AMERICAN 



HOMES AND GARDENS 



Price, 25 Cents. $3.00 a Year 



CONTENTS FOR DECEMBER, 1907 



PAGE 



"Shorelands" : Marble Statues at the Base of the Steps to the Sunken Garden 442 



Monthly Comment 444 



Notable American Homes — "Shorelands," the Seaside Villa of Henry Seligman, Esq., 



Elberon, New Jersey By Burr Ferree 445 



Raising Grapes for the Suburban Home By E. P. Powell 451 



The Culture of the White Lilac By IT. G. Fitz-GeralJ 452 



Chrysanthemum Umbrellas 455 



An Architect's Summer Home: The House of Austin W. Lord, Esq., Water Witch, New 



Jersey By Annie Tolebate 456 



How to Arrange Window Curtains By Ada JJ'alker Camehl 457 



Street Entrances By Helen Lukens Gaut 459 



The Romance of Old Teakwood By Mary H. Northend 463 



Residence of Maxwell Wyeth, Esq., at Rosemont, Pennsylvania. 



By Francis Durando Nichols 467 



Home Delicacies for the Sick By Mabel Tnke Priest man 472 



Residence of William F. May, Esq., Newton Center, Massachusetts. 



By U^jlter Welch 476 



The Winter Garden By Eben E. Rexford 479 



The Preparation of Currant Juice and Marmalade 



Garden Notes for December Planning the Garden 



New Books 



Combined Rate for "American Homes and Gardens" and "Scientific American," $5.00 per year 

 Rate of Subscription of "American Homes and Gardens" to foreign countries, $4.00 a year 

 Rate of Subscription of "American Homes and Gardens" to Canada $3.50 a year 



Published Monthly by Munn &' Company, Office of the "Scientific American," 361 Broadway, New York 



CHARLES ALLEN MUNN. President .... FREDERICK CONVERSE BEACH, Secretary and Treasurer 



361 Broadway, New York 361 Broadway, New York 



[Copyright, 1907, by Munn & Company. Registered in U. S. Patent Office. Entered as second-class matter, June 15, 1905, at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., under the 



Act of Congress of March 3, 1879] 



NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS — The ELditor will he pleased to have contributions submitted, especially when illustrated by good photographs; but he 

 cannot hold himself responsible tor manuscripts and pholograpfu. Stamps should in all cases be inclosed for postage if the writers desire the return of their copy. 



