April, 1911 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
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The planting and transplanting of vegetables are simple problems if you have 
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Home Vegetable Gardening 
By F. F. ROCKWELL 
T HERE are many books that treat of vegetable gar¬ 
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By GRACE TABOR 
T HERE have been many books published within the 
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