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CONTENTS FOR MAY, 1906 
Terrace and Steps in the Gardens of the 
late Empress of Austria. Frontispiece 
The Arts and Crafts Exhibition, London, 
1906. Mabel Cox. . . .209 
Frederick Law Olmsted and His Work— 
IIE The Schlesinger Place, Brook¬ 
line, Mass. John Nolen . . . .216 
Pottery Flower Vases. IV. P. Jervis. . . .223 
The Sapphire. . . The Art Workers' Quarterly. . . .227 
The House and Its Site. . William C. Hazlett. . . .228 
The Importance of Cement 
and Its Products in House Building 
J. M. Haskell. . . .235 
Garden Work in May . . . .Ernest Hemming. . . .246 
Norwood Park—Estate of Mr. Murry Gug¬ 
genheim, West End, N. J.247 
Civic Improvement Notes—Waking Up to 
Forest Needs.252 
House and Garden Correspondence.255 
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