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(Contents ^ol. xxxi, no. three 
Cover Design by E. F. Betts-Bames 
Frontispiece— A Garden of Perpetual Interests. 14 
Tulip Time in the Garden . 15 
Mrs. Francis King 
The Flower in the Crannied Walk. 17 
Robert S. Lemmon 
The Residence of D. G. Holbrook, Esq., Hartford, Conn. 18 
Russell Francis Barker, Architect 
Planting a Pink Garden. 20 
Elisabeth Leonard Strang 
Editorial . 22 
The Daffodils; by Sara Hamilton Birchall 
Wrought Iron and Rough Cast Plaster . 23 
Antique Desks and Their Appreciation. 24 
Gardner Teall 
Curles Neck Farm, the Residence of C. K. G. Billings, 
Esq., on the James River . 26 
Filling the Salad Bowl. 27 
Eleanor R. Gillam 
Forty-five Seconds from Broadway . 28 
The Truth About Dwarf Fruit Trees.30 
William C. McCollom 
The Plunder of the Past. 31 
Clifford Poppleton 
Continental Color for American Homes. 32 
Cushioning the Couch and the Day Bed. 33 
Copyright, 1917 , by Co 
The Legends of the Modern Nursery. 34 
Agnes Foster 
As to Flowering Evergreens. 36 
Grace Tabor 
The Noble Dane .'.. 38 
Williams Haynes 
A Little Portfolio of Good Interiors. 39 
Making the New Garden . 42 
F. F. Rockwell 
HOUSE & GARDEN’S Gardening Guide for 1917. 43 
The Residence of J. J. Hamilton, Esq., Fieldston, N. Y.. 47 
Rich Color in the New China and Glass. 48 
Intensive Methods and the Vegetable Crop. 50 
E. W. Ellison 
The Gardener’s Kalendar . 51 
Seen in the Shops . 52 
Plant Foods and Feeding. 54 
D. R. Edson 
New Wall Paper Backgrounds for the Varied Life of 
THE House . 55 
Carnations and the Open Border. 56 
IF. R. Gilbert 
Naming the Country Place . 56 
John C. Thomson 
Attractive Conveniences for the House. 57 
Brass About the House. •.... 58 
Elisabeth Lounsbery 
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page and keep on moving to the 
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Modern decoration is defined by B. Russell Herts and illus¬ 
trated with examples of the work of the most up-to-date decora¬ 
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Among the many interiors which will be shown 
in the April issue is this distinctive living-room 
These are only a few 
issue, covering not only 
topics as well. 
these important lines today. 
Furniture grouping is explained 
by H. D. Eberlein, who makes clear 
the modern methods whereby space 
and effectiveness can be attained by 
merely grouping this chair and that 
table as they should be. 
The neglected third story rooms 
are considered by Beresford Stan¬ 
ton, a third decorator who shows 
how they can be created into inte¬ 
riors of real interest and value. 
Bedrooms which lack personality 
are re-created by a fourth decora¬ 
tor, Agnes Foster, who considers 
the essentials for making delightful 
chambers. 
Ship models, which are coming 
into vogue as a diverting accessory 
of decoration, are described and 
pictured by Costen Fitz-Gibbon, a 
fifth decorator. 
of the thirty-two features in the April 
house matters, but many timely garden 
