March, 1913 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



75 



The Call 

 of the 

 Carpenter 



By BOUCK WHITE 



A Vision of the Newer 

 Christianity 



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Frontispiece by Balfour Ker. Decorations 

 by Frank Bittner 



What One Critic Says 



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