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Stfje Contents — August, X9X8 
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Things and Thoughts of the Garden 
The Onlooker 344 
Planting the Rock or Alpine Garden 
Geo. H. Chisholii 346 
Seasonable Notes on Ornamental Climbers . 349 
Flowers Pumping and Exploding . . . 350 
Some Peculiarities of Plant Life W . C. Egan 35 1 
Begonia Alice Manning 353 
Clarkias for Garden and and Greenhouse . 353 
Hardy Phlox for Border and Color Effects . 353 
Rose Nellie Parker . . . . . .354 
Memorial — Jackson Thornton Dawson . .355 
To Enlarge U. S. Botanic Garden . . 356 
The Hollies and Their Cultivation . . 358 
Work for Month of September Henry Gibson 359 
Remodeling Greystone 360 
Fall Planting of Shrubs 360 
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Hardy Ferneries 360 
Creating the Bog Garden Arthur Smith 361 
Liquidambar Styraciflua 362 
The Snapdragon 362 
Pentstemons — Their Value in the Garden . 363 
Autumn Sowing and Renovation . . . 364 
Plants from Spores of Boston Fern . . 364 
The Diabroticas . . . R. A. Sell 365 
The Iris Worm . . . P. S. Snow 365 
A Wild Flower Garden M. M. Rathbun 366 
The Budding of the Lilacs .... 366 
National Association of Gardeners' Notes . 367 
Among the Gardeners 367 
American Association of Park Superintend- 
ents' Notes 368 
Horticultural Events 369 
Local Societies and Clubs Notes . . . 370 
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