Title: Country Life In America
A Magazine for the Home-maker, the Vacation-seeker, the Gardener, the Farmer, the Nature-teacher, the Naturalist
Vol. I No. 1-6 – Nov., 1901 to April, 1902
Key Words: New England, Gardens, Frog, Apples, Pennsylvania, Cattle, Horses, Farming, Fruit, California, Trees, Possums, Nature, Dogs, Poppyworts, Farms, Chickens, Trapper, Gray Fox, Clouds, Rattlesnakes, Pigeons
Publication Information: Published monthly by Doubleday, Page & Company, New York.
Additional Information: Pages are numbered consecutively starting with 1 and ending with 228 plus each issue had additional roman numeral pages that were all installed in the back of the bound volume and these pages contain some articles and ads and run from i-cviii. Illustrated. Some nice old ads. Front Covers are on issues – no backs. Possibly some of the ads have been removed. Detailed Index in the front. A sampling of some of the ads are: Royal Baking Powder’s chief ingredient Cream of Tarter (full page), Lifebuoy Soap (1/2 page); Locomobile (1/3 page); Henderson Lawn Grass Seed - picture of Home of President Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, NY (1/2 page); Folding Pocket Kodak (1/3 page) and many others.
Summary: Contents include:
• Covers: Designed by J. Horace McFarland & others
• FRONTISPIECES: In the Hayfield at Ellerslie; “The Framework of the Trees” Photograph by W.C. Baker; “Windrows of Orchards”; “In Garb of White” - Photograph by R. W. Pierce; Scene in the Garden of Mrs. Jack Gardner; A View in the Formal Gardens of the Sprague Estate-Photograph by Wurtz Brothers
• THE ABANDONED FARMS. (New England) Text and photographs by the Editor, L.H. Bailey
• ELLERSLIE, AN AMERICAN COUNTRY SEAT. Text by the Editor. Estate of Levi P. Morton
• PLEASANT HOMES AND GARDENS
• SHRUBBERY IN THE HOME GROUNDS. S. Parsons1 Jr.
• FOR ALL THE BLESSINGS THAT ARE MINE. Robt. Loveman
• A HOME-MAKER’S YARD. Frances Copley Seavey
• THE LIFE-STORY OF A FROG. Mary Rogers Miller. Photographs by A. Radclyffe Dugmore.
• LA BELLE FAMEUSE. (Domestic Apple of Canadian French) F.A. Waugh
• EDITORIAL (in multiple issues)
• AMERICAN APPLES. J. Horace McFarland.
• PLANT GROWING IN GARDEN AND FIELD: Bulbs for Spring Bloom Outdoors (illustrated), Edward J. Canning; Bulbs for Winter Bloom Indoors (illustrated), William Scott; How to Grow Chrysanthemums at Home (illustrated), Charles F. Hunn; Home-Grown Freesias (illustrated), A Winter Pit (illustrated); Protecting Plants for Winter (illustrated), W. C. Egan; How to Make a Garden—The First Lesson (illustrated), L. H. B.; Growing American Beauty Roses Under Glass (illustrated), Henry Heintz, Jr.; Cover the Rocks, W. M.; Strawberry Planting. Illustrated – Storing and Keeping Fruits and Vegetables, John Craig; Palms for Home Growing, I.P.N., Robert Shore & W.M.; What the Birch Trees Do, F.A. Waugh; Specimen Plants, Editor.
• NOTES FROM WOOD AND FALLOW: Goldenrod, Queen of the American Autumn (illustrated), W. W. Rowlee; Easter Daisy - missing (illustrated), D. M. Andrews; Advice on Pruning - missing; Woodchucks, H. D. Reed. Things to See in December, Julia E. Rogers; A Caterpillar’s Winter Home, M.V. Slingerland; The Peafowl; The Giant Cactus, J.W. Toumey.
