CONTENTS, JANUARY, 1914 
McBride, nast y co., 
Union Square, North, New 1 ork City 
Robert M McBride, President; Conde Nast, Vice-President and Treasurer; Frederick 
A Leland Secretary; John T. Elsroad, Assistant Treasurer. Published monthly. 25 cents 
per copy; $3.00 per year. For Foreign Postage, add $1.00; Canadian, 50 cents. Entered 
as second-class matter at the Post-office, at New York, under act of March 3, 1879. 
VOLUME XXV NUMBER 1 
WILLIAM A. VOLLMER, 
Managing Editor. 
Copyright. 1913 by McBride, Nast & Co. 
Contents Design: 
Photograph by Harry Coutant 
Crops of Quality for the Home Garden. 33 
By D. R. Edson 
Frontispiece: The Home of Kenneth G. How, Architect, 
Lawrence Park, N. Y. 
The Cost of Different Kinds of Building . 34 
By George Hunt Ingraham 
Water Supply for the Country Home . 37 
By G. E. Walsh 
The Immediate Garden Treatment of a New House. . 38 
By Grace Tabor 
A Well Planned Double House, Lawrence Park, 
New York . 40 
Bates £f How, architects 
Inside the House . 42 
A Baker’s Dozen of Old English Plates 
Fern Pointers 
A Greenhouse Substitute 
Christmas for the Birds 
Real Hanging Baskets 
Some Pantry Conveniences 
The Garden Department . 44 
The Garden in January 
Winter Pruning 
The Gardener's Calendar . 45 
Editorial . 46 
What Style Shall We Choose for the New House? 11 
By Allen W. Jackson 
Seven Homes of Individuality 
Many Inventions for the Home Builder 
By E. J. Goodhue 
A Small Enduring House of Moderate Cost 
By L. II. Bley 
The Service of an Architect 
By Howard Hammitt 
Building Construction that Resists Fire 
By II. M. McMaster 
How to go About Planning Your Home 
By C. E. Schermerhorn, architect 
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What We Learned When We Built Our House 
By Emma Paddock Telford 
The Whole Process of the Building Game 
By A. E. Swoyer 
The Secret of Silent Plumbing. 
By E. C. Cuthbert and G. Wm. Isley 
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