The Contents 



Things and Thoughts of the Garden 



The Onlooker I 33 



Hardy Roses for the Garden 



Alex. Cummings, Jr. I 34 



Fruit Trees on Walls and Trellises ! 36 



The Treatment of Lawns 1 38 



Ornamental Flower Trees I 39 



Twelve Most Desirable Shrubs for Gardens . . . 



Arthur Smilh 141 



Our Friend the Soil 1 42 



The Bees in Spring Henry W. Sanders 143 



Mellody Farm, Lake Forest, III 1 44 



The Use of Wild Plants in Ornamental Planting 



Alexander Lurie 147 



Growing Orchids from Seed 1 48 



for April 1920 



Nesting Boxes to Attract the Birds . Paul B. Riis 1 49 



Hints on the Care of Young Plants 1 50 



The Month's Work in Garden and Greenhouse 



Henry Gibson I 5 i 



A Lesson on Transplanting Arthur Smith I 53 



National Association of Gardeners 155 



Among the Gardeners 1 56 



Local Societies 157 



The Questionnaire I 59 



Here and There 159 



Renaming German Irises — The Upkeep of 

 Our Parks — Water for Fowls — Floral Life 

 from Past Ages. 



Of General Interest 161 



U. S. Botanic Garden 100 Years Old — 

 American Dahlia Society. 



The Spring Flower Shows I 62 



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Staigreen Lawn Seed 



April is the best month during tlie Spring to make your lawn. While the proper preparation of the 

 ground, fertilizing, rolling and watering is considered very essential, the mixture of grasses is a very 

 important one and should be given considerable thought. 



25- Pound versus 14- Pound LAWN SEED 



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 to leave only the vital part and less of the chaff or shell. 

 In other words, so many less seeds to the quart or pound that will germinate and grow real grass. 



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A mixture of grasses weighing 25 pounds per bushel, of high germination and purity, permanent in 

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 foliage, with the result that the lawn, even in its first year, will have a bright, rich green color from 

 early spring until covered liy snow. 



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