AMERICAN 



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CONTENTS FOR APRIL, 1908 



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A Country Creek in Springtime 122 



Monthly Comment 124 



Notable American Homes — The Country Seat of M. P. Slade, Esq., at Mt. Kisco, New 



York • By Barr Ferree 125 



Garden Streams and Appropriate Bridges By Phebe JVestcott Humphreys 131 



A Remodeled Colonial House — The Country Seat of Frederick Converse Beach, Esq., at 



Stratford, Connecticut By Charles Chauncey 135 



The Garden Joys of a Country Home By Abbie I. Johnson 142 



The Summer Home of Lucien Oudin, Esq., Water Mill, Long Island. 



By Samuel Ward 147 



The Application of Stencil Work in Home Decoration ... .By Edzvard Fesser 151 



The Forced Culture of Asparagus in France By Jacques Boyer 154 



A House at Newton Centre, Massachusetts By Edzvard I . Wills 157 



Correspondence : 



Problems in Home Furnishing By Alice M. Kellogg 160 



Garden Work About the Home By Charles Dozening Lay 160 



Ornamental Bedding Plants for Hedges. Special Purpose Flowers and Plants. 



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