AMERICAN 



HOMES AND GARDENS 



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CONTENTS FOR OCTOBER, 1908 



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Seeking Shelter in the Water 376 



Monthly Comment 378 



Notable American Homes — The Seaside Home of Philip Lehman, Esq., Deal, New Jersey. 



By Barr Ferree 379 



A Speculation in Abandoned Farms By A. S. Atkinson 384 



A Novel Scheme for a Suburban House Proposition By Charles Chauncy 387 



Indoor Bulb Culture By S. Leonard Bastin 390 



"Beinhurst" — the Summer Home of William A. Bein, Esq., at "Still Wood Park," in the 



Woodbridge Hills, near New Haven, Connecticut By Samuel Sherman 392 



Miss Tower's Garden at Lexington, Massachusetts 394 



"Sunnyside," A Home and Shrine By Perriton Maxwell 396 



Springhouses Old and New By Phebe Westcott Humphreys 401 



The Residence of Henry G. Lord, Esq., Brookline, Massachusetts. 



• By Paul Thurston 404 



Heating and Lighting With Alcohol By John R. Waley 407 



The Craft of Block Printing By Mabel Take Priest man 41 1 



Correspondence : 



Problems in Home Furnishing By Alice M. Kellogg 414 



Garden Work About the Home By Charles Downing Lay 414 



New Books Bulbs for Fall Planting The Use of Vines 



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