Cover Design: A Shingle Thatch House 
Albro & Lindeberg, Architects 
Contents Design : Harvesting 
Photograph by Ella M. Boult 
Frontispiece: The Home of Elmer Grey, Architect, Pasadena, 
California 
“Whitsun’ Roses” . 
By Grace Tabor 
The Motor Emigrants . 
A Hardy Border of Succession Bloom . 148 
By Antoinette Reliman Perreti 
Transforming the Old House . 150 
By Mary IT. Northcnd 
Saving a Year on Perennials.. .. 153 
By D. R. Edson 
Homes that Architects Have Built for Themselves . 155 
A Residence at Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. 158 
By C. H. Claudy 
Making the Service Side of the House Attractive. 137 
By E. J. Goodhue 
Inside the House ... 160 
Bedroom Door Knockers 
A Colonial Fireplace and Its Fittings 
Breaking Into Gardening 
140 
The Child’s Plavrooiji 
By J. F. Tap pan 
Gardening with Hotbed and Coldframe 
By F. F. Rockivell 
A House that Is Different. 
By Katherine N. Birdsall 
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VOLUME XXIV 
WILLIAM A. VOLLMER 
Managing Editor 
Garden Suggestions and Queries . 162 
The September Garden 
Fall Planting- 
Arranging for Next Year's Effects 
Editorial . 164 
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