AMERICAN 



HOMES AND GARDENS 



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CONTENTS FOR FEBRUARY, 1907 



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The Terrace Front of "Laurento" A/.' . .I^At 42 



Monthly Comment \. yr..}.jJ 44 



Notable American Homes — "Laurento," the Estate of Craig Biddle, Esq., W^jiy^^e, Penn- 

 sylvania By Barr Ferree 45 



Public Cleanliness 51 



The House of Norman Ellison, Esq., Merion, Pennsylvania By Paul Thurston 52 



Mrs. Slater's House on the Hunt Estate, in the Heart of the Blue Hill District, 



NEAR Boston, Massachusetts By George Brayton 56 



Three Modern Houses By Burr Bariram 60 



Monticello — -Thomas Jefferson's Noble Country Seat By Jf'aldon Fazvcett 63 



"Crowhurst," Manchester-by-tiie-Sea By Mary H. Northcnd 67 



Manual Training in Public Schools By Charles C. Johnson 70 



The Cult of the Orchid By S. Leonard Bastin 73 



The Interior Color of Walls 76 



The Revival of Artistic Hand-Wrought Iron Work By Frcdcriek Bottal 77 



The Japanese Morning Glory By Ida D. Bennett 80 



February Garden Notes. 

 The Old-fashioned Hardy Garden and How to Plant It. 

 How to Start Extra Early Vegetables for Home Use. 

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