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Our GENUINE NORTHERN FRANCE Lilium 

 Candidum planted now, will result in a most suc- 

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Delivered in original French Hampers of 

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PEONIES 



At Pre- War Prices 



You will be surprised and delighted to know that most of our 

 peonies have not advanced in price. 



From my large stock, I send out only plants of my own growing. 

 I warrant the varieties to be true to name. A customer who grows 

 flowers for market bought 5,000 plants in 1917 and is back for 8,000 

 plants this fall. This is significant, for he must have strong, healthy 

 stock that is true to name. 



A Philadelphia lady writes: 



"Last fall I purchased two lots of peony plants from you, and a neighbor 

 wants me to duplicate that order for her." 



Another customer who saw them in June placed an order for 400 of 

 tiie two-year size, averaging one dollar each. This proves that our 

 plants and prices are right. 



Our illustrated booklet will help you in the selection, time of plant- 

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Cover Design ------- J. P. Verrees 



PAGE 



Quickened by the Magic of a Bit of Stone - 45 



'Photograph by Mattie E. Hewitt 



Aflame and Yet Unconsumed ------ 46 



Photograph by J. Horace McFarland 



Along Stepping Stones and Steps Down to a 

 Broad Tapis Vert --------- 47 



Photograph supplied by Mrs. Frank S. Streeter 



My Garden in Verdun Maude Ballington Booth 48 

 Photograph supplied by the author 



Sculpture in the Garden - Jean De Strelecki 50 



Photographs by the author 



Interest in Iris is World-Wide 



R. S. Sturtevant, Sherman R. Duffy, B. Y. 

 Morrison, C. W . H. Heideman, A. J . Bliss - 54 

 Photographs by B. Y. Morrison 



Herbaceous Plants, and Planting Them for 

 Next Year's Bloom - - - - Grace Tabor 57 

 Photographs by Arthur Eldredge, J. Horace McFar- 

 land and Mary Ndrthend 



Through the Garden Gate Louise B. Wilder 64 

 Photograph by Henry Troth 



Among Our Garden Neighbors ------ 66 



The Open Column ----------67 



More About Dahlias — Does Cutting Back Injure Lark- 

 spur? — How Perennial Is a Foxglove? — Help for Sedum 

 Hunters — Sowing Annuals in Summer — Transforming 

 the Back Lot — Sowing New Zealand Spinach. 

 Photographs by Mrs. Walter King Sharpe, Sherman 

 R. Duffy and F. D. Carr 



"Speaking Of — " ----------70 



The Educational Value of Flower Shows" — New Devel- 

 opments in Urban Gardening Interests" — New Peonies 

 From Out of the West" — Seed Growing at Home" — 

 Brown Patches On the Lawn" 



The Month's Reminder --------71 



The Open Column (Continued) — ----- 78 

 What Makes a Tree Hardy? Trachelium caeruleum 



Leonard Barron, Editor 



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