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Things and Thoughts of the Garden 



Montague Free 661 



Hardy Alyssum Richard Rolhe 663 



Flowers as Food George Cecil 664 



Native Lilies for Fall Planting. //ericr( Durand 665 



That Botanical Chap Florum Amalor 666 



August Birds Paul B. Riis 667 



The Landscape or the Signboard 



Bertha Berbert-Hammond 668 



Flowers of a Summer Night 668 



Garden Paths 669 



Work for the Month in the Garden 



Samuel Colding 670 



The Greenhouse, Month to Month 



W. R. FoTvkes 671 



Insect-Catching Plants H^illard N. Clute 672 



Principles of Tree Growth 673 



Disbudding and Forcing the Dahlia for Exhibition 674 



Fertilizers for Grasses 675 



Propagating Ferns 675 



Some New Shrubs for Northern Gardens 676 



A Lesson on the Conservation of Plant Food in 



the Soil Arthur Smith 677 



Departments of Foreign Exchange and Book 



Reviews 678 



National Association of Gardeners 680 



Local Societies 681 



Here and There 681 



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