Title: American homes and gardens
Identifier: americanhomesgar81911newy (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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October, 1911 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS Vll
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THANKSGIVING NUMBER THE November number of American Homes and Gardens will present an unusually attractive table of contents. The country dweller and the automo- bile will be the subject of an article out of the ordinary, one of as much interest to those who do not own motor cars, as it will surely prove to be to those who do. Greenhouse con- struction will be presented by a practical writer and an authority on the subject of the small greenhouse for the man of moderate means. A finely illustrated article on the choice of a dog for the country home will be appropriate to the season when country dwellers give especial thought to such matters. How a woman artist planned her home and built for herself a delightful studio nook in the Catskills forms an entertaining article full of helpful sug- gestions to those who contemplate co-operating with their architects in the evolution of the house plan, or think of becoming their own architects. A Thanksgiving dinner and the dishes that compose it will be described and illustrated in the new "Helps to the Housewife" department, along with other articles of practical and helpful interest. In the No- vember issue the architectural articles will be especially attractive—a valuable aid to every home builder and home- maker. This issue and subsequent issues will be rich in illustrations of excellence. THE GARDEN WITH the November issue the Garden Department of American Homes and Gardens will be en- larged and more emphasis placed upon the value of gardening in making the grounds more homelike. Al- though there is little outdoor garden work to be done on the home grounds during the winter months the matter of indoor gardening is one that will receive attention. There will be timely articles on indoor gardening, paragraphic matter full of helpful hints to the grower of houseplants and in future numbers of the magazine greater attention will be given to the subject of landscape gardening for everyone. KENNEL AND POULTRY DEPARTMENT THIS magazine will continue to devote careful atten- tion to subjects connected with poultry-raising, the kennel, etc., and writers who are authorities on these subjects have prepared articles of great value to the large number of our readers who are interested in such matters. T ARTICLES OF QUALITY ; the aim of the editor of American Homes and Gardens to make this periodical a magazine of good taste in everything pertaining to the home. The merely ingenious contrivances that have nothing beyond their in- genuity to commend them need hardly to expect to find place in the pages of this magazine. Moreover, American Homes and Gardens will strive to present articles that have a literary quality, notwithstanding the fact that they may be thoroughly practical at the same time. The Editor believes that the attention of writers who have style at command, as well as subject matter before them, are the writers American Homes and Gardens should seek to introduce to the public, and a hearty invitation is therefore extended to writers who have something to say and those who have something to say and can write it in a thoroughly pleasing and refreshing way, to co-operate with the Editor in advancing this principle. American Homes and Gar- dens wishes articles on all subjects pertaining to home- making by those whose experience lends authority to their contributions. The Editor does not wish articles that are merely compilations from time-worn sources. There may be nothing new under the sun, but when a thing, new or old, is known to a man or woman through experience, that man or woman, if gifted with the facility to wield a pen, should be able to endow the subject with a new interest, that is to say, present it in a forceful way by saying what is worth saying on the subject. ILLUSTRATING THE MAGAZINE THE illustrations in American Homes and Gardens involve great care in planning and selection, and the Editor believes this magazine will come to be unsur- passed in the interest of its pictorial features. American Homes and Gardens has its own photographic staff of skilled professionals, but by no means will the Editor limit its illustration resources to the work of its own photogra- phers. The Editor is glad to consider good photographs of every sort suitable for inclusion within the field of this magazine, and such photographs, whether by amateurs or professionals, will be paid for promptly upon acceptance. AN INVITATION TO AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHERS AMATELTR photographers are especially invited to submit clear prints which they think may prove available for publication in this magazine, and the Editor will give the same prompt consideration and, where desired, frank criticism. Has the homemaker who is a reader of American Homes and Gardens a camera? If so, let him stop to consider the possibility of some nook or corner of his home, indoors or out, an attractive interior or a bit of garden or lawn, which may be worthy a place in the magazine; the Editor believes the readers of American Homes and Gardens would welcome an interchange of such material as the publica- tion of it in the pages of this magazine would make pos- sible. All photographs submitted must be clearlv labeled upon the backs of the prints and accompanied bv the names and addresses of the senders and bv postage suf- ficient for return of such prints as are not found avail- able. Some of the best photographs we have published in the past were taken by amateurs, and it is worth one's while to bear this in mind.

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