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A tasteful garden 



Adiantum cuneatum 



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 Market produce 



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 Names of ferns ["ow 

 National show 

 New Gardens at Kensington 

 New dahlias 

 Notes of the month 

 Passifloras 



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 Principles of taste in garden em- 

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 Profitable gardening, chap. xiv. 

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 Kenealmia nutans 

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 Sea Kale, culture of 

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 Vinery 



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