COVER DESIGN — A Garden of Dahlias 



F. S. and M. E. 



The Month's Reminder 



Crisp Celery from the Home Garden E. D. Darlington 



Photographs by Julian Burroughs, Nathan R. Graves, and others 



Shall Evergreens Be Planted in August? 



Photographs by W. McCollom, Nathan R. Graves, and others 



Raising Perennials from Seed . . . Thomas McAdam 



Photographs by Nathan R. Graves and Henry Troth 



Stonework Without a Mason .... Henry B. Mitchell 



Photographs by the author and Claude H. Miller 



When Cannas are at Their Best L. Barron 



Photographs by the author, Henry Troth and E. J. Hall 



House-grown Daffodils for Christmas . .A. M. Kirby 



Photographs by the author and H. E. Angell 



A Timber Crop that Really Pays . . . C. G. Woodbury 



Photographs by the author 



The Simple Art of Budding Stone Fruits 



Photographs by Claude H. Miller 



The Californian's Reminder 



Daisies the Year Round 



P. T. Barnes 



W. II. Morse 

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$133.31 from Fifty Hens H. S. H. 



Restoring a Worn-out Field . M. Earl Can 



Cucumbers in a Garden Hal T. Avery 



The Worst Enemy of the Elm Phineas Nolte 



Photographs by the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station 



Closing the Summer Season (Apiary) . . F. A. Strohschein 



Farm and Garden News 



Some Really Good Cannas L. Barron 



A New Weed Killer F. E. B. 



Peep o' Day Corn E. D. Darlington 



August Work in the Greenhouse 



More About Planting Evergreens 



August Among the Strawberries . . . A . Bonar Baljonr 



Improving the Dairy Herd E. E. Eldredge 



Answers to Queries 



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