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Cover Design — Bringing in the Christmas Tree - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - j, Paul Verrees 
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Editorials - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- i6i The Romance of the Mistletoe - - -J.W. Chamberlin 173 
Photographs by X. R. Graves and Brown Bros. 
Community Christmas Trees - - - Geraldine Ames 162 Decor.a.tive House Plants for Inside the House 
Photographs by Undenvood & Underwood 
174 
Growing Seeds for the World - - - Adolph Kruhm 164 
Photographs supplied by the author 
Pruning A Fitting Winter Actiyity - - -M.G.Kains 168 
Photographs by the author 
The Month’s Reminder - -- -- -- -- - 176 
Odds and Ends from Everywhere ------ - 177 
Southern Planting Continues - - - J. M. Patterson 180 
The a B C of Spraying ----- Alden Fearing 170 
Photographs by Nathan R. Graves and others 
Society Notes and .News - -- -- -- -- - 182 
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