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Readers’ Service 
The Pear Tree Psylla ----- Harold, Clarke 
Preservation of Hen Manure - - - Phineas Nolte 
The Month’s Reminder - - - 
Photographs by A. G. Eldredge and Henry Troth 
The Story of the Modern Rose - - E. H. Wilson 
Photographs by A. G. Eldredge, W. R, Graves, F. R. Smalley and others 
The Suburban Water Supply - - Geo. L. Robinson 
Photographs by C. C. Pierce and others 
The “New Irrigation” for the Small Garden 
F. F. Rockwell 
Photographs by the author and Edward R. Rollins 
A Seven-Acre Country Place - - - - Ruth Dean 
Plan by the author 
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Choice Summer Apples 
Photographs by the author 
Making Garden Soil 
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U . P. Hedrick 
Fertilizing the Garden 
- A r chi bald Rutledge 
- - E. V . Laughlin 
Delphinium “Black Disease” - - 
B. McG. 
Effective Planting on Poor Soil - Mary L. Gibson 
Photograph by the author 
Roberta of Roseberry Gardens 
Frances Duncan 
Gardening for Young Folks - - Ellen Eddy Shaw 
Photographs by A. R. Dugmore, A. G. Eldredge, etc. 
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