Cover Design — Carnations: Champion (scarlet) and Philadelphia (pink) 
Readers’ Service - -- -- -- -- -- - 68 
Spring Work Begins - -- -- -- -- -- 75 
Novelties in the Balance - -- -- -- -- 77 
Photographs by J. H. Pepper, J. H. McFarland, C. H. Totty, etc. 
Growing Best Quality Vegetables on a Time Table 
Photographs by the author Adolph Kruhm 80 
The Lure of the Strawberry - Archibald Rutledge 82 
Photographs by the author and N. R. Graves 
About Seed-drills and Wheel-hoes F . F . Rockwell 83 
Photographs by E. R. Rollins and Henry Troth 
Dwarf Apples for the Home Garden Samuel Fraser 85 
Photographs by the author 
Grafting Fruit Trees Made Easy E . I . Farrington 86 
Photographs by S. Leonard Bastin 
The “ Alpine” House — a New Idea for Americans 
Photograph by c. p. Raffiii John Avenel 87 
Trying to Work Peas Overtime - - H. E . Wilson 88 
Just Cheesecloth ------ M . C . Richardson 88 
The Japanese Holly, Ilex Crenata 5 . R . Candler 88 
Photograph by Nathan R. Graves 
Making Dahlias Bloom - -- -- -- -- - 89 
Practical Plans for the Home Grounds Ruth Dean 90 
War on the Bugs of Spring - - - W . C . O'Kane 91 
Gardening for Young Folks - - Ellen Eddy Shaw 
Roberta of Roseberry Gardens - Frances Duncan 
Feminine Garden Tools ----- w . H . E . 
Plant Evergreens ------- J . M . Patterson 
Growing Asters Under Cloth - J . Mortimer Adams 
Two Uncommon Bulbs ----- Nellie Moran 
Fruit For Every Man’s Garden - A . E . Wilkinson 
A Four-Day Cut Flower - - - - E . S . Johnson 
Photograph by Nathan R. Graves 
The Venetian Sumach - - - - Donald F . Jones 
Photograph by J. H. McFarland 
Grafting for Amateurs - - - - S . Leonard Bastin 
Plants for Ground Covers - - - A . Van Gelder 
Soil Mixing Explained ----- A . W . Dufy 
The Peach-Leaved Bellflower - - - Pitt Stone 
Photograph by Nathan R. Graves 
The Globe Headed Elm ------- F . H . 
Food Suggestions ----- Efie M . Robinson 
Cassia and Calliopsis - - - - - E . S . Johnson 
How to Have Success With Roses - L . J . Doogue 
Society Meetings and Exhibitions - -- -- - 128 
More Novelties in the Balance - A. A . Fandoh 130 
New Chrysanthemum Records ------- 133 
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