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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA 
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Things and Thoughts of the Garden . 
The Onlooker 
Forestry Upon the Private Estate and Its Land- 
scape Possibilities . . Aiihur Sriih 
Forcing Darwin Tulips 
Raising Winter-Flowering Begonias 
Box Barberry 
Drying Fruits and Vegetables in the Home . 
Garden Chemistry in Soil Cultivation . 
JVilliam B. Cillies 
October's Work in the Garden John Johnson 
Seed Sowing Suggestions . Wrr. B. Craig 
Greenhouse, Month to Month W. B. Fowkes 
Our Flag 
Europe's Ravaged Gardens to Be Reconstructed 
Duration of Leaves 
Hedges 
Hardy Ornamental Fruiting Trees and Shrubs 
John Dunbar 
North Shore Horticultural Hall . . . . 
American Association of Park Superintendents 
National Association of Gardeners 
Lccal Society Notes 
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Oak Brand Shrubs 
1 he Kind You Can Depend 
On Depending Upon 
\7 0U can depend on depending upon them 
Y liecausc every one of them has a fibrous 
niaf-3 (if strong, vigorous rootlets that 
insures its hardiness and shapely top growth. 
Grown with care. Dug with care. Graded 
with care. Packed with care. 
llclow we list some of the choicest ones. 
We can promptly supply you with as many 
of each as you want. Send for prices, stating 
quantity desired. 
HYDRANGEA PANICULATA GRANDIFLORA 
111 liciKlits a,s follows: 1'- 1'/ ; 1,' . .'-."; 2'-j' ; 3'-4' ; 4'-5'. 
VIBURNUM PLICATUM 
(lidwii tHini cuttings rierht here in America. Abso- 
lutch lualtli\. Don't t.ikc cliances on foreign deliveries 
this > ivir. Ill htiglits .IS follows: W-iV; 2'-3'; 3'-4'; 4'-5'. 
BERBERRIS THUNBERGII 
(Jrown front cuttings. In heights as follows: 8"-12"; 
12"-18"; 18"-24"; 24"-,»". 
SPIRAEA 
\'an Houttci. In heights as follows: 2' -"3'; 3'-4'; 4'-5'. 
Send for complete price list of Oak Brand Shrltbs. 
WEIGELEAS 
Eva Rathke— li4'-2'. 
liana. Variegatal— 1;4'-2'; 2'-3'; 3'-4'. 
Rosea ( Flanda)— 3'-4'; 4' 5'. 
The Gonard & Jones Go. 
Robert Pyle, Pres. Antoine Wintzer, Vice-Pres. 
West Grove, Pa. 
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Stumpp & Walter Co.'s FALL Catalog 
A roiiiJ->lcfc list of (ill 
NEW and RARE BULBS 
For Fall Planting and Exhibition 
The Best Novelties in DARWIN— BREEDER and COTTAGE TULIPS, 
DAFFODILS— DUTCH HYACINTHS. 
S. & W. CO.'S NEW COLORED FREESIAS — 
NEW EARLY FLOWERING DUTCH IRIS 
NOVELTY WINTER FLOWERING SPENCER SWEET PEAS 
Best Australian and Californian Varieties 
// we drj not have your name on our catalog register, please write for one. 
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30-32 Barclay Street 
NEW YORK GITY 
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