J ANUARY, 1908 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



273 



COVER DESIGN Night-Blooming Cereus (See article on page 306) ... 



PAGE 



The Month's Reminder 277 



Hardy Plants that Are Attractive All Winter 



T, McAdam 278 



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



All the Cattleyas Worth Growing . Leonard Barron 281 



Photographs by Clement Moore, A. R. Dugmore, and others 



How to Make a Water-Lily Pond . . . Henri Hus 285 



Photographs by the author, B. G. Foster, and others 



Nine Iron-clad Palms for the Window Garden P. T. Barnes 287 



Photographs by the author and Nathan R. Graves 



The Best Conifers South and North, I. P. J. Berchnans 290 



Photographs by the author, Henry Troth, H. E. Angell, and others 



A Hedge Plant for Dry Southwest Gardens 



Anita M. Miller 293 



Photographs by the author 



The Southerner's Reminder 293 



Plant Peas Now for Early Crops in the South 



Thomas J. Steed 294 



Nathan R. Graves 



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F, A. Strohschein 



Winter Work for the Beekeeper 



Photograph by the author 



Protecting Birds from Cats A. C. Hall 



Photograph by the author 



Making Sweet-Scented Candles . . . Phineas Nolle 



Photograph by Mary G. Huntsman 



Farm and Garden News 



The Winter Markets .... 



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F. H. Valentine 

 The Winter Care of Hens ... F. H. Valentine 

 How to Make Gilt-Edged Butter . . F. E. Bonsteel 



Some Night-Blooming Flowers 306 



How to Know the Cattleyas L. B. 308 



Growing Perfect Conifers . . Prosper J. Berchnans 308 

 Answers to Queries 312 



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



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