COVER DESIGN — So.'ting App'.es (see article on page 60) 



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The Month's Reminder 59 



What to Do Witbtthe Apple Crop . . F. H. Valentine 60 



Photographs by H. E. Angell, C. P. Close and others 



Saving the Garden Plants from Frost 



Parker Thayer Barnes 



Photographs furnished by F. F. Rockwell 



California Bulbs in an Eastern Garden . Flora Marble 



Photographs by the author 



Fall Plowing and Draining .... V. E. Warren 



Photographs by Frank Hamilton and others 



The Twelve Best Shade Trees . . . Leonard Barron 



Photographs by P. T. Barnes, N. R. Graves and others 



Did It Really Pay a Profit? . . . Addison P. Foster 

 Four Plans for a 75 x 100 ft. Plot . . . F. C. Leible 

 Autumn-blooming Crocuses and Their Allies .... 



Wilhelm Miller 



Photograph by N. R. Graves 



Farm and Garden News 76 



A Bad Poultry Disease F. H. Valentine 



Protection from Thieves F. E. B. 



Start Now for Early Bunch Onions 



Laura Balch Carpenter 77 



Photographs by the author 



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Verne Morton 



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Plant Rye for Humus A. C. Austin 77 



Testing Soils with Litmus Paper . F. E: Bonsteel 78 



The Southerner's Reminder Thomas J. Steed 78 



Lettuce All Winter Thomas J. Steed 78 



Photographs by the author 



Lawn Enemies Successfully Fought Now . . W. R. S. 79 



A Good House Plant for a North Window Viola McColm 79 



Photograph by the author 



Sweet Pea Supports Frank B. Headley 79 



Getting the Most Money from the Apple Crop . . 



F. H. Valentine 80 



Preparing the Bees for Winter . . F. A. Strohschein 80 



For and Against August Planting of Evergreens . . 82 



Plant Peonies Now 88 



Saving Plants for Next Summer's Beds 88 



Home Testing of Milk H. H. Noble 90 



Photograph by E. K. Parkinson 



Make Repairs Now! P. T. Barnes 92 



Answers to Queries 94 



WILHELM MILLER, Editor.— Copyright, 1907, by DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 

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