TEE 
ESE EEN 
Cover DESIGN - 
Money in CucumBEer PickLES - - - - - - - John E. Taylor 
EprroriaAls = - - - - - - - - - - - - = - = = - = = 
EARLY SPRING-FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS - - Ernest H. Wilson 
Photographs by E. J. Wallis, N. R. Graves and others 
GETTING AN EARLY START WITH ANNUAIS - - - - - F. Spring 
Photographs by H. W. Porch, H. E. Angell and others 
Wuicw RapisHEs, AND Way - - - - - - - - Adolph Kruhm 
Photographs by the author 
Tue Maxinc or Our Home - - - - - - MaryT. Richardson 
Photographs by the author 
SPRING PLANTING FOR EVERGREENS IN THE SOUTH - J. M. Patterson 
Photographs by J. Tarbox Beals, H. Troth and others 
Wuy You NEED A GREENHOUSE - - - - - - W.C.McCollom 
Photographs by the author 
Monte’s REMINDER - - - - - - - - 
Photographs by E. R. Rollins and F. F. Rockwell 
Pin Money Crops ror THE Home GARDENER - - F. F. Rockwell 
Stacy H. Wood 
CLEARING BY DYNAMITE - - A. H. Harris 
Way Tuts “Break” - - - - - - = - - Carrie E. West 
FALL-BEARING STRAWBERRIES - - - - - - - - U.R. Perrine 
Photograph by the author 
ANOTHER EXPERIENCE WITH Root Lice on Asters - C. H. Warren 
THE RHODODENDRON LAcE BuG - - - - - - - Harold Clarke 
GARDENING FOR YOUNG Forks - - - - - - Ellen Eddy Shaw 
Drawings by Maud H. Purdy 
SWEET SMELLING LAVENDER- - - - - - - - _ Bessie Farwell 
SHADING VEGETABLES AND FLOWERS -- - - - - G. 4H. Garekol 
THe INEXPENSIVE LuxuRY OF AN ASPARAGUS BED - Hollister Sage 
REMAKING A Poor GARDEN Sorin - - - - - - - J.R. Mattern 
FIGURING FERTILIZER FOR SQUARE YARDS OR FEET- - - - - - 
INDADE RSE SERVICE t= —l— ieee erat 
PAGE 
37 
37 
37 
37 
37 
38 
40 
42 
44 
46 
48 
50 
Winter “ GARDENING” FoR Next YEAR’S RESULTS - 
II. Baiting the Dollar T ith Onions 
erate : CLuB AND Society NEws 
Photographs by the author 
RAST ee) DP SRA TR > EF Re EN | 
pe SY Ne NNN NS oS (2 
S. A. EVERITT, TREASURER 
RUSSELL DOUBLEDAY, 
SECRETARY 
LEONARD BARRON, Epitror 
COPYRIGHT, I916, BY 
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 
Entered as second-class matter at Garden City, New York, under the Act of Congress, March 3, 1879 
SRI ee 
nO 
SONOS: 
rs 
F.N. DOUBLEDAY, PResmENT 
HERBERT S. HOUSTON, 
VicE PRESENT 
SUBSCRIPTION: 
$1.50 a year 
Single copies, 15 cts. 
For Foreign Postage 
Add 6s cts. 
For Canada add gsc. 
6se 
Maetag 
MS 
“The King of American Evergreens’”—White Pine 
The Very Foundation of Ornamental and Commercial Tree Planting 
Plant White Pine for Beauty Plant White Pine for Profit 
Use White Pine for Use White Pine for 
screens, borders, avenue planting and_ otherwise cut-over lands, for sandy soils and other bare, unpro- 
beautifying an estate. Plant groves of White Pine ductive, unsightly places, for worn-out pastures, for 
for restfulness. There is nothing more soothing on lands useless for other purposes. Use White Pine 
a hot summer day than to relax in the cool, re- to increase the value of country building sites, for 
freshing seclusion of a Piné grove with its soft underplanting in shady places. In woods where 
carpet of needles. chestnut trees have died out. 
Once Transplanted White Pine 
Lighter Grade 
TwiceTransplanted White Pine 
Hardy, Sturdy, Vigorous No. 1 Quality 
2 to 3 feet high 
1000 trees for $95. 00 
100 trees for 12.00 
10 trees for 3. 00 
2 to 3 feet high 
1000 trees for $200.00 
100 trees for 24.00 
10 trees for 4.50 
For best and quickest results use twice 
transplanted trees. 
This picture shows our 2 to 3-foot grade. 
These prices are f.o.b. Framingham, Mass. 
Let our men plant your trees for you. Many of our foremen 
and men have been with us for ten or twelve years and with 
their scientific training and years of valuable experience are versed in all matters pertaining to 
trees and tree planting. These men are at your service and we should be pleased to not only fur- 
nish you with trees, but also to plant them for you. Write for “Service Bulletin No. 3,” sent 
free, which tells all about the kinds of work we do. 
Little Tree Farms of America s%.. 
NURSERIES OF 
AMERICAN FORESTRY COMPANY, Division A, 15 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass. 
Send today for our new 1916 Illustrated Tree Catalogue in 
which are listed twenty million forest, shade and ornamental 
trees. All grown at our nurseries from hardy seed, the very best at the lowest 
prices. Evergreens, hardwoods and shrubs in all desirable species. Each order 
is dug fresh upon receipt, carefully packed and promptly shipped. 
The Home of American-born, American- 
grown trees —the best for America 
The Great Farms of Little Trees 
of Large Values and Small Prices 
15 
