November, 1907 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



179 



COVER DESIGN The Delicious American Chestnut (see article on page 194) 



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The Month's Reminder 



How to Keep House Plants Healthy . . P. T. Barnes 



Photographs by Harold S. Deming 



A Guide to the Chrysanthemum Shows . . I. L. Powell 



Photographs by N. R. Graves, H. E. Angell and H. Troth 



The Best Hedge Plants South and North 



Prosper J. Berckmans 



Photographs by the author and H. E. Angell 



Asparagus and Rhubarb for Christmas .... L. B. 



Photograph by Henry Troth 



Four Plans for a ioo x ioo Ft. Plot . . . F. C. Leible 

 A $500 Barn for Suburbs or Country . . C. H. Miller 



Photographs by the author 



Grafting Your Own Conifers John Dunbar 193 



Photographs by Nathan R. Graves 



The Plain Truth About Chestnut Culture J. IF, Kerr 194 



Photographs by Leonard Barron and S. K. Underwood 



Succulents Other Than Cacti IF. Clarke 195 



Photographs by Parker Thayer Barnes 



Farm and Garden News 198 



Start with Only a Few Birds .... David Thayer 199 



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Nathan R. Graves 



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How to Have Fertile Eggs B. E. Frederick 



Two Good Berried Plants .... W. E. Pendleton 



Photographs by Nathan R. Graves 



Growing Bulbs in Fibre Albert J. Perry 



Photographs by the author 



Fall Plow for Alfalfa F. E. B. 



A Delicious Chestnut Confection Sophie Kerr Underwood 



$100 Worth of Plants Grown in an Attic Window 



A. M. Ingraham 



F. H. Valentine 

 The Right Way to Pick and Pack Poultry F. H. Valentine 



A Concentrated Stock Food F. E. B. 



Sow Grass Seeds Where the Weeds Were M. S. Blish 



Plant Strawberries Now Thomas J. Steed 



Phloxes in Wyoming . F. IF. Beckwilh 



Answers to Queries 214 



Photograph by the autho: 



What Is the Vinegar Plant? 



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



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