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Embraces within its scope the following subjects : Popu- 

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 of Plants in Rooms.— Propagation of Plants.— Rose Grow- 

 ing in Winter. — Greenhouse Structures, and Modes of Heat- 

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 ing, — How to Raise Cabbage and Cauliflower.— On the Grow- 

 ing and Preserving of Celery.-The New Celerv, "White 

 Plume." — Strawberry Culture.— Root Crops for Farm Stock. 

 — Culture of Alfalfa or Lucerne — Manures and their Modes 

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