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Identifier: americanhomesga101913newy (find matches)
Title: American homes and gardens
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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ur-sued through New Jersey by the victorious continentalsunder Washington.Hssisgigiiiiiis^ A LONG BLOOM IN A HARDY GARDEN ( Continued from page 278) for a warm note, using only yellow and terra-cotta shades,a beautiful single white one (Garza) taking the place ofthe Phlox. I have found that it is only worth while toplant the Chrysanthemums having a green, woody stem,as the others do not keep well wfien picked, and this meansso much to garden lovers who are doomed to return totown in the perfect Fall months. As long as Jack Frost keeps his fingers off, the Annualsare delight, but the real glory of the garden is dimmed ex-cept for the mums. In November the tiny Ponpoms bythe tennis court, are so gay in their yellow and pink glorythat I am glad to gather them, quite forgetting I wouldhave scorned them a month ago. The garden is still green,but without color except for the undaunted violet Phlox,Danske Dandridge, which is making its second bloom. August, 1913 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS IX
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Readers of American Homes and Gardens who are interested in old furniture, silver, prints,brass, miniatures, medals, paintings, textiles, glass, in fact in any field appealing to the collector areinvited to address any enquiries on such matters to the Editor of the Collectors Department, andsuch letters of enquiry will receive careful attention. Correspondents should enclose stamps for replyForeign correspondents may enclose the stamps of their respective countries. F. R.: Embroidered crepe shawls of fairsize, such as you describe, can be pur-chased for $25. If you will let us knowif your teapot and cream pitcher haveany makers mark, we can then deter-mine the ware. J. B. J.: As the work of American andEnglish steel engravers was very ex-tended and excellent in quality, it wouldbe difficult to send you in the limits ofa letter a list of the foremost workersof this sort. Archer B. Durand was oneof the most noted of American en-gravers (1825-1850). His most famousengraving, Ariadne, aft

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