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Photographs by A. G. Eldredge and W. S. Kimball 



TAGE p A GE 



Plain Facts About Some Common Evergreen Trees 18 



Photographs by G. O. Stoddard, A. G. Eldredge and others 



The Newer Tulips and Daffodils - Joseph Jacob g 



Photographs by A. G. Eldredge and N. R. Graves 



Gardening at No. 1869 



Nina R. Allen 11 



The Convention Garden, Boston ----- 



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



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Fruiting Strawberries in Winter 



Photographs by the author 



E. I. F. 17 



Water Lilies Without Lakes or Pools 



Photograph by the author 



L. J. Doogue 20 



August Opportunities in Plant Raising 



Photographs by W. S. Kimball and others 



J as. T. Scott 21 



Suggestions for the Home Table Effie M. Robinson 24 



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