McBRIDE, NAST fc? COMPANY, 
Robert M. McBride, President; Conde Nast, Vice-President; Henry H. Saylor, Treasurer. Published Monthly. 25 cents per copy; 
$3.00 per year. For Foreign Postage, add $1.00; Canadian, 50 cents. Entered as second-class matter at the Post-office, at New 
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VOLUME XXII 
Copyright, 1912 by McBride, Nast & Co. 
HENRY H. SAYLOR, Editor 
NUMBE'R 5 
Garden Suggestions and Queries. 310 
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Storing Vegetables for Winter 
Autumn Care of Hardy Plants 
Satisfactory Mulches 
Editorial. 312 
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NOVEMBER, 1912 
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Cover Design : Photograph by Sarah Weaver The PIouse That Was Built for Comfort. 
Contents Design ; Photograph by Ella M. Boult ^ rt ^ lur ^ • Bean 
Frontispiece: Photograph by Campbell Studios Five House Plants That Are Worth Growing . 
_ _ _ By C . L . Meller 
f . Oriental Rugs of Present Day Manufacture. 279 
jV T’fe $ 2 ty Lydia LeBaton - Walker Old Philadelphia Houses, Stenton. 
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The House We Remodeled with Paint. 282 By Harold Donaldson Eberlein 
. By $. K . Cardi 
c 'iA The Planting and Care of Hedge Plants. 
King Chrysanthemum. 285 By M . Roberts Conover 
By Gladys Hyatt Sinclair 
Bulbs to Plant for Christmas Bloom ... 
An Automatic Furnace Tender. 286 
„ r ' b'ir 1 By Frederic de Rocheville 
By C . H . Claudy 
The Place of Pictures in Home Decoration . 287 ThE BeST ShADE TrEES for the Home Grounds . 
By Hettie Rhoda Meade B V J - Levison , B . A ., M . F . 
The Uses and Attractions of Shrubs. 290 The House of Mrs. N. McKee Graham, Edgeworth, 
By F . F . Rockwell Pennsylvania. 
Inside the House. 
The Space Saving Ironing Board 
A New Table-Chair 
To Wash Varnished Paint 
