The Garden of a Commuter’s Wife 
Recorded by the Gardener 
WITH EIGHT PHOTOGRAVURE ILLUSTRATIONS 
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A Woman’s Hardy Garden 
By HELENA RUTHERFORD ELY 
With many Illustrations from Photographs taken in the Author’s Garden 
by Professor C, F, CHANDLER 
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