November, 1910 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
271 
Distinctive Homes of Moderate Cost 
EDITED BY HENRY H. SAYLOR 
A Book for House-Builders and Home-Makers 
#j| We publish this book in response to an ever-increasing demand for a volume 
of pictures, plans and descriptions of the most charming homes in this country 
—not the great estates and show places, but the sort of places that most of us can 
look forward to building, ranging in cost from $3,000 to $20,000. 
tf]T The illustrations, of which there are more than three hundred, both of the ex- 
jJ teriors of houses and their garden settings, and of the principal rooms inside, 
are all from photographs of houses already built, reproduced in superb half-tone 
engravings, with line drawings of the floor plans. 
#j| The carefully selected contents includes country homes,seashore cottages,alluring bunga- 
Tll lows, inexpensively remodeled farmhouses, etc. All the desirable architectural styles 
are represented : Colonial, English Half-timber, Stucco, Cement, Dutch Colonial (the gam¬ 
brel roof type), Swiss Chalet, etc. Chapters written by authorities cover all sides of the 
fasoinating problem of house-building, interior decoration and furnishing. The relatione 
between the home-builder and his architect, the matter of plans, specifications, contracts, 
the puzzling problem of extras and how to avoid them—all these subjects are clarified in a 
most comprehensive and interesting way. Throughout the text are many pages of piotures 
illustrating constructive, decorative and furnishing details—entrance doorways, bay win¬ 
dows, outside shutters, chimneys, stairways, dormer windows, built-in ohina-oupboards, 
consistently furnished interiors, porches—all grouped so that the reader may, at a glance, 
compare all the best types. 
Important Subjects Covered 
The chapter headings indicate the general scope of the text matter in Part 1 
of the book, which is followed in the same volume by the finest collection of 
moderate-sized homes in good taste that has ever been brought together. 
Chapter I. The Home-builder and the Architect. 
II. Building Materials: Their Respective Merits, De¬ 
fects and Costs. 
III. Constructive Details: the Roof, the Cellar, Win¬ 
dows. 
Chapter IV. The Porch, the Terrace, Enclosed Porches 
and Sleeping Porches. 
V. The Fireplace. 
VI. Heating Systems and Water Supply. 
VII. Lighting Systems and Lighting Fixtures. 
VIII. Built-in Conveniences, Wainscoting and Book- 
Chapter IX. Floors and Floor Coverings. 
X. Wall Coverings, Portierss and Window Draperies 
XI. Fur nishin g and Decorating the Bedroom. 
XII. Furniture. 
XIII. Picture Hanging and Ornament*. 
XIV. The Garage. 
"Distinctive Homes of Moderate Cost" is the most complete and authoritative volume on the subject yet published, 
superbly printed on plate paper, tastefully bound. Price $2.00 net. By mail, postage 25c. 
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By Grace Tabor and Gardner Teall 
An Indispensable Book for every Garden-Maker 
The Garden Primer, as its title indicates, is a hand-book of practical gardening infor- 
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to the gathering of the fruit and flowers. In it is set forth, without any confusing techni¬ 
calities, just the information that will enable the amateur to grasp quickly the essentials of 
garden-making. The authors, in preparing this book, have drawn from their long experi¬ 
ence, and in writing it assume on the part of the reader no knowledge of the subject, in 
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C Every branch of gardening is treated in a delightfully practical way—the growing of vegetables and flowers, the use of fertilizers, pruning, cultivating, spraying and the thousand-and 
one things that every successful garden-maker needs to know. A profusion of illustrations, many of them of the most practical sort in explaining the various garden operations, make 
the text especially clear. 
MT The matter is supplemented by carefully prepared planting tables, an invaluable guide to the beginner in gardening. The whole oontente ia carefully indexed, greatly simplifying it 
^1, for reference; thus information on any subject contained in the book is instantly aooeeaible. 
The Whole Subject of Gardening Covered 
A glance at the seventeen ohapter headings will 
I. Introductory 
Sorts of Plants 
The Soil 
Nomenclature 
Seods and Sowing 
Seedlings and Transplanting 
Plants and Cultivation 
Fertilizers 
Hotbeds and Coldframes 
II. 
III. 
IV. 
V. 
VI. 
VII. 
VIII. 
IX. 
indicate the field covered. 
X. Pruning 
XI. Garden Pests and Spraying 
XII. Garden Tools 
XIII. The Flower Garden 
XIV. Flower Planting Tables 
XV. The Vegetable Garden 
XVI. Vegetable Planting Tables 
XVII. Calendar of Garden Operations 
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