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PIRELE bel OUSEMING WHESOUIBUIRBStrariens ito 3: hee Hate w eee eee By Robert Leonard Ames — 39 
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(ANG MREHMDE CS OWING OWSEre ra ose. aoe els we eee By Rutherford M. Nesbit 50 
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PIANOSEIN  REVADION STG! SHPIR SURROUNDINGS. «2.26.6. es eee ees By Mira Edson 56 
CARNATION GROWING ROR EVERYONE. ¢o05 207.0 606 cena ee ee ed By Mary W. Mount 58 
Is (GIRS Js DAIRAIDSINITE oc, Posen oto dec gece Cee Oe a By Harry Martin Yeomans 61 
BEE ME MPING IA SPAR EASININIEY times ols Aan die cr ce k a ews Re eee ees By E. I. Farrington 63 
WITHIN THE House—Concerning Draperies............... By Harry Martin Yeomans 66 
AROUND THE GARDEN—February Gardening, Indoors and Out....................... 68 
HeLps To THE HousewirE—Something About the Luncheon...... By Elizabeth Atwood 70 
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