October, 190 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



111 



COVER DESIGN — The Xlnta Grape (See article on page 



G. W. 



The Month's Reminder 



Farm and Garden News 



Why You Should Grow Dwarf Fruit Trees P. T. Barnes 



Photographs by F. A. Waugh, N. R. Graves and others 



Mushrooms in Frost-proof Buildings William McCollom 



Photographs by the author and others 



A Notable Improvement in Narcissus Thomas McAdam 



Photographs by N. R. Graves 



Making a Frost Proof Storage Cellar . A. T. Raven 



Photographs by B. M. Watson, H. E. Angell and others 



Trees and Shrubs for Fall Planting . Leonard Barron 



Photographs by N. R. Graves and others 



How to Get the Highest Price for Eggs . E. Granger 



Photographs by the author 



Real Cider and Pure Vinegar . . . F. H. Valentine 



Photographs by F. W. McClure, P. T. Barnes and others 

 NATURAL BULB PLANTING Photograph by Leonard Barron .... 



Flowers that Bloom Amid the Snow . WUhelm Miller 



Photographs by N. R. Graves 



The Easlest Way to Have Flowers All Winter 



Photographs by N. R. Graves and others Henry Maxwell 



Getting Ready for Winter . . . . F. A. Strohschein 



Photographs by the author 



Home Gardening in Vermont .... Helen Dodd 



Photographs by the Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station and others 



Make the Hens Pay F. H. Valentine 



Starting Garden Roses at Home from Cuttings 



Photographs by the author BlirtOtl J. HoiVOrd 



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Sand-grown Narcissus Photograph by h. e. Angeii . M. K. F. 

 What Is the Earliest Lily? W. M. 



Photograph by Vermont Experiment Station 



Hardy Indian Azaleas Henry Maxwell 



An Experience as a Farm Hand W. H. R. 



Bulb Culture for School Children . . Susan B. Sipe 



Photographs by the author 



The Southerner's Reminder . . . Thomas J. Steed 



A Nine Weeks' Cosmos D. II". LaFetra 



The Plane Tree Disease Phineas Nolle 



What Makes Hickory Galls? E. P. Felt 



Ideals ln Grape Breeding 



Making Sweet Butter TT";??. Hart Dexter 



Weed Out the Unproductive Hens . . F. E. Bonsteel 



Things Every Gardener Should Know 



Markets and Market Methods . . . F. H. Valentine 



Plant Lycoris in the Fall 



A Brightly Colored Self-supporting Woodbine 



Photograph by H. E. Partridge John DlinCOtl 



Pointers for the Dairyman 



Answers to Queries 



Moore 



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WILHELM MILLER, Editor.— Copyright, 1907, by DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 



Entered as second class matter January 12, 1905, at the post-office at New York, N. Y., under the Act of Congress, March 3, 1879 



Hints for My Lady's Winter Garden 



Do you desire to have, all through the cold, bleak, winter days, 

 your house and windows bright with lovely flowers? Your dining table 

 decorated ? Your loved invalid's bedside cheered with fragrant blossoms ? 



Our Fall 1907 Catalogue will tell you how to succeed, and to interest you we 

 make a special offer of early forcing bulbs which will all flower by Xmas and 

 through the winter. All prices include free delivery in the United States. 



Our Winter Paradise 

 Collection for $1.00 



3 Early forcing Hyacinths 



2 Large Dutch Hyacinths 

 S Single forcing Tulips 



3 Double 



2 Paper white Narcissus 

 2 Golden yellow 

 1 Chinese Sacred Lilv 



1 White Trumpet " 



2 Golden Jonquils 



5 Oxalis 

 1 White Calla 



6 California Butterfly Tulips, of most fas- 

 cinating growth. 



Where one variety is named the colors are all different 



LIL CANDIDCM 



Price $1.00 includes/res delivery. 



September and October plant HARDY GARDEN LILIES 



Lil. Candidum — the beautiful Madonna or St. Joseph's Lily must be planted in September to flower 

 following June. We offer each 12 100 



Large Bulbs 

 Mammoth Bulbs 

 Monster Bulbs 



10c 

 15c 



20c 



$1.00 

 1.50 



2.00 



$7.50 

 10. on 

 12.00 



Price includes delivery. 



Our group of Hardy Garden Lilies for September — October : 



Lil. Longiflorum, white Trumpet Lily 

 Pardalinum, yellow, spotted brown 

 Canadense, red or yellow 

 Tenuifolium.Lbright scarlet 

 Wallacei, apricot color 



ONE 



15c 

 15c 

 12c 

 15c 

 10c 



12 



$1.50 

 1.50 

 1.25 

 1.50 

 1.00 



ONE 

 15C 



The eight Lilies, all fine bulbs, flowering 



Lil. Superbum. golden yellow, dark spots 

 ' Humboldtii, 5-7 ft. high, orange with 



purple spots 20c 



" Washingtonianum, Royal Lily, white and 



rose, 4-5 ft. 20c 



first season, for $1.00. Prices include delivery. 



12 

 11.50 



TARLY FORCTNC BYACTXTH 



We make special attractive prices for larger rji/etntilies of bulbs, 

 where these are wanted for naturalizing, etc. Our catalogue gives./"// 

 directions for planting, etc. Write us on any subject pertaining to horti- 

 culture. Any inquiry will be cheerfully answered. Send for our Cata- 

 logue. It \sfvee and will surely interest you. Address 



H. H. BERGER & C0.,70 Warren St., New York 



H. H. Berger & Co.. 



70 Warren St.. New York. 

 Enclosed tind one dollar for Winter 

 Paradise Collection of Bulbs. 



