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CONTENTS OF DECEMBER ISSUE 



International Flower Show 264 



The Private Gardener. By Robert Craig 265 



Camera Snapshots. \\\ \^■. W. Waite 268 



Cirowing Cucuml)ers Under Glass 269 



Propagation of Herbaceous Perennials. By Win. 



Lamb 270 



The Aftermath. I!y W'm. E. Tricker 271 



Sulphur as a Fertilizer 272 



Here, There and Fvcrywhere 17 2> 



Seedtime and Harvest. By M. Earle 274 



The New Roses 274 



The Warburg Estate 275 



Editorial Page 277 



Dr. W. S. A\'hitmore 277 



Association Notes 278 



Gardeners Notes 278 



Queries and Answers 279 



A Novel Group. By Jas. Stuart 280 



I'ruit Under Glass, liy James Marlborough 281 



National Associations 285 



Local Societies - 285 



Gardeners' Diary 285 



A Gardener's Reunion 285 



National Flower Show Prizes 286 



Winkers Horticultural Society 286 



Morris County Gardeners and Florists Club 287 



Nassau Count}' Society 287 



\\'estchester and Fairfield Horticultural .Society. . . . 287 



Southampton Horticultural Society 287 



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