(Emtienta 
dljriatmaa, 1909 
Cover Design: “Princessgate” 
Wyoming, N. J. 
Joy Wheeler Dow, Architect 
From a Photograph by Eldred S. Bates 
Contents Design: Cones or the Norway 
Spruce 
Photograph by Nathan R. Graves 
Frontispiece: Living-room in Mr. Harry 
B. Russell’s Home, Pocasset, Mass. 
Photograph by Leon Dadmun 
What and Why is Colonial Architec¬ 
ture? .189 
By Frank E. IV a Hi s 
Christmas Gifts for the Home-maker.193 
By Sarah E. Ruggles 
Formal or Informal Gardens. 196 
By Grace Tabor 
Collecting Indian Baskets.199 
By Clarence E. Shepard 
House Plants.200 
By Luke J. Doogue 
Christmas Greens Outdoors and In.202 
By E. 0 . Calvene 
Oriental Rugs for $50 and Less.204 
By George Leland Hunter 
The Christmas Rose. 207 
By Florence Beckwith 
Hawthorne. Lodge.208 
By fared Stuyvesant 
“See, Winter comes to rule the varied year”.210 
Photograph by Nathan R. Graves 
Practical Talks with Home-builders. 212 
By Alexander Buel 'Trowbridge 
The Available Wall Coverings.213 
By Margaret Greenleaf 
Old Looking-glasses.216 
By Mary H. Northend 
Japanese Stencils.218 
By Louise Shrimpton 
All the Firs and Spruces.220 
By John Noyes 
Inside the House.222 
Edited by Margaret Greenleaf 
Garden Suggestions and Queries . 224 
Edited by John IV. Hall 
The Beginner’s Garden. 226 
Favorite House Dogs Book Notes Antiques as Christmas Gifts 
HENRY H. SAYLOR, Editor ^ 
McBRIDE, WINSTON & CO., 6 WEST 29TH STREET, NEW YORK CITY 
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Copyright , 1909, by McHride , Winston & Co. 
