owing to their desirability, it follows are soon " out of ^ock." 

 ^ A word regarding the new format of OUR GARDEN 

 Journal. The pages are (as you have noticed) Pitched and 

 bound into the cover in^ead of ** loose leaf " as heretofore. I 

 relucftantly made this change, because a great majority of 

 the subscribers expressed their preference to have the pages 

 Pitched and bound and as it is my desire that OUR GARDEN 

 Journal be as the subscribing Members desire it. 

 ^ I prefer it " loose leaf " but in deference to the expressed 

 preference, for this year at lea^ it will be bound. I have made 

 some changes in the ** make up " that help to reconcile me 

 to abandoning at lea^ for the time being the loose leaves, 

 but I sincerely hope that the many Subscribers who like myself 

 preferred that form will find OUR GARDEN JOURNAL in 

 its new dress ^ill as attracftive as heretofore. 



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