December, 1907 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



227 



COVER DESIGN Evergreens in Snow 



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The Month's Reminder 229 



What a Dandelion Did for City Children Jacob Riis 230 



Third Annual " Round-up" of Gardening Achievements 233 



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



Start Now to Grow Your Christmas Gifts 



Photographs by A. M. Kirby and Van Wagner LdUra F '. MordaUflt 239 



How to Decorate for Christmas . . Thomas McAdam 240 



Photographs by A. R. Dugmore, N. R. Graves and others 



Red Flowers for Christmas . . . Leonard Barron 242 



Photographs by N. R. Graves, Henry Troth and others 



The Story of a Christmas Tree 244 



Photographs by A. R. Dugmore and others 



Garden and Farm News 246 



A Side Profit from Geraniums . . . . M. C. Wood 247 



Nathan R. Graves 



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Care of Setting Hens Harley S. Herrick 



How to Dispose of the Stumps . . . F. E. Bonsleel 



Photograph by C. H. Miller 



Seeding Down Wheat F. E. B. 



How to Serve Potatoes K. Flasbrook 



Potatoes Hashed au Gratin 



Garden Work for December .... Thomas J. Steed 



What to Send to the Christmas Market 



F. H. Valentine 

 Balanced Rations for Dairy Cows . . F. E. Bonsteel 



Some Truths about Stock Food ... 



Frenzied Fern Balls 



Answers to Queries 



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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. 



Did You Ever Wish You Were 

 In The Nursery Business? 



There is now a fine opportunity for you to get in it— to become part owner in estab- 

 lished Nurseries, that are on a dividend-paying basis, and which are managed by 

 the men who have been the proprietors for twenty-five successful years. 



A WELL-MANAGED NURSERY PAYS HANDSOMELY 



Dozens of prosperous concerns testify to this fact. No Nur- 

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 proportion as they keep step with the times. 



STOCK IN A SUCCESSFUL NURSERY COMPANY 



This business has been successfully conducted for twenty- 

 five years as a private enterprise but was recently incorpor- 

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 of the stock has been placed on the market. Most of this 

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 remain unsold. 



THE McFARLAND PUBLICITY SERVICE 



Specializing in Horticultural Advertising. HARRISBURG, PA. 



