House and Garden 
CONTENTS FOR MARCH, 1907 
American Country Clubs: I.—The Germantown Cricket Club 
Orchid Culture for Amateurs. 
Two Fine Specimens of Old Sevres. 
The Use of Electricity in the House . 
A Colonial Residence at Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia. 
Falks about Hardy Perennials: II.—The Giant Knot-Weed. 
Two Cottages at Wyoming, New Jersey. 
Garden Notes:—Ferns, Chrysanthemums, Geraniums, etc . . . 
Gardening in a City Lot. 
Correspondence. 
Garden Correspondence. 
Mabel Puke Priestman . 
William S. Rice . 
Enid Locke . 
C. D. Wood . 
Geo. T. Pearson, Architect . 
W. C. Egan . 
J. W. Dow, Architect . 
Eben E. Rexford . 
Frank G. Heaton . 
W. C. Egan 
NOTES AND REVIEWS 
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The Vastness of Blenheim. 1 
Water-Pressure at Two Hundred Feet. 1 
Edison’s Cheap Power. 2 
Editorial Comment. 5 
Ancestor for Two.. 6 
The Age of Trees.10 
Tests for the Quantity and Quality of Sand in Mortar . .10 
Japanese Maples...12 
The Last of the London Half-Timber Work...13 
The Sense Organs of Plants.14 
Artistic Figures in Porcelain.15 
Tobacco, the “National Flower”... 18 
The School Garden Idea. ..18 
South African Ruins....19 
A Piece of Old London.21 
The Tea-Table.23 
Some Points on Pewter Vessels..25 
Turner’s Cottage...26 
London Bridge. . 27 
The Youthful Sand Sculptor of Atlantic City.. ..28 
A Test for Damp and Unhealthy Rooms.29 
One of the “Oldest Houses”. .29 
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