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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



September, 190? 



TALK- OF-THE- OFFICE 



TO THOSE INTERESTED IN GOOD PRINTING 



DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 

 have established The Open Shop and 

 brought together a large number of skilled 

 men. 



To keep these employed and eventually 

 we hope many more, in steady and comfort- 

 able employment, we have decided to offer 



our facilities to our advertisers who have the 

 same printing ideals which we are working 

 out in our own magazines, Country Life in 

 America, The World's Work, and this maga- 

 zine. 



In addition to good men to do the work, 

 we have the newest machinery, and a collec- 

 tion of more than thirty thousand photo- 

 graphs of horticultural, and indeed, all sorts 

 of outdoor subjects, and our own photo- 

 graphers are adding five thousand or more 

 plates yearly. 



We desire to secure work from the adver- 

 tisers in The Garden Magazine and Farm- 

 ing, and shall be pleased to be consulted and 

 to undertake catalogues, pamphlets, and gen- 

 eral advertising matter from friends who care 

 to avail themselves of our photographs and 

 printing facilities. 



Address Country Life Printing Department, 

 133-137 East 16th Street, New York. 



THE PALL PLANTING NUMBER 



Every year we make an appeal for intelli- 

 gent fall planting in a number which we in- 

 tend shall be about the best in the year. 



We know that there is a prejudice among 

 some people against planting in the fall, but 

 if the work is properly done, and if the 

 stock is properly selected, and further if the 

 things are planted which should properly be 

 planted in the autumn, a real advance will be 

 accomplished, and a whole year saved. A 

 further advantage is gained in getting better 

 attention from the nursery proprietors than in 

 the spring when the rush is on ; and last, but 

 not least, any work that can be saved in the 

 spring adds to the peace and quiet of the 

 amateur gardener's life. 



All of these things we have said before, and 

 we expect to repeat them until we have im- 

 pressed upon a hundred thousand readers of 

 this magazine, the merits of the plan. 



THE GARDEN AND FARMING YEAR BOOK 



Please do not forget that we need the help 

 of every interested reader in the way of sug- 

 gesting subjects they would like to see treated 

 in this work that we are preparing. We 

 mean that it shall be a guide in any garden or 

 farm problem. Here is a list of some of the 

 subjects treated in last year's book ( of which 

 not a copy remains): 



Animal Diseases and their Remedies. 



Best Varieties of Fruits. 



Closed Season for Game. 



Cooking Time Table. 



Farmers' Bulletins. 



Fertilizer Facts. 



Formulae for Grafting Wax. 



Gardeners' Planting Tables. 



How to Foretell the Weather. 



Preserving Fggs. 



Ration Value of Stock Foods. 



Signs of the Zodiac and What They Mean. 



Truth About Weather Prophecies. 



When to Expect Frost. 



Yield per Acre of Crops. 



Here are some new subjects we propose to 

 add: 



The Best Tree for all Pu.poses; their Charac- 

 teristics and Rapidity of Growth. 



How to Utilize the Tarm's Waste Products. 



Fertilizers for Special Crops and Plow to Mix 

 Them at Home. 



Hay and Permanent Pasture Mixtures and the 

 Best Way to Establish Them. 



New Inventions of Interest to Farmers and 

 Gardeners. 



Noteworthy Agricultural Achievements in 1907. 



Calendar of Garden Operations — What to Do- 

 Each Month. 



The Best Flowers for Every Place and Purpose. 



A Planting Table for Florists and Gardeners. 



When, Where and How to Plant Bulbs. 



Facts about Road Making. 



What the Farmer Can Do with Concrete. 



About Poultry. 



Lumber Measurement Tables. 



Storing Farm Products and Eest Time and! 

 Methods. 



Weights and Value of Farm and Garden 

 Products. 



Cost per Acre of Flowing, Harrowing, Seeding 

 and Harvesting. 



Homestead and Irrigation Laws. 



Farm and Garden Bookkeeping. 



Bee-keeping Rules. 



Information for Carpenters and Builders. Best 

 Woods to Use, What They Cost in Dif- 

 ferent Localities, How to Estimate Amount 

 Required of Shingles, Weather Boards, Floor- 

 ing Siding, etc. 



Short Cuts in Arithmetic. 



Farm Laws in Different States. 



Spraying Calendar and Identification Chart for 

 Fungous Diseases and Insect Pests. 



Facts about Draining Land. 



Will you suggest others that your expe- 

 rience has taught you to want to know about ? 

 Write at once. 



THE GARDEN LIBRARY 



There are two new volumes in preparation 7 

 one on " Water Gardens," by Henri Hus and 

 H. S. Conard, and another on "House 

 Plants," by Parker Thayer Barnes. These 

 will probably be ready this fall. The volume 

 on "Daffodils and Narcissus," by A. M. 

 Kirby, illustrated by thirty half-tone plates, 

 is ready. The price of the books of this series 

 is $1.21 postpaid. The books and new edi- 

 tions are on feather-weight paper, and more 

 attractive than ever, we think. 



BOOKS THAT WILL ESPECIALLY INTEREST 

 READERS OF THIS MAGAZINE 



We arc preparing a special catalogue of 

 Nature and Garden Books which will be of 

 especial interest to the readers of The Gar- 

 den Magazine. This list is not confined to 

 our own publications but includes all the most 

 generally interesting books on the subject. 

 This we hope to have ready in the early fall, 

 and shall be glad to mail it to anyone on 

 request. 



