AMERICAN 



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Mrs. Guy Norman's Sicilian Garden: The Seat and Canopy in the Garden Wall 322 



Monthly Co.m.ment 324 



Notable American Gardens — Mrs. Guy Norman's Sicilian Garden at Beverly Cove, 



Massachusetts By Barr Fcrree 325 



Historic Mansions of the James River — I. "Martin's Brandon," the Home of the Har- 

 risons By Francis Durando Nichols 329 



Wonders of the Gourd Vine By E. E. inilcox 337 



Curtains and Draperies By Delia Austrian 340 



The Wild Garden — A Plea for Our Native Plants By Ebcii E. Rexford 343 



An Old Brick House of Interesting Form at Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts. 



By John E. Jenks 344 

 The Summer Homi: of Thomas Nash, Esq., at East Hampton, Long Island. 



By Mary Jt^atson 347 



Something Concerning Driveways By George H. Miller 351 



The House of J. J. Storrow, Esq., Lincoln, Massachusetts . . . .By Ralph de Martin 353 

 New Ant Lore By George Bullock 358 



The Ornamental Value of the Hardy Reeds and Grasses. 

 Garden Work for September. Plants that Tell the Weather. 



The Pansy Bed, New Books. 



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