Contents for November, 1917, Volume XXXII, No. Five 
House & Garden 
CONDE NAST, Publisher 
RICHARDSON WRIGHT. Editor 
Cover Design by Porter Woodruff 
Frontispiece . 18 
Walter AlcQuade, Architect 
The House of Half-Timber. 19 
C. Matlack Price 
Orchids of Easy Culture . 22 
‘ L. Greenlee 
The Decorative Value of Wood . 25 
Samuel J. Record 
The Passing of the Parlor. 26 
Inscription for a Dog Kennel. 26 
Christopher Alorlcy 
The Rigid Delicacy of a Free Standing Stairs. 27 
John Russell Pope, Architect 
Italian Seating Furniture and Tables of the 18th Century. . 28 
H. D. Eberlein and Abbott McClure 
The Residence of R. E. Bacon, Esq., Westbury, L. 1 . 30 
John Russell Pope, Architect 
Balustrades in Silhouette . 32 
Slate as a Roofing Material. 33 
Romer Shawhan 
How to Buy Drapery and Upholstery Fabrics.. 34 
Leon De Chasse 
Spanish Bedspreads in American Homes... 36 
Costcn Fitz-Gibbon 
A Test of Stucco Bases... 37 
C. O. Powell 
The Residence of W. J. McCahan, Jr., Esq., Moorestown, X. J. 38 
J. Fletcher Street, Architect 
Oaks and the Lawn. 40 
Archibald Rutledge 
A Little Portfolio of Good Interiors. 41 
Period Chairs in Reproduction^. 44 
Consulting an Architect. 45 
H. F. Sedgwick 
Treasure Chests of Far Cathay. 46 
Margaret Meade 
Convenient Devices for the House. 47 
Seen in the Shops. 48 
Lace in Interior Decoration. 50 
Agnes Foster Wright 
Last Words in Cushions. 51 
Fabrics as Wall Coverings. 52 
Two Small Houses from East and West. 53 
Dwight J. Baum and N. E. Coles, Architects 
The Residence of George Dickinson, Esq., Tarrytown, N. Y... 54 
Chester A. Patterson, Architect 
Does the Small Greenhouse Pay?. 55 
F. F. Rockwell 
The Last Rites for This Year’s Garden. 57 
D. R. Edson 
The Gardener’s Kalendar. 58 
Copyright, 1917, by The Vogue Company 
INSIDE THE CHRISTMAS HOUSE 
W HEN it came to selecting a name 
for the December issue the words 
“Christmas House” sprang up in¬ 
stinctively. For the pageant of Christ¬ 
mas can be shown only against the back¬ 
ground of the home, and to making that 
home a real house of Christmas this 
number will be devoted. 
With that in view the many pages of 
Christmas gift suggestions are selected 
—gifts you can give him or her for the 
house, gifts with a permanent signifi¬ 
cance because they will become integral 
parts of the home. The decoration of 
the house for the holiday season is an¬ 
other page. And there will be an old- 
time Christmas flavor in the article on 
Powder Rooms and in the drawings of 
old Philadelphia. Those who wonder 
where the Christmas greens come from 
will find that information in All the 
Hollies, with incidentally, instructions on 
how to grow hollies and the place they fill as landscape features. 
While the Christmas spirit plays the biggest role in this next issue, 
the trilogy on which House & Garden is based is not neglected. 
Architecture finds its representatives in a house of high merit from 
Detroit and another from Connecticut, not to mention quite the most 
remarkable and picturesque group of 
farm buildings we have seen in a long 
time. Then too there will be a house of 
surprising interiors from Massachusetts. 
Interior Decoration will be found in 
the Powder Rooms, the little Portfolio, 
the page of Window Shades and the 
practical articles on How to Buy Wall 
Paper, How to Care for Ceilings, How 
to Select Chinese Rugs and How to Get 
Some Unusual Effects in Hallways. 
Tn gardening there is a talk by George 
Cable on how he made his own garden— 
and it is top-notch, too; an article on 
the latest discoveries in the culture of 
acid soil plants; and an invaluable 
contribution on how to make a blue gar¬ 
den, with complete plans and planting 
tables. 
Here is a number built upon the most 
practical basis, full of Christmas flavor 
and yet maintaining that high standard 
which the magazine has created for itself. It is the best issue yet, 
if we do say so ourselves. 
Incidentally, we are all doing our magazine shopping early this 
year to assure Christmas deliveries. The December number will soon 
be sold out. An order now at your newsdealer’s will save you a copy. 
Scenic paper has been used in the Detroit residence 
shown in the Christmas number 
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