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The Great Orchid of the Western World - 127 



Photograph by Arthur G. Eldredge 



"Stone Walls Do Not a Prison Make — " - 128 



Photograph by Mary H. Northend 



Distant Shore and Bay are a Receding Echo 



of Nearby Cedars and Dogwoods - - -. 129 



Photograph by Mattie E. Hewitt 



Tulip Beliefs That are All Wrong and Some 



Unexplained Mysteries Sherman R. Duffy 130 

 Photograph by Henry Troth 



Transplanting Big Trees - Edward S. Draper 132 

 Photographs supplied by the author 



Avoiding Winter Loss in the Hardy Garden 



H. H. Greene 134 



The Garden Season's Climax W. Frank Purdy 135 



Photographs by Mattie E. Hewitt 



All Kinds of Greenhouses ------- 137 



Photographs by Mattie E. Hewitt and others 



"Speaking Of — " ----------- 142 



The Multitudes of Vegetable Varieties — Fewer and 

 Better Seeds — The Cost of Living 



Through the Garden Gate Louise B. Wilder 143 



The Romance of Our Trees — II, The Ginkgo 



Ernest H. Wilson 144 



Photographs by the author, George Oakes Stoddard, 

 Henry Troth, and others 



Taking the Vegetable Garden Into the Cellar 



Raymond L. Fedder 149 

 Photographs by the author 



Among Our Garden Neighbors - - - - - - 151 



The Open Column ----------152 



Cutting Down Delphiniums — Phosphorus in Fertilizers 

 — Habits of the Greek Mullein — A New Bush-honey- 

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The Month's Reminder --------153 



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