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Title: American homes and gardens
Identifier: americanhomesgar61909newy (find matches)
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture, Domestic; Landscape gardening
Publisher: New York : Munn and Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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American Homes and Gardens for January
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A New Volume A new volume—the fifth—of American Homes and Gardens begins with the number for January, 1910; a new volume tilled with new houses and new ideas; a new v^olume of helpfulness to our readers, and, we trust, of renewed co-operation with our friends. Many notable plans are under way to make the new volume of even greater practical helpfulness than any preceding volume has been. There are twelve monthly issues in each vol- ume; you will want every one of these. A Colonial House The residence of L. F. Rhoades at Nutley, N. J., is adequately described by Robert Prescott. It is an inter- esting house of unusual merit and is fully described and illustrated in every part. A House in Illinois Henry Hawley describes the highly interesting residence of Henry W. Schultz at Kenilworth, 111. The architect was George W. Maher, who has done much valuable and original work in the West. Photographs and plans give a thoroughly complete presentation of this interesting house. Furnishing- the Flat Lillian Hamilton French begins a brief series of helpful papers on furnishing the flat, with a study of the hall. Miss French has had wide experience in this kind of work, and her series, which will be continued through several successive numbers, is bound to attract wide attention. Nothing if not practical. Miss French is thorough mistress of the art of household arrangement. Her articles are stimulating and suggestive In a very high degree and will be copiously illustrated. A Prize Garden The garden awarded the second prize In the Garden Competition, recently conducted by American Homes AND Gardens, is one of the special features of the number. The garden is one designed and planted by Charles D. Davies at his home In Englewood, N. J. It is a quiet homelike garden of unpretending beauty, and should be especially attractive to the owners of small places. A plan, giving the details of the planting as well as numerous photographs, accompany the description pre- pared by Mr. Davies. A Tuxedo Home The very lovely home of the Rev. Canon George William Douglass, D.D., at Tuxedo, New York, Is the subject of the opening article. 1 his house, which has long been considered one of the finest and most stately homes of Tuxedo, has never before been Illustrated and described. The magazine has been fortunate to obtain exclusive photographs of this charming mountain home, which Barr Ferree has described In a thoroughly compe- tent article. It is a house well worth gaining the inti- mate acquaintance with which these photographs and Mr. Ferree's article give to the reader. Some Eastern Houses Francis Durando Nichols, whose work Is well known to the readers of the Magazine, contributes a useful paper on some recent dwellings in the Eastern United States erected at moderate cost. They are houses of Interest, too, and dwellings well worth knowing about. The article Is abundantly Illustrated with exteriors, Interiors and plans, and is a very complete review of an interesting group of low-priced houses. Marine Mosaic .-' Marine mosaic is the art of creating decorative pictures with sea-shells and pebbles. It is an interesting and fascinating handicraft, the processes of which are not well known. W. Cole Brigham writes Interestingly on this subject, tells what marine mosaic is, and shows some fine photographs of beautiful results. The article opens up a new chapter in domestic art. Flowers All the Year Round Not every one can have fresh flowers all the vear round, but S. Leonard Bastin undertakes to describe a process whereby this delightful result may be accomplished with comparative ease. It Is a simple matter; easv to do and recommended as highly successful when carried out. There Is no secret about it—read the article and find out how it is done. Damaskeening, Inlaying and Blending Metals A new process for damaskeening, Inlaving and blending metals is described by Amos Bradley Simpson, and will be found of great interest to lovers of metal work. The technical processes are described, as well as the results arrived at. The illustrations are of unusual beauty and interest.

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