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CONTENTS FOR AUGUST, 1908 



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"Castlewood" : The Colonnade and Terrace of the Ocean Front 296 



Monthly Comment 298 



Notable American Homes — "Castlewood," the Villa of Louis Bruguiere, Esq., Newport, 



Rhode Island By Barr Ferree 299 



The Japanese Garden of "Yademos" — The Country Seat of Charles Pfizer, Esq., Ber- 



nardsville, New Jersey By John Foster Carr 304 



"Huck-WEEN Lodge" — the Summer Camp of William Curtis Demorest, Esq., Loon Lake, 



New York By Francis Durando Nichols 308 



Half a Dozen Great Home Trees 312 



The Value of a Pleasant Sunroom By Delia Austrian 313 



A Home Shrubbery By E. P. Powell 3 1 8 



Economic Methods in Mushroom Growing 318 



Glimpses of Old Annapolis By Esther Singleton 319 



Sun-Dials By Randolph I. Geare 327 



"White Lodge" — the Residence of Charles H. Roberts, Esq., Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. 



By Charles Chauncey 330 

 Well-Designed Applique — An Effective Means of Decoration. .By Mabel Tuke Priestman 332 

 Correspondence : 



Problems in Home Furnishing By Alice M. Kellogg 334 



Garden Work About the Home By Charles Downing Lay 334 



New Books The Care of the Lawn Blackberries 



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