May, 1907 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



XXVI 1 



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and address. »o we can 

 write you about 



The Perfect Ught 



for the SUMMER HOME 



Wli^-n I'l'ople live pretty mticli uui -.1 

 ^, III.- iiii(.-Mii.ii of artiftdal Mi^tit 



ill mI iiiiiior iiiiiJOrtailLC. ucn- it nr.t 



illu 



le form of light. 



iiinants are more or less ti.i 



X suimiier lioincs are built of quick-tniniin-^' 

 latcrials. 



Tlill BliCK - IDEN is a liandsome. portable, 

 bfniize lamp, burning its own i^as, uhich it makes 

 udly as fast as needed. It is clean, odorless and 

 siiiokeleS'=. It has no wick, chimney, oil or mantel. 

 ,\Sl) NO DANl.KRS like oil lamps, crossed 

 wires or leaky |)ii>es. Nothing to "burn out " or attract 

 hi:htiiintr in thunder storms. 



r,l\'I-S TWELVE TIMES MORE. EIGHT than citv 

 t;as at abmit half the cost. Its tiny uliilc flame does not 

 i.-Tc eptiblv beat, nor does it burn the- nxy^^'cn out of the air. 



hold your hand over the lamp si\ inches above 

 * flame and not feel it. 

 We also make a PORTABLE OUTDOOR LIGHT 

 efiil for illuminating lawns, drives, stables, etc. 

 Easily moved from place to place, as desired. 

 ^ Don't live in the dark a'bout The Perfect 

 ^ Liglit. 



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Wri- 



RoR Our Book 



Plants and Plans for 

 B&autlful Surroundings 



It is full of invaluable information, illustrations 



of flowers and beautiful lawns. 

 It shows how the modest as well as the most 

 extensive grounds can easily be made charming 

 and attractive. There is nothins more pleasing 

 and delightful to cultured taste than artistic 

 and properly planted grounds. 

 We grow and import all of the choicest 

 hardy plants, shrubs, trees, box and bay 

 trees for creating beautiful landscape 

 effects in formal or natural landscape 

 gardening. Write Dow. lest you forget. 



Wagner Park Conservatories 

 'Box 207 Sidney, Ohio 



The Frog Book 



An interesting^ and practical 

 work on "How to Breed, 

 Feed and Raise Frogs." 

 Price, postpaid, 25c. (coin), 



cTWEADOW BROOK FARM 

 oAllendale, N, J. 



HOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT 



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 Largest and Best Watch School 

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nil kmirt BiiiUiin' Ustd 

 for IVaUh School 



If you are thinking of build- 

 ing with Concrete Blocks 



sentj for valuable facts on common- 

 sense methods, Cement, Its Life and Ef- 

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NeLS ErICKSON ""^ BOSTON BLOCK 



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when your roof is covered with 



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Think over all other roof coverings and see if such claims 

 can be truthfully made for any of them ; then take into consid- 

 eration the moderate cost and long life of MF Tin, and decide 

 for yourself which is the most practical material for you to use. 



Our booklet "From Underfoot to Overhead" tells how MF 

 is made. We want you to have a copy, and will gladly send it 

 if you will write us. 



AMERICAN 

 SHEET & TIN PLATE 

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JUST PUBLISHED 



Wall Papers cs, 

 wall coverings 



zA PRACTICAL HANDBOOK 



For Decorators, Paperhangers, Architects, Build- 

 ers and House Owners, with many half-tone and 

 other illustrations showing the latest designs. 



Br ARTHUR SEYMOUR JENNINGS 



Extract from Preface 



T.'he author has endeavored to include char- 

 acteristic designs in vogue to-day, and to give 

 reliable information as to the choice of wall 

 papers as well as to describe the practical 

 methods of applying them. In dealing with 

 matters concerning decoration there is always 

 the danger of leaning too much toward an ideal 

 and of overlooking the practical requirements 

 of commercial life. The author hopes that he 

 has been successful in avoiding this fault, and 

 that his book will be regarded as both practical 

 and useful. 



One Large 8vo Volume, Cloth. Price, $2 



<:7WUNN ca, CO., 361 Broadway, NEW YORK 



JUST PUBLISHED 



THIRD EDITION OF 



KIDDER'S 



Cf)urcf)es! a„t, C^apelsi 



By F. E. KIDDER, Architect 



This edition has been thoroughly revised 

 by the author, and enlarged, many new 

 designs being added, including several 

 new designs for Catholic churches. There 

 are 120 illustrations in the text and more 

 than 50 full -page plates. The book con- 

 tains a large number of plans and per- 

 spectives of churches of varying costs. 

 Besides this there is much concise and 

 practical information relating to planning 

 and seating; details of Construction, 

 Heating and Ventilation, Acoustics, etc., 

 making it in its present form : : : : 



T/ie Best A?ne ri c an Book on 

 Church Design and Construction 



One oblong quarto volume. Price, net, |3,00 

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