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Editorial Notes[5]
THE ASTER
By Lora S. La Mance
History of the Aster[6]
The Modern Aster[6]
General Culture of the Aster[7-11]
About Seed, [7]—Time to Start Asters, [8]—Preparing an Aster Bed, [8]—Mulching and Watering, [8]—Insect Foes of Asters, [9]—Other Cultural Rules, [11]
The Aster as a Cut Flower[11]
Leading Varieties of Asters[12-13],
The Winter Woods (Poem)[13]
The Live Oak (Poem)[13]
Information Box[14-15],
Communications[16-30]

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