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Reminder ------------ 265 



All the Magnolias Worth Growing - Wilhelm Miller 266 



Photographs by H. Troth, A. G. Eldredge and J. Horace McFarland Co. 



Beauty in Garden Grasses - - - Parker T. Barnes 270 



Photographs by H. Troth and N. R. Graves 



A Flower that Blooms in Three Days 7?. T. F. 273 



Photographs by courtesy of University of Texas 



Large-Flowered Chrysanthemums Outdoors - - - 274 



H. G. Taylor 



Photographs by the author 



Tilling the Home Orchard - - - S. W. Fletcher 276 



Photographs by A. B. Haight, Juhn Craij and others 



The Gayest Flowers for Late Fall - Allen French 280 



Photographs by the author 



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A Vegetable Garden in the Semi-Arid Region - 282 



Viola McColm 



Photographs by the author 



An Old Palm Re-Discovered - Ernest Braunton 284 



Photographs by C C. Pierce Co. 



Some Insects that Bother the Melon Patch - 288 



E. Dwight Sanderson 



Photograph by the author 



The Culture of Magnolias ... jr. m. 292 



Photograph by J. Horace McFarland Co. 



Carnations for Cut-Flowers next Winter P. T. Barnes 294 

 Setting out the Summer Bedding Plants - W. Clark 300 



Photographs by N. R. Graves and H. Troth 



Things Worth Trying -------- -304 



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