Cover Design — Dogwood (Cornus Horida) ----------- Arthur G. Eldredge 



Readers' Service ------------- 



The Month's Reminder ---------- 



Photographs by W. C. McCollom and others 



The War on the Bugs - - - - - W. C. O'Kane 



Photographs by the author 



What the War Means to the American Gardener 

 Starting Right with Fall Set Trees and Shrubs 



F. F. Rockwell 



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



Preventing White Grub Attacks ------- 



The Easy Road to Success with Bulbs C. J. Hunt 



Photographs by A. G. Eldredge and others 



Ever Plant Vegetables in the Fall? - A. Kruhm 



Photographs by the author 



Spiking vs. Tying Tomato Vines - - - - C. M. G. 

 Growing Bulbs in the House - - - Nina R. Allen 



Photographs by the author and N. R. Graves 



American Rose Society ---------- 



Some Novel Ways of Growing Bulbs S. Leonard Bastin 



Photographs by the author 



Saving the Summer's Flowers - - Luke J. Doogue 



Photographs by the author 



Flowers for the North Side of the House - G. Allen 



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My Experience with Fall Planting Walter E. Campbell 

 Clean up Your Garden ------ E. Wilson 



Fall Care of the Strawberry Bed A. E. Wilkinson 

 Alstromerias Grown Outdoors - - - - G. E. Behr 



Fall Planted Sweet Peas - - Ethel A. S. Peckham 



Photograph by Nathan R. Graves 



The Seventeen- year Locust for Next Year 



Harold Clarke 

 Roses from Slips -------- H. B. Harts 



Bulbs for School and Home - - Ellen Eddy Shaw 



Photograph by William S. Kimball 



For the Southern Gardener - - - J. M. Patterson 

 Bulbs and the Dibble - - - - - E. S. Johnson 



Canning Vegetables by the Cold Pack Method 



Grace M. Smith 

 Amateur Bulb Notes ------ Fred Haxton 



Bulbs for Indoor Use - - - - - - - E. M. F. 



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An Excellent Double Tulip 



Photograph by Nathan R. Graves 



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