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The Contents for March, 1923 



Things and Thoughts of the Garden Some Good American Shrubs. .H. E. Downer 67 



H'illiam N. Craig 59 



. In the Garden and m the Greenhouse 



The Gourd, the Most Attractive Annual Ceoree E. Slewarl 69 



Climbing Vine Dr. E. Bade 6 1 



Calanthes Ceorge W. Miles Lvddiard 62 



The Leaf-Miner in Boxwood. .William Shan' 71 



Foreign Exchange Department 72 



What the Home Garden Should Be 



Thomas W . Head 63 Department of Book Reviews 72 



Disappearing Species Willard N. Clute 64 National Association of Gardeners 73 



Armeria-Lychnis Richard Rothe 65 Local Societies 74 



Rambling Talks on Plants. . Florum Amalor 66 Brief Horticultural Jottings 76 



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