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APRIL, 1910 



COVER DESIGN Mrs. Thompson's garden al Canandaigua, N. Y. 



Tabloid Hints 155 



Planting for Color Harmony in the Flower Garden 



Mrs. Francis King and Sherman R. Duffy 156 



Photographs by Mrs. King 



The Best Trees for Lawn, Street and Woodland Planting 



/. /. Levison 160 



Photographs by the author 



The Season's History of a Common Geranium Luke J. Doogue 161 



Photographs by the author 



A Real Planting Table for Vegetables 5. Prentiss Baldwin 162 

 Planting Flowers for Succession Effects M. T. R. 165 



Photographs by the author 



Flowering Shrubs for Continuous Effects E. L.D.Seymour 166 



Photographs by N. R. Graves, H. Troth, and others 



The Great Importance of Yew . . . Wilhelm Miller 170 



Photograph by E. J. Wallis 



Ten Years Growing Hardy Carnations Mrs. L. J. Bates 171 



Photographs by Nathan R. Graves 



Gardening Suggestions by "Veronica," ii 173 



Photographs by A. G. Eldredge and the author 



Children's Gardens Everywhere . Ellen Eddy Shaw 174 



Photographs by E. Mahoney, H. Shultz and others 



Planting the Cane and Bush Fruits . W. H. Jenkins 176 



Photographs by the author 



Sowing the Seeds Photographs by the author . W . C . McCollom 177 

 Double Crops All Season . . . George F. Jenks 178 

 Japanese Iris From Seed Photograph by the author Matilda Laning 1 78 



A. R. Dugmore after photograph by A T . R. Graves 



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Astonishing Improvement in Easter Lily Culture W. M. 180 

 A Busy Man's Vegetable Garden . . C. A. Hartley 182 



Photograph by the author 



A Woman's Vegetable Garden in a New Hampshire Camp 



Nuslika 184 

 One Hundred Dollars from a Small Lot . U. R. Perrine 188 



For the Children 188 



A Sure Way to Have Sweet Peas . . F. H. Moore 190 



Photograph by Nathan R. Graves 



Nasturtiums Grown on a Slate Pile . W. B. Reed 192 



Garden Publications 192 



Potato Growing Photographs by the author . . M. Stenson 194 



Planting in Full Swing . . . Thomas J. Steed 198 



Photograph by the author 



Growing Asters by the Hundred . Mrs. F. W. Graves 200 



Photograph by the author 



Notes for the Spring Season 

 Cooperative Gardening on a City Lot 



Photograph by the author 



What One Squash Vine Did 



Chickens in the Garden 



Making a Cinder Drive Photograph by the author 



The Right Kind of Cat Guard . 



Photograph by Leonard Barron 



Answers to Queries .... 





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C. F. 



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F. H. Valentine 



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