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The Contents for June, 1921 



Things and Thoughts of the Garden 



Montague Free 599 



Carnations and Pinks Dr. E. Bade 601 



June Birds Paul B. Riis 602 



Annual and Biennial Plants. .Robert Caneron 603 



Plant Distribution Willard N. Clute 606 



Oriental and Iceland Poppies. .Richard Rothe 607 



Shrubs and Vines for Seaside Homes 



Florum Amator 608 



Growing of Wild Flowers 



Bertha Berbert-Hammond 609 



Greenhouse Month to Month. . .W. R. Fowlfes 610 



Work for the Month in the Garden 



Sar.uel Cold'mg 61 I 



Soils and How to Improve Them 



D. L. Mackintosh 



Notes from the Arnold Arboretum 



A Lesson on the Plant in Relation to the Soil . . 



Arthur Smith 



Department of Foreign Exchange and Book . 

 Reviews 



Dedication of New Entrance, Missouri Botani- 

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National Association of Gardeners 



Local Societies 



Questionnaire 



Here and There 



I'alue of Fallen Leaves 



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