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The Contents for March, 1921 



Things and Thoughts of the Garden 



Montague Free 495 



American Rock Gardens Richard Rothe 497 



Has Perfection Been Reached in Roses? 499 



Work for the Month in the Garden 



5a'nue/ Colding 500 



Some New Shrubs for Northern Gardens 501 



Plant Partnerships IVillard N. Clule 502 



March Birds Paul B. Rih 503 



The Dahlia — the Flower of Myriad Forms and 



Shades E.C. Vick 504 



Dahlias in the Flower Garden 



Mrs. Charles H. Stoul 506 



The Dahlia — the Greatest of All Flowers. . . . 



E. L. Kunzman 507 



Bog and Water Gardens Herbert Durand 508 



Ornamental Tree Pruning an Art 509 



Walks and Talks Among the Spring Flowers . . 



Florwn Amator 5 1 I 



The Greenhouse Month to Month 



W. R. Fowkes 513 



On the Gardeners' Side of the Fence 



Kalherme Fellows 514 



A Lesson on Plant Physiology and the Plant in 



Relation to Its Environment. .Arthur Smith 5 I 5 



Department of Foreign Exchange and Book 



Reviews 517 



National Association of Gardeners 520 



Local Societies 521 



Questiorinaire 523 



Here and There 523 



Oz'cr-uaincd Varieties 



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