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CONTENTS 
CHAPTER PAGE 
XIX— A Day of Play 147 
XX — The Garden Gives Its Reward ... 155 
XXI— The Drought 163 
XXII — Our Phloxes and Heliotrope. ... 17 1 
XXIII— The End of the Drought 179 
XXIV — The Fall of One of the Spruces. . 187 
XXV — Our Golden Glow and Hollyhocks 195 
XXVI — Water Gardens and Other Things 203 
XXVII — Early August Days 21 1 
XXVIII — Little Joseph Wins the Tourna- 
ment 219 
XXIX — The Return Home 227 
XXX — September Days 236 
XXXI — Getting Ready for Bulb-Planting 244 
XXXII — Chrysanthemums 252 
XXXIII — The Autumn Work 261 
XXXIV — Days Near Thanksgiving 269 
XXXV — The Snow 277 
