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Our American Home Gardens . . . .357 
Our Flag . 358 
Things and Thoughts of the Garden 
The Onlooker 359 
A Noteworthy Massachusetts Estate 
Wm.N.Cr^ig 361 
The Autumn Fohage 365 
Beautiful Surroundings an Antidote to War's 
Horrors 366 
A Hint for the 1918 War Garden . . 366 
The Development of the Dahlia . . 367 
Work for November in the Garden 
John Johnson 368 
The Greenhouse, Month to Month . 
W. R. Fowkes 369 
Cultural Notes on Rhododendrons . . . 370 
The Snapdragon . . Abrahan Wynne 371 
Planting Bulbs for Next Spring 
Lilium Formosum . . Thomas Wilson 
Fall Sowing of Sweet Peas . . . . 
Eustoma Russellianum 
Skimmia Japonica 
Shirley Poppies 
Forestry Upon the Private Estate and Its 
Landscape Possibilities Arthur Smith 
Herbaceous Paeonies .... 
Strawberry Plants in Pots for Christmas 
Iris Rosenbachiana .... 
Our Cover Illustration 
A Hardy Dwarf Hedge Plant 
A Unique Flower Show Program 
Preserve the Beautiful 
An Appeal to Rosarians . 
National Association of Gardeners 
Local Society Notes 
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Stumpp & Walter Co.'s FALL Catalog 
A complete list of all 
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 
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