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5ll|e Contents- 



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 Making the Garden Habitable 



Prof. Frank A. Waugh 107 

 Horticultural Progress in This Country 



The Late Peter Henderson 111 

 Is the Chrysanthemum's Popularity Waning? 



Wm. Kleinheinz 113 



Traditions of the Fathers . . . .114 



The Phipps' Hall of Botany, Pittsburgh, Pa. . 11.5 

 The Robert Burns Monument, Pittsburgh, Pa. . 116 

 Phytochemistry to Solve Our Soil Problems 



W. A. Hamor 116 

 Bird Protection and Its Scope Paul B. Riis 117 

 Orchid Culture Is No Magic Art 



W. R. Fowkes 118 

 Conifers — Their Usages, Plantings and Enemies 



Henry Kelly 120 

 Champion Roderick of Closeborn . . . 123 

 The History of the Kew Rock Garden . 124 



Red-Stemmed Dogwood 124 



The White Buddleia 124 



Miniature Gardens for Decorations . . . 125 

 Vegetables and Flowers from the Cold Frames 



Duncan Mclntyre 126 

 Editorials ......... 127 



Oh, Everything's A-Goin' 



James Whitcomb Riley 128 

 National Association of Gardeners' Notes . 129 



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Among the Gardeners 129 



American Association of Park Superintendents' 



Notes 130 



Park Department Personals ..... 130 



The San Diego, California, Exposition . . 131 

 The Linking of the Minneapolis Park Lakes 



Theo. Wirth 133 

 Construction Problems in Road Building . . 135 

 The Panama-Pacific International Exposition . 137 

 Six Months of Spencer Sweet Peas 



Thomas Ryan 140 

 Aubrietias in the Spring Garden .... 141 



Work for the Month of April Henry Gibson 144 

 Growing Strawberries from Seed 



C. H. Chamberlain 146 

 Growing Cantaloupes ...... 146 



International Garden Club ..... 147 



Lenten Horticultural Lectures .... 147 



American Red Cross at New York Spring 



Flower Show 147 



Garden Club Day at New York Spring Flower 



Show 148 



Directory of National Associations . . . 149 

 Directory of Local Societies ..... 149 

 Directory of Garden Clubs ..... ISO 



Horticultural Events 150 



Local Society and Garden Club News . . . 151 



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