CONTENTS 
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Acknowledgments ---------- - ix 
The Conflict of the Winds - -- -- -- -- 1 
Editors 
Consider the Soil - -- -- -- -- -- 3 
Information furnished by Beulah D. Hughes 
and Government and States’ Bulletins, Etc. 
Creating Beautiful Surroundings - -- -- -- 17 
Editors 
The Green Frame of the Garden - -- -- -- - 23 
Louise Belsterling 
Native Shrubs - -- -- -- -- - 33 
Anna Hearne Newbury 
Hosts of Gay Flowering Plants - -- -- -- - 39 
Valerie Schoellkopf Moore 
Chrysanthemums - -- -- -- -- - 48 
Minnie L. Marcus 
Acid-Loving Plants - -- -- -- -- 53 
Editors 
Annuals for a Season - -- -- -- -- 55 
Editors 
Vines and Trailing Plants - - - - - - - 59 
Editors 
Southwestern Native Plants - - - - - - - 65 
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Native Plants - -- -- -- -- - 7 0 
Anna Hearne Newbury 
Color—the Secret of Charm -------- - 75 
Margaret and Marian Price Scruggs 
Propagation - -- -- -- -- -- - 85 
Leda Stimson Doolittle and Marion Doolittle Potts 
Garden Secrets - -- -- -- -- - 95 
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