• RECENT WRITINGS (in multiple issues)
• CORRESPONDENTS’ CORNER
• DOINGS OF THE DAY (in multiple issues)
• An Outlook On Winter. Editor. Photographs by W.C. Baker and Verne Morton
• Chesterbrook Stock Farm. Francis Nelson Barksdale. Illustrated from photographs (Pennsylvania)
• The Snowdrift. Joel Benton
• Christmas Greens. Lennie Greenlee. Photographs from J. Horace McFarland
• Harvesting. Price photograph by Henry Troth
• A Plea For Gay Little Gardens. Alice M. Rathbone
• Country Life Photographs. J. Horace McFarland
• A Flower Of The Million and of the Millionaire. Full page photographs by O.V. Lange & L.H. Bailey
• On The Making of Herbaceous Borders. Editor. Photographs by O.P. Beckley
• The Old Burial Lot. Cora A. Matson Dolson
• Salmon. Photographs from life. A. Radclyffe Dugmore
• Persons Who Have Improved The Country. W.M.
• CALIFORNIA. Editor
• THE HEROES OF THE FIRING LINE (poem). Joaquin Miller
• MATILIJA Poppy—”Queen of the California Wild Flowers”
• THE COUNTRY LIFE OF CALIFORNIA. A. J. Wells (Rancho Del Arroyd Chico, The Home of the Late General John Bidwell)
• THE STORY OF A GREAT CALIFORNIA ESTATE. Charles Howard Shinn
• PLANT-GROWING AND HUMAN CULTURE. E. J. Wickson
• THE BOUNTY OF CALIFORNIA (full-page photographs)
• THE CYPRESSES OF MONTEREY (poem). Anna Botsford Comstock
• THE GIANT YUCCAS OF THE MOJAVE DESERT (poem). Anna Botsford Comstock
• PLANT-GROWING IN CALIFORNIA. With photographs by H. C. Tibbitts, O. V. Lange, and L. H. Bailey
• The California Home Garden, and How to Make it, A. V. Stubenranch; Women who win their Living from the Land, Emma
• Shafter Howard; Almond Culture in California, Katharine A. Chandler.
• THE GILA MONSTER. E. C. Vick
• DOINGS OF THE DAY
• CONTENTS. Design by J. Horace McFarland; Pussy Willow Headpiece-J. Horace McFarland; Apple Blossom Design-J. Horace McFarland
• TREES AT LEISURE. Anna Botsford Comstock. Photographs
• THE CUCKOO (poem). John Burroughs. Photograph by T. E. Marr
• A GLIMPSE OF SKIBO CASTLE. A Scotch Country Editor. Photographs by John Munro
• AT PEACE (poem). Robert Loveman
• A SNIFF AT OLD GARDENS. J. P. Mowbray. Photographs by Henry Troth
• THE TREES (poem). Clinton Scollard. Photograph by W. Nutting
• TWO ‘POSSUMS AND SEVERAL MISTAKES. A. Radclyffe Dugmore. Photographs by author
• THE VIRGINIA OPOSSUM. C. Hart Merriam
• THE MEETING PLACE. Photograph by W. Nutting
• AN EXPERIENCE WITH THE SOIL. James J. Allen. Photographs & Drawing
• HOW TO MAKE A GARDEN — THE CONSTRUCTION AND CARE OF THE HOTBED I. D. Bennett. Photographs by L. H. Bailey and A. F. Brinckerhoff
• THE FIRST SPRING WORK
• PRIZE DOGS. Photographs by Frederic Colburn Clarke sod Grace Cook
• THE POPPYWORTS. Joseph Burtt Davy. Photographs by O. V. Lange
• IN THE ABANDONED FARMS COUNTRY. Photographs by Arthur Hewitt
• THE IRRIGATION DISCUSSION
• THE FIRST LADIES’ KENNEL ASSOCIATION DOG SHOW. Elizabeth Lewis
• PERSONS WHO HAVE IMPROVED THE COUNTRY—THOMAS MEEHAN.
