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CONTENTS FOR JANUARY, 1907 
Vancouver, the Golden Island of the Pacific. Katherine Louise Smith . .2 
Byth House, Aberdeenshire . The Honourable Mrs. Forbes. ... 9 
A Woman’s Profession. Robert Anderson Pope .II 
Formal vs. Natural. A Question of Importance in Landscape Gardening Hugo Erichsen .14 
“ Airlie,” the Estate of H. C. Groome, Esq. Cope & Stewardson, Architects . .16 
Early American-Made Furniture.23 
Characteristic Decoration of the Twentieth Century. . Margaret Greenleaf .24 
“ Wildhurst,” a New York Business Man’s Farm. L. W. Brownell .27 
A House for One Thousand Dollars. Helen Lukens Gaut .32 
Home Surroundings. .W.C. Egan .35 
Correspondence . 40 
Editorial Comment. 42 
NOTES AND REVIEWS 
Rural Dooryards. 
Lord Curzon’s Collection Coming to America. 
The Only Fireproof Building. 
Roofing Industry on a High Plane . 
On the Pacific Slope. 
English Country Houses. 
Poetry of Climbing Ivy for Prosaic Architecture. 
A Garden for Cactus Culture. 
Spurious Works of Art Began Early. 
The Valuable Eucalyptus. 
Antique Chests and Wood Carving. 
Skyscrapers of Ancient America. 
Polishing Old Pewter . 
What is a Horse-Power .. 
American Institute of Architects. 
Jarrah Wood. 
Metchnikof Against Raw Fruit. 
Pennsylvania’s Corn Show. 
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