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parents in regard to si limits 



75 



Cover Design — Wistaria 



Nathan R. Graves 



The Month's Reminder ------------ 77 



The Trick of Sowing Flower Seeds - - - H. S. Adams 78 



Photographs by Arthur G. Eldredge 



The Whole Art of Raising Seedlings Parker Thayer Barnes 



Photographs by W. C. McCollom, W. S. Kimball and others 



Why Some Seeds Do Not Grow ---------- 



Growing High Quality China Asters - - - G.W. Kerr 



Photographs by the author, N. R. Graves and others 



Some Troubles of the Aster -------- L. B. 



Vegetables for a Family of Seven - - W. C. Richardson 



Photographs by the author 



Starting Vegetables Indoors - - - - - F. F. Rockwell 



Photographs by H. C. Ingram and others 



Better Fruit from Proper Pruning - - W. C. McCollom 



Photographs by William S. Kimball 



Sowing Vegetables for Succession - - - I. M. Angell 93 



Photographs by the author 



A Bachelor Girl's Vegetable Garden - - Barbara Arden 94 



Photographs by the author 



Why and How to Spray - - - - - - E. L. D. Seymour 96 



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The Child's Garden ------- Ellen Eddy Shaw 97 



Readers' Experience Club ----------- gg 



Some Asters Worth Growing ----- G.W. Kerr 100 



Photographs by the author and N. R. Graves 



Our Enemy, the Cutworm -------- E. L. D. S. 106 



An Unfamiliar Acanthus -------- E. Clarke no 



Photograph by the author 



Growing Palms from Seed - - - - - Parker T. Barnes 112 



Red Berries for Next Christmas - - - - L. J. Doogue 114 



Photographs by the author and H. Troth 



Gardening in Florida -------- E.P.Powell 118 



Planting for Summer Harvests - - - Thomas J. Steed 122 



More Remarkable Koonti Facts - - - - John Gijford 124 



Photograph by the author 



What Annuals One Ought to Plant - M. Roberts Conover 128 



How I Grow Cucumbers --_-._ ^ 



Sweet Peas That Are Worth While - - George E. Wolfe 138 



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