March, 1909 WV keAN TONES, AND GARDENS xvii 
Small House Number of 
AMERICAN 
HOMES & GARDENS 
APRIL, 1909 
HE artistic and inexpensive house is the chief de- 
mand of the home seeker of to-day. For that 
reason the April, 1909, number of American Homes 
and Gardens will be a SPECIAL SMALL HOUSE 
NUMBER. : 
This issue will contain a vast amount of valuable 
information for the prospective home builder. It will 
tell him how to select a country site; how the various 
rooms .of the house should be planned; the style of 
architecture in which the house should be designed; the 
material of which it may be built; the kind of plumbing 
fixtures to be used; the heating system to be selected; 
the choice of the hangings for the walls, doors and 
windows; appropriate furniture for the home; the interior 
decoration features of the home; and the planning and 
laying out of the grounds surrounding the house, as 
well as the planting of them. 
The Artistic Expression of the Small House 
Is well explained in an article by Francis Durando 
Nichols, illustrated with fifty engravings showing 
exterior and interior views and floor plans of a 
group of model houses of small size and small cost 
adapted to the purse of modest size. 
Plumbing for a Small Country House 
By John A. Gade, is a very important subject. No 
part of a house needs greater attention than the 
laundry, kitchen and bathroom. Hence the economic 
and convenient placing of the plumbing fixtures, the 
kind to use, and the cost of the same are matters of 
interest to all prospective home builders. 
The Making of an Iris Garden 
By Samuel Howe, is an illustrated article showing 
how a swamp or lowland can be developed and 
transformed into a beautiful iris garden. 
Decorative Features in the Small Home 
By Alice M. Kellogg, presents in a brief way, with 
ten illustrations, artistic schemes of covering the 
floors and walls of the house, harmonious and appro- 
priate hangings for the doors and windows, with 
numerous suggestions for the decorating of the vari- 
ous rooms of the house. 
A Group of Model Motor Houses for the Small 
Country Place 
By Ralph de Martin, forms two pages of illustra- 
tions and sets forth the best designs for a small 
motor house suitable for the accommodation of one 
motor car and with sufficient space for a work bench. 
Home-Made Novelties for the Country House 
By Mabel Tuke Priestman, treats of the conversion 
of unlikely things into useful articles, and the illus- 
trations show the results. 
The Evolution of the Small House Plan 
By Joy Wheeler Dow, is an important article by a 
well-known architect on the economic planning of 
a small house, costing from $2,500 to $8,000. The 
plan and the various arrangement of the rooms is the 
first thought given to the house and is one in which 
the layman should be most interested. 
A Formal Garden and Pergola, designed by an 
Amateur 
By Alexander R. Holliday, informs the reader how 
an amateur planned and laid out his garden and 
how he built his pergola. Illustrated with plans and 
scale drawings. 
Proper Furniture for the Sma!l House 
By Esther Singleton, with illustrations showing the 
artistic and appropriate furniture for the house, and 
the proper position in which it is to be placed, 
together with an accurate treatment of the fireplace 
and mantel. 
The Use of Concrete in the Building of a Small 
Country House 
By Benjamin Howes, is a timely and comparatively 
new subject, and is one in which much interest is 
shown at the present moment. The article is pro- 
fusely illustrated with fifty engravings showing ex- 
terior and interior views of floor plans of small 
houses of various styles of architecture in which 
concrete is used with artistic results. 
The Heating Apparatus for the Small Country 
House 
By Allyn Frogner, is the title of an article treating 
in a practical manner one of the most important 
features of a small country house. How to heat 
and what is the cost? That is a question which has 
been well answered for the three respective systems 
of hot air, steam heat, and hot water. 
Problems in Planning the Grounds of a Small 
Country Place 
By Charles D. Lay. Mr. Lay has explained in a 
very concise form how the grounds around a small 
country place may be planted at a very low cost, and 
enumerates the best and most effective shrubs and 
plants to be used. 
This Small House Number 
Will contain 165 illustrations covering 52 pages, 
which will be enclosed in a striking colored cover. 
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