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The Contents for April, 1921 



Things and Thoughts of the Garden 



Montague Free 535 



Annual and Biennial Plants — Some of Their 



Uses Robert Cameron 537 



The Modern Violet, Its History and Culture. . 



Charles Mdburn 540 



Hardy Primroses Richard Rolhe 541 



Walks and Talks Among the Spring Flowers. . 



Florum Amalor 542 



Spiraeas, Their Propagation and Cultivation . . . 



Dr. E. Bade 544 



Suggestions on Planting Roses. .Henrv J. Moore 546 



The Camellia George F. Stewart 546 



April Birds Paul B. Riis 547 



The Greenhouse, Month to Month 



W. R. Fon>kes 548 



Work for the Month in the Garden 



Sanuel Golding 549 



Water Conservation in Plants. Willard N. Clute 550 



Uses of Native Ferns in Cultivation 



Herbert Durand 551 



International Flower Show 552 



A Lesson on the Plant in Relation to Water. . 



Arthur Smith 553 



Departments of Foreign Exchange and Book 



Reviews 555 



National Association of Gardeners 557 



Local Societies 558 



Questionnaire 559 



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