dfltttntta 
(Drtober, 1910 
Cover Design : I he Garden of Mr. Herbert Croly, Cornish 
N. H. ' 
Charles A. Platt , architect 
Contents Design: “When the Frost is on the Pumpkin” 
Photograph by PI. H. S. 
Frontispiece: A Gardener's Cottage at Pocantico Hills., N. Y. 
Albro & Lindeberg, architects 
Plant Perennials Now... 205 
By Ida D. Bennett 
Bulbs for the Herbaceous Border. 208 
By Chester Jay Hunt 
What the Period Styles Really Are—I... 210 
By Lucy Abbot Throop 
The Garden in Winter and Winter in the Garden. 213 
By Grace Tabor 
American-made Rugs in Oriental Patterns. 216 
By T. E. Whittlesey 
Flowers Indoors All Winter. 218 
By F. F. Rockwell 
The Garden of Mr. Stephen Parrish, Cornish, N. H. 220 
American Indian Art in the Home. 221 
By Charles Francis Saunders 
Before and After You Sign Your Contracts. 224 
By Charles K. Farrington 
The Season's Furniture. 
By Katharine Wewbold Birdsall 
The Spirit of Autumn: A Connecticut Roadside. 228 
Photograph by FI. II. S. 
Country Homes of the Western Plains. 230 
By Hugh M. G. Garden 
The Home of Mr. Charles Park, Jr., Englewood, N. J . 234 
Aymar Embury II, architect 
Inside the House. 236 
Garden Suggestions and Queries. 238 
Ingenious Devices. 240 
Housing the Dog 
Fall-Sown Sweet Peas 
The Laying Hen 
Copyright, 1910, by McBride, Winston & Co. 
HENRY H. SAYLOR, Editor 
McBride winston co., 449 fourth ave., new yore 
Robert M. McBride, President; Robert F. MacClelland, Secretary; Henry H. Saylor. Treasurer. 
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