January, 1910 



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263 



JANUARY, 1910 



COVER DESIGN Evergreens and Snow 



A Good Beginning 



265 



Planting for Winter Effects . . . I. G. Tabor 266 



Plans by the author ; photographs by N. R. Graves and others 



Wilhelm Miller 269 



A Famous Avenue of Cedars 



Photograph by E. J. Wallis 



Winter Spraying and What It Does . . Leonard Barron 270 



Photographs by the author, S. W. Fletcher and others 



The Best Vines for the Coldest Sections James H. Spencer 272 



Photographs by the author 



An Amateur's Struggle with a Bare Lot . Robert Mayer 274 



Photographs and plan by the author 



Really Efficient Pruning Tools . J . Lukens Kay an 276 



Photographs by the author 



Children's Gardens Everywhere . Ellen Eddy Shaw 278 



Photographs by school children 



Starting Plants Indoors .... W. Palmer 281 



Photographs by Ella M. Beals and W. R. Beattie 



Orchard and Fruit Garden W. H. Jenkins and N. B. White 282 



Photographs by the authors 



The Vegetable Garden 



Photograph by H. B. Fullerton 



More About Winter Spraying 

 Doctoring House Plants 



A Correction 



Winners in the Garden Contest 



. Arthur G. Eldredge 



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W. C. McCollom 286 



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. F. F. R. 290 



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Garden Publications 294 



Time-saving Tools for Use in the Garden . Hollister Sage 296 



Photograph by the author 



A Successful Experiment with Early-planted Dahlias 



Thomas J. Steed 298 



Photograph by the author 



Answers to Queries 



300 



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