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CONTENTS FOR AUGUST, 1907 



The Flower-bordered Bridge and Steps Looking Toward the Tea House in the Gar- 

 den OF T. Jefferson Coolidge, Esq., Magnolia, Massachusetts 282 



Monthly Comment 284 



Notable American Homes — "Pakeen," the House of Samuel Cabot, Esq., Ponkapoag, 



Massachusetts By Barr Fence 285 



Cement and Concrete in the Formal Garden By Phebe irestcott Humphreys 291 



"Meadovvbank" — How Clinton Gage, Esq., Transformed a Farm into a Delightful Country 



Seat at Villa Nova, Pennsylvania By Francis Diirando Nichols 294 



Curiosities of the Chinese Table By L. Lodian 298 



Effect of Bagging Upon the Quality of Fruit 300 



The Summer Home of E. C. Richardson, Esq., Magnolia, Massachusetts. 



By Mary H. Northend 301 



The White Pelican By B. S. Bowdish 304 



Three Low Cost Houses at Dyker Heights, Brooklyn By Paul Thurston 306 



The Water Garden By Myrtle Hyde Darling 308 



A Vacation Problem Easily Solved By Phebe JVestcott Humphreys 310 



The Purification of Sewage and Factory Waste. 



By E. Boullanger^ of the Pasteur Institute at Lille 311 



Fireplaces for the Summer Home By Esther Singleton 315 



The Garden of T. Jefferson Coolidge, Esq., Magnolia, Massachusetts. 



By William Taylor 317 



Garden Work for August. Painting the House. 



The Hardy Hedge as an Ornamental Feature of the Lawn. 



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