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The American Flower Garden 



FACING PAGE 



SINGLE WHITE PETUNIAS IN THE FOREGROUND OF SHRUBBERY 



(Nathan R. Graves) . 244 



THE TOBACCO PLANT, WHICH LOOKS LIKE A FADED BALL-ROOM 

 BEAUTY BY DAY, SHOULD BE VIEWED FROM A LITTLE DIS- 

 TANCE (Nathan R. Graves) 245 



CHEERFUL YELLOW CROCUSES GLITTERING ON A LAWN IN EARLY 



SPRING (Nathan R. Graves) Y .260 



EMPEROR DAFFODILS ALONG AN ENTRANCE DRIVE (A. Radclyffe 



Dugmore) . . 261 



ONE OF THE LOVELIEST AND EASIEST WAYS TO BEAUTIFY A HALF- 

 SHADY KNOLL OR A BIT OF OPEN WOODLAND Is TO PLANT 

 THE STAR-OF-BETHLEHEM (Henry Troth) . . . :'< 268 



DOUBLE BORDER OF GERMAN IRISES ALONG A GRASSY PATH 



(T. E. Marr) . . . . . . , , . , 269 



THE GUINEA HEN FLOWER (Nathan R. Graves) .... 276 



TALL WHITE LILIES (L. candidum) GROWN IN A CIRCLE OF HARDY 



FLOWERS (Claude Miller) . ;. ;. y. / . . ' .. " ;< ' '/ 277 



A LONG ISLAND GARDEN WHERE ROSES ARE GATHERED EVERY 

 DAY FROM MAY UNTIL THANKSGIVING WITH A TIDAL WAVE 

 OF BLOOM IN JUNE (Nathan R. Graves) . . . 294 



MARIE VAN HOUTTE A TOO TENDER TEA ROSE FOR SAFE CUL- 

 TIVATION IN NORTHERN GARDENS (O. V. Lange) . . .295 



ROSES FOR SHRUBBERY EFFECTS (J. Horace McFarland Company) 308 



PERGOLAS ARE INDEBTED TO THE HARDY, CLEAN, VIGOROUS 

 RAMBLER ROSES FOR MUCH OF THEIR CHARM (Henry 



Troth ) 309 



WISTARIA THE VINE OF MANY PURPOSES (T. E. Marr) . . 322 

 HONEYSUCKLE VINES LIGHTLY TWINED ABOUT THE PILLARS 323 



