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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



March, 1906 



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THE inEW MAGAZINE 



Farming appeared during the last week 

 in January. At first it seemed as if, with the 

 printers' strike on hand, we would occupy 

 our work-rooms to their fullest capacity for 

 the first month in the year, but when we 

 found that things were going well we decided 

 to bring out the first number at once. It is by 

 no means a perfect specimen of what we de- 

 sign the magazine to be, but it does show the 

 general line on which we are trying to work, 

 and the cordial reception of it by readers and 

 advertisers alike astonishes us quite as much 

 as it encourages us. We realize our obli- 

 gations and shall try to live up to them. 

 The March number, which is now nearly 

 ready, contains a good many interesting 

 articles. Here are a few of them: 



The Possibilities of Swine Breeding, How 

 to Make the Farm Pay, How Cowpeas Made 

 a Profit of $6,ooo in a Year from an Unsal- 

 able Farm, Farm Buildings with a Typical 

 Plan, The Jersey Cow, A Novel Chicken 

 Brooder from a Piano Box, Plowing and 

 Harrowing; besides the monthly depart- 

 ments of the magazine on the subjects in 

 which the farmer is most interested, inclu- 

 ding Dairy Notes, Horses, Cattle and Sheep, 

 Grain Notes, Irrigation, Farm Law, Good 

 Roads, Farm Implements, etc., etc. Always 

 Farming will bear in mind the great sub- 

 ject Farmers as Business Men, a topic of 

 unvarying interest, and, if properly treated, 

 of lasting helpfulness. 



THE SUBSCRIPTION SEASON 



The two months of December and January 

 are the publisher's harvest time so far as sub- 

 scriptions go, and ever} 7 one of our magazines 

 shows a most splendid increase for which 

 we now express our gratitude. The World's 

 Work, Country Life in America and The 

 Garden Magazine have received from 

 twenty per cent, to forty per cent, more 

 subscribers than ever before, and last year's 

 increase was a good one, which makes this 

 year's record still more satisfactory. 



representatives wanted 

 We need a few good people to represent 

 our magazines and to secure subscriptions 

 for us. We do not want many representa- 



" To business that we love to rise betime 

 And gro to ' with delight." — Antony and Cleopatra. 



atives, and we only wish to have connected 

 with us people on whom we can absolutely 

 rely — people in character as good, or bet- 

 ter than the magazines. Those who have 

 acted for us have made good incomes, and 

 we shall be glad to advise with you on the 

 subject if you will send us your name and 

 address with the request for some account 

 of our agency plans. The spring-time, 

 which is now upon us, is particularly favor- 

 able for the work on The Garden 

 Magazine, Farming, and Country Life in 

 America. 



the country house 



To anyone who is planning to build a house, 

 this volume, by Chas. Edw. Hooper is 

 worth its price many times over. Will be 

 sent to you on approval. Now is a good 

 time to buy: 



" Ferns and How to Grow Them," $i.io net. 

 " How to Make a Flower Garden," $1.76 net. 

 "How to Make a Vegetable Garden," $2.20 



net. 

 " Roses and How to Grow Them," $1.10 net. 

 "The Tree Book," $4.40 net. 

 " The First Book of Farming," $1.10 net. 



the garden magazine 



For April will be the special double Plant- 

 ing Number, for which we charge twenty-five 

 cents on the news-stands, but it is furnished 

 in the yearly subscription to subscribers. 

 An especial feature is the Planting Tables for 

 annuals, vegetables, and perennials that 

 bloom the first year from seed. These are 

 extensions and great improvements upon the 

 very successful tables of last year, carrying 

 the information a point or two further than 

 was then done. A unique article, the first of 

 its kind that has been published in a horti- 

 cultural magazine, tells you exactly how to 

 use a planting plan ; it explains exactly how to 

 transfer the plan from the paper to the gar- 

 den. A suburban garden which is full of 

 flowers from the first days of spring until frost 

 is described, with planting lists. Following 

 out the scheme of last year, there are three 

 pages of beautiful pictures of suggestive gar- 

 dens. The whole subject of spring planting 

 is entertainingly discussed and copiously 

 illustrated, including special articles on the 



treating cf edgings and rock gardens. The 

 first of a series of articles on quality in vege- 

 tables appears in this number, and is devoted 

 to potatoes, the ultimate test of table quality 

 being applied. 



Beautiful three-color cover for April 



THE GARDEN ANNUAL OF COUNTRY LIFE 

 IN AMERICA 



This month we issue the Double Number 

 of Country Life in America devoted to the 

 the garden. It sells for fifty cents on the 

 news-stands, but is included in a yearly 

 subscription for $4.00. 



Here are some of the features: 

 How to Make a Lawn. 

 A New Kind of Wall Garden. 

 A Vagabond Garden Reclaimed. 

 A Japanese Garden on a Village Lot. 

 Sun-Dials in Modern Gardens. 

 A Garden Hidden by Informal Planting. 

 Wild Gardening beside a Wooded Lake. 

 Flowers from Frost to Frost. 

 The Country Home Reminder. 

 Planning the Home Grounds. 

 An Insect that Makes Us Do or Die. 

 Dwarf Fruit Trees for Suburban Gardens. 

 Quality Vegetables and Fruits for the Home 



Garden. 



