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CONTENTS FOR MARCH, 1908 



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"overlocii" the fountain of the formal garden 82 



Monthly Comment 84 



"overloch,"' the country home of john a. burnham, esq., wenham, massachu- 

 SETTS By Barr Ferree 85 



The Disposal of Bric-a-Brac By Nellie Smithers 90 



Residence of Van Wyck Rossiter, Esq., Nyack, New York By Walter Williams 91 



Fences in Towns and Villages By Ada March 93 



Illumination at Mount Vernon By Paul Beckwith 94 



The Summer Home of Spencer Hall, Esq., Water Witch, New Jersey. 



By Charles Chauncey 97 



Planning a Country Home By E. P. Powell 100 



The House Roof and Its Garden: 



I. A Neglected Opportunity By Esther Matson 10 1 



II. A Successful House-top Garden By Adelia Belle Beard 102 



The Historic Wentworth House By Mary H. Northend 106 



Three Pennsylvania Houses By Francis Durando Nichols 1 10 



The Plant and the Season By S. Leonard Bastin 1 16 



Correspondence : 



Problems in Home Furnishing By Alice M. Kellogg 120 



Garden Work About the Home By Charles Downing Lay 120 



New Books Garden Notes A Few Yard Fruits 



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