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I The Contents for May, 1920 



I Things and Thoughts of the Garden '^^^ P°'"' °f ^'^^ °f ^^^ Professional Gardener [ 



I TU r^ 1 I M^ ^'"- ^- Craig 187 I 



I J he Unlool(er 1/3 | 



I The Rhododendron 1 88 | 



I Our New Departments I 74 Jhg Month's Work in Garden and Greenhouse | 



1 ni f c T r> 1 »,f o ; i /- i7c HemM Cihson 189 I 



I Plan tor a ounken Liarden .. M. ixooer/s Lonoi'cr 1/5 I 



I Salvias for the Garden S. R. Candler 1 90 i 



j Native Blue Gentians. . . .Bertha B. Hammond 1 76 | 



j A Lesson on Growing Good Muskmelons .... I 



I The Herbaceous Calceolaria. .Henrv J. Moore 177 Arthur Smith 191 j 



I The Rockgarden at Lindenhurst. . /^ic/uH J Rathe 178 Book Review Department. . . . Franl( B. MeVer 192 i 



I Ornamental Flowering Trees. . Arborum Amator 180 National Association of Gardeners 193 | 



j Growing of Mushrooms 5. W . Carlquht 181 Local Societies 194 | 



I Swarming Time H. W. Sanders 1 82 The Questionnaire 197 j 



I Bees Adrift Amongst the Apple Blossoms .... 183 I^^"" a"^ ^here ^ 97 j 



E "Rc-naiiiiiig German Irises" — The U'islnria | 



I Plant Names in the Catalogs. .Frank B. Meyer !85 —Practical Golden Rule. I 



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Staigreen Lawn Seed 



This is the best time during the Spring to make ynnr lawn. While the proper preparation of the 

 ground, fertilizing, rolling and watering is considered very essential, the mixture of grasses is a very 

 important one and should be given considerable thought. 



25- Pound versus 14- Pound LAWN SEED 



Many low-price Grass Seed mixtures wei.gh only 14 pounds per bushel. This indicates either a good 

 proportion of chaff or some of the real good varieties in the rough state, not properly cleansed so as 

 to leave only the vital part and less of the chaff or shell. 

 In other words, so many less seeds to the quart or pound that will germinate and grow real grass. 



Why Not Buy the Re-cleaned Kind ? 



A nii.xturc of grasses weighing 25 pounds per bushel, of high germination and purity, permanent in 

 nature, the varieties carefully proportioned so that they will succeed one another in brightness of 

 foliage, with the result that the lawn, even in its first year, will have a bright, rich green color from 

 early Spring until coAcrcd 1iy snow. 



One Pound Will Sow a Plot 20 x 20 feet. Sow 80 Pounds to the Acre 



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