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<EX\t Contents— September, 19X6 
Page 
Things and Thoughts of the Garden 
By The Onlooker 384 
The Rock Garden in September 
Wm. N. Craig 387 
Opportunities of the Garden .... 388 
Planting a Wild Garden .... 390 
New and Desirable Herbaceous Plants . 
By Arthur E. Thatcher 391 
A Botanical Paradox 394 
How Japs Grow Miniature Trees . . . 394 
Growing Ivy 395 
Mushroom Culture 395 
The Floriculture of New Orleans . . . 396 
International Flower Show .... 398 
Photographic Contest 398 
George W. Hess Honored .... 398 
Malnutrition in Trees . Bm Arthur S ilh 399 
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Park Drainage, Driveways and Walks . . 400 
Work for the Month of October 
By Henry Gibson 401 
Planting Time and Care of Trees . . . 402 
Hints on Transplanting 403 
In the Glass House from Month to Month. 
W. R. Fowkes 404 
Dynamite for Soils 405 
Senecio Chivorum 406 
The Budding of Lilacs 406 
American Association of Park Superintend- 
ents' Notes 407 
National Association of Gardeners' Notes . 408 
Among the Gardeners 409 
The Gardener's Wage 409 
Horticultural Events 410 
Local Society and Garden Club Notes . . 411 
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