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House & Garden 
CONDE NAST, PublUher 
BICHABDSON WRIGHT, ERiior 
THE SPRING 
GARDENING GUIDE 
T he American people have learned one 
thing, at least, from the war. They 
have learned the value and enjoyment of 
kitchen gardening. And it is reasonable to 
suppose that, having known the fun and the 
refreshment and the money-saving joy of rais¬ 
ing their own vegetables, they will continue it. 
Gardening is a habit, but its success depends 
on how you go about it. Slovenly gardening, 
like a slovenly habit, never gets you anywhere. 
It only wastes time and energy. But—and 
here’s where the March House & Garden 
comes in—you can make every minute and 
movement in the garden pay if you have the 
concise information of how to plant and cul¬ 
tivate and garner. These three subjects are 
fully described in the various articles and 
pictures that comprise the Spring Gardening 
Guide. 
In “The Four Stages of the Garden” you 
will have succession crops and their planting 
graphically portrayed. In the flower and vege¬ 
table tables the whole story is tabulated—how 
much to plant, when, where, when to expect a 
Tall columns—an age old vine climbing 
up them—this is a full page in March 
crop and how much. To this is added a table 
of the destructive bugs and how to combat 
them. These tables are a yearly feature, but 
this time they are arranged in a novel manner. 
You know how a theatre program is printed— 
with the names of the actors in the order of 
their appearance? Well, these vegetables, 
flowers and bugs will be listed in the same 
fashion. They will then serve the double pur¬ 
pose of being a guide and a calendar of activi¬ 
ties. The details of a beginning garden are 
also described. And thus the story is rounded 
out. 
To these are added an article on conducting 
a flower show, which will interest gardening 
clubs, and one on the “Rainbow Garden 
Border,” which is a complete survey of color 
schemes in flowers. 
For inside the house you have cabinets and 
their use, the revived attic, heraldry in decora¬ 
tion, making a room from cretonne, kitchen 
cabinets and the beginning of a new and im¬ 
portant series—“Decoration for Moderate In¬ 
comes.” 
Contents for February 1919. Volume XXXV, No. Two 
Cover Design by H. George Brandt 
The Wall of Paneled Birch. 10 
Murphy fy Dana, Architects 
The Small House for the Multi-Rich... 11 
.Richard Henry Dana, Jr. 
Unusual Fireplaces . 13 
Brett, Gray S' Hartwell, Decorators 
Views in the New York Residence of Mrs. Minturn Pinchot 14 
Murphy S Dana, Architects 
The Tribe of Mansard. 16 
Reply to an Im.aginary Invitation . 16 
Robert Nichols 
The Garden of Broken Flags. 17 
Marian C. Coffin, Landscape Architect 
Bernard Palissy, His Wisdom and His Wares... 18 
Gardner Teall 
Doors and Shutters of the Colonial Period. 20 
H. D. Eberlein 
The Versatility of Screens. 22 
Nancy Ashton 
Farm Buildings on the Place of J. A. Mollenhauer, Esq., 
Bay Shore, L. 1. 24 
Alfred Hopkins, Architect 
In a Southern Garden. 25 
Elsa Rehman 
The Residence of C. C. Mullaly, Philipse Manor, N. Y. 26 
Dwight James Baum, Architect 
Couch-End Tables .and Stools... 27 
Colonial Antiques of Distinction. 28 
Louis Ruyl 
The Story of Japanese Painting. 30 
W. G Blaikie Murdoch 
Plasterwork in Modern Decoration. 32 
W. G. Ward 
Hiding the Unsightly Fixture. 34 
A Little Portfolio of Good Interiors. 35 
Brett, Gray S Hartwell, Decorators 
How to Handle Color in Decoration. 38 
Costen Fitz-Gibbon 
The House Pretty-Full. 39 
Cooking with Retained Heat. 40 
Eva Nagel Wolf 
Four Hallway Groupings. 41 
The Panelings at a Glance.... 42 
Dayton Colie 
How Much Shall You Plant?... 44 
William C. McCollom 
Julian Eltinge’s Garden, Los Angeles, Cal. 46 
Charles B. Adams, Landscape Architect 
The Residence of Fr.ancis A. Nelson, Architect, Upper 
Montclair, N. J. 48 
Seen in the Shops. 49 
The Gardener’s Calendar. 50 
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