to the proper 
color to adopt, this depends upon the exterior 
casement trimmings and the finish of the in- 
side woodwork. Instead of pure white, a 
cream white shade will prove more agreeable 
in tone. If there are no shutters nor awnings 
a dark green or dark blue shade will be re- 
quired on the sunny sides of the house. A 
buff color is usually a safe choice where one 
shade is used. If a color is exposed very much 
to the light the sunfast Holland is the more 
enduring fabric. “The method of hanging a 
window shade depends upon the construction 
of the window casing. By placing the shade 
between the casement it does not interfere 
with the brackets for the curtains. If no cur- 
tain is to be put up, the shade may be hung 
across the frame to shut out any cracks of 
light. A new device for fastening the draw- 
ing cord to the shade may be looked up by this 
correspondent. 
BATHROOM RUGS 
A correspondent who has only lately taken 
up housekeeping has not found the right kind 
of a rug for her bathroom. ‘Please suggest,” 
she writes, “in your department of furnishing, 
some kind of a rug that will be pleasant to 
use in a bathroom. I have tried one or two, 
but do not like either of them. Is an Oriental 
rug appropriate for this room?” 
The best rug for a bathroom is made in 
this country in a mixture of colors that gives 
a mottled effect, and costs, when made up to 
order, about a dollar a square foot. A narrow 
border finishes the edges. This rug is very 
heavy and soft, and the coloring will go with 
any tiling or paper. Another woolen rug for 
the bathroom is made of a plain color with a 
border in the same tone broken with white. 
The cotton rugs look well for only a short 
time and do not give the wear of the woolen. 
Hand-woven rugs in tapestry cloth are a 
dainty looking rug for a guest’s room. A 
delicate rug may be kept in better condition 
by using mats of Turkish toweling. These 
come in white and colors. The color of the 
tiling is now made the keynote for any addi- 
tional colors that are introduced in this part 
of the house, even to the marking of the linen 
and the decoration of the mugs and soap 
dishes. 
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