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The Contents 



Things and Thoughts of the Garden 



Montague Free 631 



The Queen of the Night Dr. E. Bade 633 



Native Bulbs for Mass Planting 



Herbert Durand 634 



The Effects of the Freaky Winter and Spring 

 Upon Certain Perennials . . . Fran}( B. Meyer 635 



Half a Dozen Hollies C. H. Chesley 637 



Rosette Plants and Others. .iVillard N. Clute 638 



Water and Cultivation 638 



Cimicifuga — Snake-root Richard Rothe 639 



Shrubs and Vines for Seaside Homes 



Florum Amator 640 



Delphiniums; How and Where to Plant 641 



for July, 1921 



An Herb Garden . . . Bertha Berbert-Hammond 642 



Work for the Month in the Garden 



Samuel Gold'mg 643 

 Greenhouse Month to Month. . .W. R. FoTvl^es 644 



July Birds Paul B. Rlis 645 



How Does Your Garden Club Grow? 



Olive Hype Foster 646 

 A Lesson on Soil Improvement. . .Arthur Smith 647 

 Departments of Foreign Exchange and Book 



Reviews 648 



National Association of Gardeners 652 



Local Societies 654 



Questionnaire 656 



Here and There 656 



Nezsf England's Historic Trees — Success 



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Stumpp & Walter Co.'s Bulb Catalog 



A complete list of all 



NEW and RARE BULBS 



For Fall Planting and Exhibition 

 Will Be Ready July ist 



The Best Novelties in DARWIN— BREEDER and COTTAGE TULIPS- 

 DAFFODILS— DUTCH HYACINTHS. 



NEW COLORED FREESIAS 



NOVELTY WINTER FLOWERING SPENCER SWEET PEAS 



Best Californian Varieties 



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