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THE Monto’s REMINDER. - Be Rae an ee 200 
RicHtT AND Wronc IN WILD GARDENING Thomas McAdam 270 
Photographs by Vermont Experiment Station, H. Troth and others 
A WILD-FLOWER BED IN A City YARD E. N. Howell 272 
Photographs by the author 
GARDEN Tools THAT REALLY HEDp, III . 
Photographs by the author 
INDESTRUCTIBLE HomE-MADE GARDEN FURNITURE 
E. E. Soderholiz 276 
2 Photographs by the author and Jens Jensen 
A NEW AND BETTER STYLE OF FLOWER BEDDING Henry Maxwell 279 
Photographs by Nathan R. Graves and M. H. Northend 
GrRowiInc Fancy APPLES IN COLORADO S.W. Fletcher 281 
Photographs by the author 
ALL THE SUMMER SPIREAS WorTH GRowinc W.E. Pendleton 284 
Photographs by Nathan R. Graves 
. H. Howard Pepper 286 
4 Pho tocranhe by the ane 
(Coop OwArmy IN BEANS . . =... + 8, ID IDs Bee 
Better WAys oF Fruit PRESERVING. .Laura B. Carpenter 288 
Photographs by Parker Thayer Barnes 
J. Lukens Kayan 274 
An At To TIDINESS 
JUNE, 1908 
Nathan R. Graves 
PROLONGING THE SUMMER SEASON 
COLLARDS IN THE SOUTH . Se 
Photographs by the author 
PROPAGATING HARDY GARDEN ROSES. . Abel R. Corbin 
In THE MELON AND CucUMBER PATCH Harold Clark 
Photographs by U. S. Department of Agriculture 
ORNAMENTAL FRUITS OF JUNE Alfred Rehder 
WHEN SWEET Pras FAIL . . Hilda Cunningham 
Photograph by the Athos 
Tuer OLpEst FLowers In CuttivaTion—III. THe MANDRAKE 
Thomas McAdam 
F. H. Valentine 
Psi oi : Steed 
Photograph by J. P. Troy 
GREENS FOR YARDED FowLs . 
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SUMMER SEPARATING Perio eaneu Ay om rae acu ot tt MOL Se 
THE CULTURE OF LARKSPURS ONL eee es Ae Wa era gic 
PROTECTING THE STRAWBERRIES... . . * = =F.C.B. 
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F. N. DOUBLEDAY, President 
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