VOLUME XXII 
CONTENTS— 
Cover Design : Photograph by Jessie Tarbox Beals 
Contents Design : Photograph by Grace A spin wall 
Frontispiece: Photograph by Ella M. Boult 
Well Planned Interiors that Show Character: A Sym¬ 
posium .,. 
Comparative Costs of Bltilding and Building Material. . 
By H. W. Butterfield 
Modern Methods of Window Treatment. 
By Louise Shrimp ton 
Definite Directions for Fall Activities in the Garden. 
By Grace Tabor 
Rejuvenating the Old Orchard. 
By Stephen N. Green 
The Use of Nondescript Furniture . 
By Abbot McClure 
OCTOBER, 1912 
Planning the Bulb Garden. 216 
By E. O. Calvene 
The Naturalizing of a City Man. 220 
The Garden Beside the Highway. 222 
By Walter Prichard Eaton 
J 99 Perennials that Can Weather the Winter. 226 
By W. C. Eagan 
203 
The Home of Mr. Franklin Baker, Jr., Germantown, 
Pennsylvania . 228 
205 
Inside the House. 230 
A Wall Treatment for Living- or Dining-room 
208 The Crocheted Rag Rug 
Converting the Old-Fashioned Washstand 
Garden Suggestions and Queries. 232 
210 Three Good Perennials 
Fall Planting 
Storing Vegetables for the Winter 
213 
Editorial . 234 
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Copyright, 1912, by McBride, Nast & Co. 
HENRY H. SAYLOR, Editor NUMBER 4 
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