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Cover Design — Strawberry .-.- _ _ .. D. E. Ly 



Alice Slosson 300 

 W. H. Jenkins 302 



The Month's Reminder - .--- 297 



The Best Bush Bean to Grow - - - Adolph Kruhm 298 



Photograph by the author 



A Transplanted Summer Garden - - 



Photograph by the author 



The Home Strawberry Bed - - - 



Photograph by D. E. Lyon 



Tall Perennials for Special Purposes 



Gladys Hyatt Sinclair 303 



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Herbaceous Perennials that are Positively Hardy 



C. L. Metier 305 



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Wild Flowers for the Home Garden - Elsie McFate 306 



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Perennials for the Shady Nook - - - Norman Taylor 308 



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



LoNG-LrvED Evergreens for Gardens - Wilhelm Miller 310 



Photographs by A. G. Eldredge and others 



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The Child's Garden ------ Ellen Eddy Shaw 314 



Photographs by M. L. Green. W. S. Kimball and others 



Readers' Experience Club -- 316 



Preventive Work for Early Summer - W. H. Jenkins 318 



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How a Strawberry Bed Was Made - - - S. T. Lyon 322 



Starting a Muskmelon Crop - - - - F. F. Rockwell 324 



Young People's Club ___________ 328 



Do These Things Now !----- Thomas J. Steed 330 



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An Early Blooming White Shrub ... Ered Haxton 332 



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Necessary Garden Tools - - - - - M. Roberts Conover 334 



My Home-made Garden Roller - - - - F. H. Mason 334 



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Tree and Garden Labels ----- Charles C. Whedon 336 



Photograph by W. S. Kimball 



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