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THE GARDEN oF DupDLeEy OLcott, Esa., ar Morristown, NEw JERSEY. .By Mira Edson 423 
fm leh OU AUI ES 1et IVILAIR IN Sit tier seat sa Suse ied eel capi le. Sota By Harold Donaldson Eberlein 427 
ORIENTAL RUGSAND FLOW TOMSELECT IMHEM: a.05 5. Nog. By George Leland Hunter 432 
ORS EIR IGN GASH GiRIEINS searecs cere veny oes eons Sate lich os BIR eee et ails By Thornton W’. Burgess 437 
PUNE GLH le Riven airy eA Ghee wat eteet nae sce MeN RAN Is mac tn, Sie, aerate Suatle auate ey Beate ets, Sud de 438-439 
INO RANE ES HOR PO OsslyAG Egor jo viratiie ako eat ola g ies DOM Seg SN a By Mary H. Northend 440 
‘TSHIB & CSW RTISTRNTIANS SSN OSS: uss oc Reticle are aha eaRG A cnr ose ea POR By Florence Beckwith 443 
MAB ERINGs SWE NDYORUYE SAEING es cate. Ae hee oa ects ee oy Wi kets st By E. I. Farrington 445 
WITHIN THE House—On Good Taste in InteriorDecoration. .By Harry Martin Yeomans 448 
SOMEDEMUNG INE WINS GHRISTMAS= © AKES e060. 0. fr Si dnebon te adie | By Gunther von Helmuth 450 
SEEN CHING USm UR CEIE INE DINE ae airs Aye eschew ol n less She ee oes. 6 BI iY dl Jeong ust 
AROUND THE GARDEN: 
December in Our Gardens—The American Holly—An Attractive Weather - Vane— 
Rlonse-ElantsmrormonadeGmVuindOwsy) 05 yeti ete ais vs Atices Seok aeeca eee 8 452 
HELPs TO THE HOUSEWIFE: 
Subsstutessiorthne klum Puddinge ea. 8.264 a ee eee twee By Mary W. Mount 454 
blowavon Mianagesthe sitchen! StOVels. 5 3 5.05. 28) % By Phebe Westcott Humphreys 456 
The Way to Get Eggs in Winter. New Books. The Editor’s Notebook. 
CHARLES ALLEN MUNN FREDERICK CONVERSE BEACH 
President M UN N & CO. ; Inc. Secretary and Treasurer 
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Copyright 1911 by Munn & Co., Inc. Registered in United States Patent Office. Entered as second-class matter June 15, 1905, at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., 
under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1911. The Editor will be pleased to consider all contributions, but ‘““American Homes and Gardens” will not hold itselr 
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