Cover Design by the Reeses 
Through the Middle Passage. 10 
Chittenden & Kotting, architects 
The Garden Asleep in Winter. 11 
Robert S. Lemmon 
A Plea for Personality in the Decoration of Rooms... 13 
B. Russell Herts 
Comfortable Chairs . 15 
The Garden of Harris Fahnestock, Esq., at Lenox, 
Mass... 16 
Lewis Colt Albro, architect 
Editorial . 18 
“Houses,” by Joyce Kilmer 
After the Middle Passage. 19 
Chittenden & Kotting, architects 
The Tables of Early America. 20 
Gardner Teall 
The Decorative Fireplace. 22 
Mary H. Northend 
You May Telephone From Here . 23 
The Little Tree of the Big Returns. 24 
E. P. Powell 
Furniture and Its Architectural Background. 25 
Abbot McClure and H. D. Eberlein 
Stucco and Shingle in Two Small Houses. 28 
Murphy & Dana, Farley & Hooper, architects 
The Color Value of Wrought Iron Work. 29 
Henry Thurston Copyright, 19!6, by 
The Residence of T. W. Russell, Esq., at Hartford, 
Conn. 31 
Farley & Hooper, architects 
Fall Planting Table. 32 
The Role of White Paint in the Room of Effects. 33 
Birdaline Bowdoin 
The Biggest-Littlest Dog. 34 
Williams Haynes 
A Little Portfolio of Good Interiors. 35 
Heating the Country House. 38 
A. S. Atkinson 
The Why and Wherefore of Mulching. 39 
Andrew Hoeben 
A House That Grew Up. 40 
Kelly & Graves, architects 
Fall Planted Bulbs— A Brief Synopsis. 41 
W. C. McCollom 
Making the Farming Business Pay. 43 
Flora Lewis Marble 
Something Good Out of Mexico. 45 
Grace Tabor 
The Gardener’s Kalendar. 47 
Seen in the Shops. 4S 
Your All Year Garden. 50 
F. F. Rockwell 
The Decoration of the Morning Room. 51 
Costen Fitz-Gibbon 
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