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JUNE, 1909 



COVER DESIGN English Primroses (see article page 284) ..... 



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Act Before June ist 281 



The Gypsy Moth, a Serious Shade Tree Menace . . 282 

 The Brown Tail Moth, the Worst Flying Pest of Our Trees 283 



Photographs by Luke J. Doogue 



English Primroses for City Gardens . H. C. Anderson 284 



Photographs by the author 



Lawn Tools You Really Need . . J. Lukens Kayan 285 



Photographs by the author 



English Effects With Alpine Flowers . .Wilhelm Miller 289 



Photographs by E. J. Wallis and H. E. Angell 



Think Now About Dwarf Fruit Trees . W. C. McCollom 293 



Photographs by the author 



Children's Gardens Everywhere . . Ellen Eddy Sfmw 296 



Photographs by the author 



Gladioli for June Planting . . . Thomas McAdam 297 



Photograph by Nathan R. Graves 



Carnations and Roses for Cut Flowers . . J. T. Scott 297 

 Eating the Fire Bean .... Laura B. Carpenter 297 

 Fumigating with Hydrocyanic Acid Gas . W. C. McCollom 298 



Photographs by the author 



Ten Bushels of Potatoes from One of Seed .... 



Julia Adams Powell 298 

 Pleasures of Having a Fern Garden . Edward J. Canning 298 



Photograph by the author 



An Experiment in Taming Trollius . Sherman R. Duffy 300 



Killing the Weeds 



Cultivating 



Photograph by Mrs. J. Bernard 



Using Up the Rose Petals 



Aloes as a Spray 



Wild Flowers Worth Improving 



Photograph by Nathan R. Graves 



Roses in Colorado 



A Rose Stunt for June . . . Laura 



Photograph by P. T. Barnes 



The Garden in June 



Depth to Plant — A Question of Latitude? 

 The Wild Grape as a Porch Vine . 

 More About the Groundsel Tree . 

 Garden Notes and News .... 

 A Vacation Problem in School Gardening 



Photograph by the author 



Random Notes in Season . 



The Wallflower Fallacy 



Japanese Irises on a Hill Top . 



Important Jobs to Do Now 



Chickens in Our Garden . 



Red Flowers From May to November 



H. C. Anderson 



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