HOME AND FLOWERS 



^ An Illustrated Magazine Devoted to 

 T a More Beautiful American Life 



PUBLISHED MONTHLY AT SPRINGFIELD, OHIO 



Contents for January, 1903 



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Winter in the Yosemite - . - . . . . . . . . Frontispiece 



Preparing School Gardens. Illustrated . ... By Louise Klein Miller . . . 137 



A Tribute to the Evergreens. Illustrated - - - By Fred Myron Colby. - - - 140 



For Daily Inspiration. Poems. - - - - - - - - - ' - - - - 142 



Looking at Pictures, Illustrated . . . . By M. S. Emery - . . . 143 



The House of Happy Hours. Chapter IV. Illustrated - - By Susie Bouchelle Wight - - 147 



Doublft-Page Group of Illustrations. In the Beautiful Yosemite Valley. - . . - „ 151-152 



Winning Her Way. A Story. - . . . . By Ebe7i E. Rexford - - - 153 



The Life Beautiful in the Country. Editorial. - - By Louis E. Van Norman - - 157 



Among the Flowers with Eben E. Rexford. Illustrated. - - ------ 160 



Editorial, What to Do in January. This, That and the Other. The Golden Hop-Tree. ( W. C. Egan.) 



To Be Told in a Flower. (Poem.) January in Southern Gardens. {Mrs. G. T. Drennan ) Our 



Readers' Perplexities. 



Sunshine Every Day in the Year - - . . . Conducted by Mrs. Jessie MacKenzie Walker 172 



The Wen-Ordered Household Illustrated ------ - - . . - m 



Interest the Children in Home-Making. Bits of Experience in Housekeeping. 



Conducted by Martha Van Rensselaer . 



The Relation of Clothing to Beauty. - - - -By Rosa E. Payne - - - 184 



The World Beautiful. A Survey of Current Betterment Effort - - - Conducted by the Editor 186 

 Federations of Improvement Workers. The School Garden Idea. Civic Improvement Convention. Is Land- 

 scape Gardening One of the Fine Arts ? As to Reading Pictures. Settlement Work in the Kentucky Moun- 

 tains. A Vigorous Campaign for Street Sign Reform. The Women's Clubs are Joining the Procession, Our 

 Trees and Neglected Forests. Joliet's Good Example. 

 The Mystic Garden - - - - - - - . Conducted by Aunt Eunice . . . . \qq 



With the New Books - 198 



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