July 
1914 
Frontispiece: 
Photograph hy Ella M. Boult 
The Truth About Snakes.. . 11 
By Raymond L. Ditmars 
Modern Irrigation for the 
Lawn and Garden. 15 
By F. F. Rockwell 
Some Little Known Plants 
for Indoor Decoration 31 
By George W. Kerr 
Quality Crops . 33 
By D. R. Edson 
Midsummer, A Masque . 34 
The A, B, C of July Water¬ 
ing .s.*. 37 
By L. J. Doogue 
Creating an American Style of Architecture. ... 17 
By Bertha H. Smith 
Some New Vegetable Varieties . 21 
By Mary Hamilton Talbott 
CoTTAGING AT PENGUIN . 24 
By Isabel Gordon Curtis 
Making Friends With the Birds . 27 
A One-Man Shack Bungalow . 29 
By Alfred W. Loomis 
The Garden Club. .. 30 
Plans of a House at Chestnut Hill, Pa. 38 
Inside the House . 40 
Modern Gas Appliances 
Japanese Gardens 
Window Seat and Clothes Chest 
Garden Suggestions and Queries . 42 
Last Call for Planting 
In the Flower Garden 
In the Fruit Garden 
The Gardener’s Calendar . 43 
Editorial .,. 44 
McBRIDE, NAST & CO., - - - - Union Square, North, New York City 
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A. Leland, Secretary; John T. Elsroad, Assistant Treasurer. Published monthly. 25 cents 
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as second-class matter at the Post-office, at New York, under act of March 3, 1879. 
VOLUME XXVI NUMBER I 
RICHARDSON WRIGHT, 
Managing Editor 
Copyright, 1914, by McBride, Nast &• Co. 
