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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



December, 1917 



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What to Expect in 1918 



Garden Movies 

 for the Beginner: 



All during 1917 the editors of THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 

 have been gathering data for this department. It is designed 

 for the beginner who is heeding the "war garden" appeal. 

 Photographs that show "how" and text that tells "what" will 

 help him plan a garden that will help win the war. Here are 

 the topics for each month throughout the year. 



January 



May 



Study of Varieties 

 Planning a Garden 

 Exposure 

 Quantity of Seeds 

 Number of Plants 

 Production Value 

 Making a Chart 

 Advance Planning 



February 



What Tools to Use 

 How to Use Tools 

 How to Care for Tools 

 The Value of Preparing the Soil 

 The Value of Manure 

 General Information for the Be- 

 ginner 



Why We Hill Plants 



Why We Thin Plants 



Value of Watering in Rows 



Successional Sowing 



Staking Peas 



Setting Out Warm Vegetables 



Tomatoes, Egg Plant, etc. 



September 



Digging Potatoes and Other Root 



Crops 

 Why the Weed Must be Eradicated 

 Getting Ready for Pall 

 Sowing Cover Crops 

 Value of Cover Crops 

 Frost Protection 



June 



Tying Plants 

 Staking Plants 

 Liquid Feeding 

 Cultivatdstg the Soil 

 Gathering Early Crops 

 Successional Sowing 

 Summer Bugs 



October 



July 



Sowing Crops to Carry Over Win- 

 ter 

 Fall Protection 

 Storing Celery, etc. 

 Storing Parsnips, etc. 

 Getting Value from Your Garden 

 Making Plans for Next Year 



March 



Seed Sowing Indoors 

 Making Hotbeds 

 Preparing Seed Beds in Frame 

 Quantity and Spacing of Seeds 

 Dibbling and After Handling 



Midsummer Work 



Sowing for Fall 



Irrigation — different methods 



Watering Reasons, etc. 



How to Pick Vegetables 



Selecting Types and Rare Seed 



Using the Garden Product 



November 



Cleaning Up the Garden 



Trenching the Ground 



Liming 



Putting Everything Away 



Protecting the Cane Fruits 



Protecting the Strawberries 



April 



August 



How to Prepare the Soil 

 How to Make Drills 

 How to Start the Garden 

 Outside Sowing; Quantities, etc. 

 Spring Aphis, etc. 



Ripening Fall Crops; Onions, etc. 

 Sowing Succession Fall Crops 

 Value of Summer Cultivation 

 Bugs and Diseases to Fight and 



How to Fight Them 

 Pulling Out All Finished Crops 

 Gathering the Fruit Crop 



December 



Painting the Stakes and Trellis 

 Cleaning Up and Repairing Tools 

 Fencing the Garden 

 Gathering Bean Poles 

 Making Melon Frames 

 A Survey of the Season's Work 



Begin your subscription with the first series of THE BEGINNER'S GARDEN in January. It is indispensable if you 

 would have your garden yield its best. It is FOOD first that will win the war — then ships, munitions, and men. You 

 will be contributing FOOD if your garden produces its utmost. 



BE PATRIOTIC— GARDEN, but make your garden worth while. 

 Sign and return the coupon below and we will do the rest 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE, Garden City, New York 



I want THE GARDEN MAGAZINE throughout 1918 with the Beginner's Garden. You may enter my subscrip- 

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