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The Month's Reminder 149 



Photoeraph by Arthur G. Eldredge 



Novelties Among the Chrysanthemums - - - 151 



Photographs by J. H. Pepper and E. D. Smith 



Roberta of Roseberry Gardens - Frances Duncan 153 



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The Making oe Miniature Gardens 5. Leonard Bastin 157 



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Fresh Vegetables All Winter - - F. F. Rockwell 158 



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The Gardens of the Panama-Pacific Exposition 



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A Three- Year Old Garden of Quick Growers 



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"Cushaw," a Good Name Neglected -C.N. Lyle 164 



Squash on a Trellis - - - Walter C. Wood 164 



Nasturtiums and Phlox Indoors - - - M. F. B. 164 



Tea Roses Outdoors in Michigan - Mary Rutner 164 



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What's the Matter with the Dahlias? - E. W. Davis 



The Old Black Gilliflower Apple - S. A. Beach 



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