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V. Vines and Creepers 97 



I. Select List of Vines . . . . W. C. Egan 



II. A Convenient Classification of Vines "J. A. R." 102 



III. Some Pumpkins . . William Chambers Wilbor 103 



IV. Annual Vines to Conceal Rubbish ''The Fullertons" 106 



V. Pergolas — A Suggestion . . . . " Af." 107 



VI. A Bit of Nature's Gardening . . " W. C. 5." 108 



VI. Native Ferns for Shady Places . . W. H. Taplin iii 



VII. Bulbs 119 



I. Hardy Bulbs for Fall Planting . Patrick O'Mara 



II. Practical Directions for Bulb Culture Edward J. Canning 132 



VIII. The Water Garden and the Mosquito 



Problem . . . William Lyman Underivood 137 



IX. Water-lilies and Other Aquatic Plants William Tricker 147 



X. Rock Gardens and Alpine Plants Edward J. Canning 161 



XI. The Home Window Garden . Edith Loring Fullcrton 175 



XII. Coldframes for Wintering Plants 189 



I. Coldframes for the Country Home . J. N. Gerard 



II. An Amateur's Experience . . James Wood 190 



III. Advice of a Market Gardener . Patrick O'Mara 194 



IV. Inexpensive Pits for the South . Laura Jones 197 



V. Violets in Coldframes . . Sarah Hopkins 198 



VI. Pansies, Forget-me-nots and Wallflowers 



Thomas Murray 200 



XIII. Hotbeds for Early Flowers 203 



I. How to Manage Hotbeds . . Patrick O'Mara 



II. How to Make a Hotbed . . W. C. Egan 205 



XIV. The Pleasures of a Small Greenhouse .... 209 

 I. The Greenhouse in the Snow . L. H. Bailey 



II. The Fun of Having a Greenhouse Arthur G. Minshall 214 



III. Grow the Easy Things . . . J. A. Ellis 218 



IV. A Suburban Experience . „ J- N. Gerard 221 

 V. A Rose-fancier's Hobby . . Edward A. Reed 225 



VI. A General Collection of Plants . Hugo Erichsen 226 



VII. A Greenhouse Near Cincinnati . E. T. Harvey 229 



VIII. The Cost of a Greenhouse Maida Maitland 233 