• THE ANIMALS OF THE FARM. I. P. Roberts. Photographs
• A NEW ENGLAND GARDEN HOME. Benjamin Brooks. With photographs by T. E. Marr
• THE SUGAR-BUSH. W. Frank McClure
• THE PASSING OF THE BLACKTAIL. Minne J. Reynolds With photographs by Mr. & Mrs. A. O. Walliham
• COMMON SENSE IN THE POULTRY YARD. Hugo Erichsen With photographs by A. Radclyffe Dugmore & C. F. Barber
• SPRING WILL COME AGAIN. Photograph by Mary G. Huntsman
• THE KEY OF THE FIELDS (poem). Clinton Dangerfield.
• THE LIFE OF THE TRAPPER. A. Radclyffe Dugmore. With photographs by the author
• THE GREENHOUSE IN THE SNOW. Editor. With photographs by W. C. Baker, L. H Bailey sod U. W. Burger
• A MARCH GLEE (poem). John Burroughs
• A PROMISE (poem). Beatrice F. Rice
• THE END OF WINTER (poem). Danske Dandridge
• “I’M ONLY WISHING TO GO A FISHING”. Photograph by Frances & Mary Allen
• HOW TO MAKE A GARDEN—THE LAWN. With photographs
• THE COMING OF SPRING. W. B. Thornton With photographs
• A CROP OF LETTUCE. W. W. Tracy. With photographs by the author
• TRANSPLANTING TREES AND BUSHES
• THE FLIGHT OF THE OSPREY. Alfred J. Meyer. With photographs by the author
• IS THE GILA MONSTER POISONOUS? R. W. Shufeldt. With photograph by the author
• THE NEWTOWN PIPPIN. Ruth Titus.
• THE BLOOMING OF THE TREES. J. Horace McFarland With photographs by the author
• THE CHORUS (Poem). Dora Read Goodale
• RECOLLECTIONS OF THE OLD SUGAR-BUSH. Byron R. Newton With photographs by W. C. Baker & H. W. Whitlatch
• SPRING SONG (Poem). John Vance Cheney
• THE RECLAMATION OF A BARREN APPLE ORCHARD. Willis T. Mann With photographs
• APRIL’S STORY (Poem). Mary Virginia Agnew
• THE GRAY FOX. Herbert K. Job With photographs by the author
• THE MAKING OF A COUNTRY HOME. Editor. With photograph
• THE CLOUDLANDS. Otto Von Bargen. With photographs by the author
• THE ART OF FORMAL GARDENING. Jessie M. Good. With photographs by Wurtz Brothers & T. E. Marr
• HUNTING RATTLESNAKES WITH A CAMERA. W. H. Backus. With photographs by the author
• PORTRAIT- Yulan Magnolia. O. V. Lange.
• SOWING THE OATS. Byron R. Newton
• HOW TO MAKE A GARDEN—Digging in the Dirt. Editor With illustrations
• SPRAYING
• DAPPODIL AND CROCUS (Poem). Emma C. Dowd.
• THE PLANTING OF SCHOOL GROUNDS . Susan Huntington Hooker. With photographs
• PLANT MORE VINES. W. M.
• WORK AND PLAY IN APRIL. W. B. Thornton. With photographs
• GRAFTING
• THE POINTS OF A GOOD HORSE. Professor I. P. Roberts
• A PIGEON RANCH IN CALIFORNIA. Helen Lukens Jones. With photographs
• THE HOUSEKEEPING OF THE HUMMING-BIRD. Julian Burroughs With photographs by the author
Condition: Hardcover, Ex-Lib with usual stamps/marks, covers are very worn with scuffing, bumped and bared spots and edges; page edges have been stamped and marked out; book plate inside front cover; text is intact with some light age discoloring, some tears and some tears have been taped, and light soiling or smudges, overall a good readable copy.
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