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Title: American homes and gardens
Identifier: americanhomesgar51908newy (find matches)
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture, Domestic; Landscape gardening
Publisher: New York : Munn and Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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August, 1908 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS IX jsto AM £*/, J? m PORTLAND ■ (ATLAS ksiySmSS^
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> z o A Concrete Residence at Clifton, Mass. Houses of Concrete are recognized as the most inexpensive, durable, fireproof and sanitary houses known. They need no paint or repairs, are cool in summer, warm in winter, and combine the qualities of stability, utility and beauty. The second edition of our book, Concrete Country Residences contains photographs and floor plans of over 160 Concrete Houses that have been constructed in various parts of the United States. It illustrates numerous styles of architecture, besides showing several types of concrete construction, and is invaluable to those who contemplate building. A copy of this book (10x12 inches) will be sent, express prepaid, upon receipt of $ 100. The Atlas Portland Cement Company, Dept. 10, 30 Broad St., New York City 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 i m BOUND VOLUMES OF American Homes and Gardens 480 Pages :: 1,050 Illustrations :: Price, $5.00 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 m 9 9 H mA rj..,)..!, covers a wide scope; it deals VJdmenS wjth house building from the American design and construction of modest cottages on tiny lots to the building of mansions on large estates. All degrees of gardening, from laying out a landscape to the planting of a window-box, are dealt with. Practical ques- tions of water supply, of sanitation, or of the arrangement of the kitchen receive equal treatment with draping of windows or the arrangement of old china. American Homes and Gardens %^U^L Sffii J£l than a thousand engravings, as full of details and finish as actual photo- graphs. They depict some of the old and historic mansions of America, and the most beautiful of gardens or of natural scenery. The following list of a few of the principal practical articles which appeared in American Homes and Gardens during 1907 will show the wide choice of subject: Historic Mansions of the James River—■ Small American Homes — Inexpensive Log Bungalows—The Iris Garden—House-Boat- ing in America — A Boy's Summer Camp— The Choice of a Dog —Ventilation—The Water Garden — Curtains and Draperies — The Wild Garden—Concerning Driveways — Heating the House—The Modern Bed- room—Touring in an Automobile—Flowers for House and Table Decoration — What is a Fireproof House — Interior Woodwork — White Lilac Culture — How to arrange Window Curtains—Street Entrances—Col- lection of Old Blue Staffordshire Ware — Novel Uses of Electricity—The Question of the Fire Place —Orchid Culture — Hand- wrought Iron work — Kitchen Furniture — Water Supply. A limited number of volumes for 1907 are available. 480 pages. 1,050 illustra- tions. Price, $5.00. Volume for 1906, $5.00. Volume for 1905, $3.50.

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