August, 1917 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



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Cover Design— Cashing In - - - - J. P. Verrees 



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Among Our Garden Neighbors ------ 5 



Did the Darwin Tulip Disappoint? — Why so Few Cur- 

 rants? — Who Succeeds with Heather? — Spanish and 

 German Iris from Seed — We Love Our Cottontails — 

 Magnolia Salicifolia — "All to the Good" — Out of Sea- 

 son Transplanting — Flowers Every Month — When a 

 Teaspoon Solves Difficulties — Marsh Marigold as a 

 House Plant. 



The Month's Reminder -------- 7 



The Patriotic Garden --------- g 



Cashtng-In the War Gardens - F. F. Rockwell 1 1 



Illustration by J. P. Verrees; photographs by Mary H. Northend 



Water to Increase Garden Efficiency 



G. W. Hood 13 



Photographs by the author 



Native Evergreens Suitable for Ground-Covers 



Edwin H. Costich 15 

 Photographs by the author and Nathan R. Graves 



"Pay Your Money and Take Your Choice" 



F. M. Thomas 17 



Photographs by N. R. Graves 



A Strawberry Specialist's Intensive "Systems" 



F. H, Valentine 20 

 Photograph by the author 



Saving Labor in Land Cultivation 



Frank E. Goodwin 21 

 Photographs supplied by the author 



Society Notes and News --------24 



American Peony Society -------- 24 



American Sweet Pea Society ------ 24 



S. A. F. Convention ----------24 



Calendar for the Month --------24 



Old-Fashioned Southern Recipes 



/. M. Patterson 26 



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So keen was one of our Hartford friends for a greenhouse, that 

 he built it and the sunroom first and joined his residence to them. 



GREENHOUSES 



Linking Them To Your Home 



DID you happen to read that altogether delight- 

 ful personal yarn of greenhouse possessing, 

 which appeared last fall in one of the country 

 life magazines ? 



It was called "My Chum Tom's Greenhouse." 



It struck us as telling so well the pleasures of having 

 a greenhouse attached directly to one's home that we 

 obtained permission from the publisher to reprint it in 

 a charming little green garbed booklet. 



It would give us genuine pleasure to mail a copy 

 in response to a word from you. 



The interesting thing about that greenhouse of Tom's 

 was that in spite of the fact that he wouldn't consent 

 to a picture of it being published his chum describes 

 it so vividly that you are more than content to see it 

 with just your mind's eye. 



There are, however, some four or five photos of houses 

 that Tom and his wife photographed in their goings 

 about, "collecting greenhouse ideas," as they put it. 

 The one above is among the number. 



Some one of them may happen to be just the answer 

 to your greenhouse longings. 



In writing, we will know what you mean if you just 

 say — send Chum Tom's booklet. 



HitchingSfimpaty 



General Offices and Factory — Elizabeth, N. J. 

 NEW_YORK BOSTON 



1170 Broadway 49 Federal Street 



PHILADELPHIA 

 40 So. 15th Street 



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