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AMERICAN . HOMES AND GARDENS 



January, 1907 



nyOU take an interest in your home; 

 YOU want to know how that home can 

 be improved at little cost, how it can 

 be made a better, happier, brighter, 

 more artistic place to live in; 

 YOU have a garden and you love flow- 

 ers, and you wish to make that garden 

 more attractive; 

 YOU have failed as a gardener and you 

 want to know why; in a word, if your 

 home and its surroundings mean anything at all to you, 



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Every number contains articles that 

 give you just the kind of informa- 

 tion you need to better your sur- 

 roundings; gives you hints that you 

 can follow because they are suited 

 to your purse. No magazine is 

 more handsomely printed, more beau- 

 tifully illustrated, more clearly worded. 



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SOME OF THE ARTICLES WHICH WILL APPEAR DURING 1906 AND 1907 ARE THE FOLLOWING 



Old Time Wall Paper 

 Something Concerning Driveways 

 My Garden Without Flowers 

 A Seventeenth Century Homestead 

 Wild Animals in Captivity 



How a Pennsylvania Farmhouse was Trans- 

 formed Into a Beautiful Dwelling 

 Electricity in the Home for Cooking, Ironing, 



Heating, etc. 

 Life on an Olive Ranch 



A Neglected Opportunity — the House Roof 

 Rapid Growth of Birds 

 Life on Great Vineyards 



Inexpensive Country Homes (with plans) 

 Interior Decoration 



How Curtains May Be Made at Home 

 How to Make Pottery at Home 

 How Furniture May Be Covered at Home 

 How the Amateur May Decorate the Room 



with Home-made Stencils 

 How to Preserve Wild Flowers 

 How a Water Garden May Be Laid Out and 

 Built 



How the House of a Bygone Day May Be Re- 

 modeled and Converted into a Modern 

 Home 



How To Do Copper and Brass Repousse 

 Work 



How to Rehabilitate Worthless, Run-down 



Farms with $1000 or Less 

 The Use of Statuary for Garden Decoration 

 The Kitchen and How it Should Be Planned 

 Historical Places in America 

 The Entrance to a Country Place 

 The House of the Colonial Period 

 Sun Dials 

 Modern Dahlias 

 Gateways to Estates 



Nature Study and Its Effect on the Home 



Besides there will be descriptions — handsomely illustrated descriptions, accompanied by plans — of houses with and without gardens, 



houses of stone and wood, houses for the very rich man and for the man with moderate means. 

 In every number will be found complete descriptions of actually built houses ranging in price from $2000 to $6000, 



together with photographs of exterior and interior and architects' plans. Each number has a cover printed in colors. 



If you subscribe now for the year 1907 you will receive the issues for October, November 

 and December, FREE OF CHJi'RGE. This offer applies to new subscribers only. 



PRICE, 25 CENTS PER COPY; &B.00 A YEAR 



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