McBRIDE, NAST ^ CO., 
NEW YORK CITY 
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Robert M. McBride, President; Conde Nast, Vice-President; Robert F. MacClelland, Secretary; Henry H. Saylor, Treasurer. 
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VOLUME XXI Entered as Second-class matter at the Postoffice, New York, N. Y. NUMBER 
HENRY H. SAYLOR, Editor. Copyright, 1912, hy McBride, Nast & Co. 
Cover Design : Girouard Bungalow, Alt.adena, California 
Contents Design: Fishin' Time 
Frontispiece: Knee Deep in June 
Photograph by Ella M. Boult 
The Kind of a Summer Home to Build . ii 
By Aymar Embury II 
Making a Bowling Green. 15 
By Luke J. Doogue 
Cottage Furniture. 16 
By Tuchy Las Casas 
The Formal Garden. 19 
By Grace Tabor 
Saving on the Summer Home. 22 
By Minna B. Noyes 
An Inexpensive Bungalow. 23 
By Harry N. Holmes 
Making the Summer Home Attractive. 24 
By Hettie Rhoda Meade 
A Maine G.vrden. 26 
By Anna G. Baldwin 
Reclaiming Old Houses—H. 27 
By Charles Edward Hooper 
Making the Most of the Porch. 30 
By Sarah Leybnrn Coe 
The Natur.4lizing of a City Man.. 33 
SUIT.4BLE G.4RDEN SHELTERS. 35 
By Mildred Stapley 
The Eleventh Hour Garden . 38 
By F. F. Rockwell 
A House at Glencoe, Illinois. 40 
The Home of AIr. H. W. Blake, Englewood, N. J. 41 
Inside the House. 42 
Decorating the Porch Room 
A Folding Table 
Artistic Letter Boxes 
Garden Suggestions and Queries . 44 
Saving a Tree b}’ Watering 
Garden Pests and How to Get Rid of Them 
A Garden Seat 
Editorial . 46 
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