AMERICAN 



HOMES AND GARDENS 



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CONTENTS FOR JUNE, 1908 



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Homeward Bound 216 



Monthly Comment 218 



Notable American Homes — "Casa-del-Ponte," a Summer Home at Tokeneke Park, 



Rowayton, Connecticut By Barr Ferree 219 



Scientific Poultry Breeding By Day Allen Willey 225 



Residence of Henry M. Kneedler, Esq., Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania. 



By Walter Williams 229 



The Rose as a Summer Bedder By Eben E. Rexford 232 



The Garden of Winthrop Sargent, Esq., Fishkill-on-Hudson, New York 234 



Residence of John M. Chapman, Esq., Rock Ledge Road, Montclair, New Jersey. 



By Francis Durando Nichols 238 



Private Automobile Garages By Benjamin A. Howes 242 



"Rocksym," the Summer Home of Burt L. Syms, Esq., Greenwich, Connecticut. 



By C. W. Whiteway 249 

 Correspondence : 



Problems in Home Furnishing By Alice M. Kellogg 254 



Garden Work About the Home By Charles Downing Lay 254 



Among the Strawberries. 



The Garden in the Temporary Home. 



The Quince. New Books. 



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