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MONUEENTS BeOR AUGUST. -1911 
THE GARDEN FRONT “VILLA AURORA”’ Frontispiece 
“VILLA AURORA” —The Home of George D. Barron, Esq., Rye, New York, 
By Barr Ferree 
THE MANAGEMENT OF THE WATER SUPPLY FOR THE CouNTRY Houskr, 
By John F. Springer 
HANDICRAFTSMAN—Home-Made Summer Furniture By Mary Edith Griswold 
Cuttinc Woop Wir Paper 
By Burr Bartram 
Tue TasLe—How to Arrange Porch Trays By Phebe Westcott Humphreys 
NoTEs ON CACTI 
By Vernon Powers 
By Paul Thurston 
THE COUNTERFEITING OF OBJECTS OF ART By Jacques Boyer 
Rustic FURNITURE FOR THE GARDEN By Helen Lukens Gaut 
Garden Notes Correspondence New Books 
Editor’s Notebook Helps for the Housewife 
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