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AMERICAN 



HOMES AND GARDENS 



Price, 25 Cents. $3.00 a Year 



CONTENTS FOR APRIL, 1907 



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"North Farm" — The Pergola 122 



Monthly Comment J24 



NoTADLE American Homes— "North Farm," the Estate of Howard L. Clark, Esq., Warren, 



Rhode Island j]y Bcirr Ferree 125 



A Model House Costing Thirty-seven Hundred Dollars By Burr Bartram 131 



Evolution OF American Grounds j-^2 



A "Nautical" House, Designed and Built for John H. Duncan, Esq., Highland 



Beach, New Jersey By Paul Thurston 134 



The Use of the Rose for House Decoration By Charles F. Holder 137 



"Phelcroft"— The Residence of Professor A. C. Phelps, Ithaca, New York. 



By Francois Picard 139 



Kitchens of the Olden Time By Esther Singleton 141 



The Easter Flower Market of New York By William G. FitzGerald 145 



My Bird Family By Craig S. Thorns 150 



Sewage Disposal for the House By Ralph Ernest Blake 152 



The Border of Hardy Plants By Eben E. Rexford 1 53 



Copper and Brass Repousse Work By Mabel Tuke Priestman 156 



The School and the Children in Civic Betterment 159 



Using the Kitchen By Sarah J dams Kellar 160 



Garden Work for April. Plants for the Terrace. 



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