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The Contents for April, 1922 



Things and Thoughts of the Garden 



Montague Free 105 



Trollius — Globe Flower Richard Rollie 107 



Growing Strawberries Flonim Amator 108 



Factors to Be Considered in Breeding Water 



Lilies George H. Pring 1 09 



The Peony Berlrand H. Farr 1 1 1 



A Marechal Niel Rose Story 



Richard I'lnccnt, Jr. 112 



Roses and the Rose Garden Arthur Smith 1 1 3 



Easter Lilies Bertha Berbert-Hammond 1 1 5 



1 he International Flower Show 116 



The Fruit Garden Howard N. Scarff 120 



Arctic and Alpine Vegetation . IVillard N. C'uite 1 2 1 



Work for the Month in the Garden 



Sanmel Colding 1 22 



The Greenhouse, Month to Month 



George F. Slelpart 123 



Department of Foreign Exchange and Book 



Reviews 125 



National Association of Gardeners 127 



Local Societies 129 



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