December, 1917 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



147 







Cover Design — The Christmas Spirit of 

 1917 -----------/. P. Ferrees 



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Among Our Garden Neighbors ----- 149 



Experimenting with Hunnemannia — Tulips and Daffo- 

 dils Planted Late — The Topeka Hollyhock Chain — 

 Where to Obtain Rare Plants — International Garden 

 Club Journal — Streptosolen Jamesoni as a Standard — 

 A Home Made Bird Bath — Hardy Primulas for Un- 

 heated Greenhouses — Comment on the Broomstick 

 Scratcher — A Touch of Blue in the Fall Garden. 

 Seven Illustrations. 



Making the Christmas Dollar Buy a Dollar's 

 Worth ------- ISI 



The Month's Reminder - -152 



Encouraging the Birds - - Alice Lounsbcrry 153 



Photographs by W. P. Hopkins, A. R. Dugmore and 

 others 



A Glance at the Garden Books of the Year 156 



Vegetables for Under Glass Culture 



A. Kruhm 157 



After Blooming — What?- - Anna M. Burke 158 



Photographs by the author and Nathan R. Graves 



Is Drug Plant Growing Practical? 



L. Wayne Amy 160 



Wintering the Tender Flower Roots 



E. V . Wilson 162 



Photographs by W. C. McCollom 



Aphids on Your Plum Tree? - Edith M. Patch 164 



Photographs by the author 



At the Turn of Winter - - W. C. McCollom 165 



Photograph by Arthur G. Eldredge 



Organization in American Horticulture - - 166 



Club and Society News - 167 



Mulching — Successful and Otherwise 



E. L. Kirkpatrick 167 

 Photograph by the author 



The Craftsman Woodpecker - 167 



December in the South - - /. M. Patterson 168 



The Storage of Potatoes ------- 168 



My Experience With Cyclamen in the House 



E. von R. Hovey 170 



Holiday Gifts that the Gardener Can Send 172 



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Up along the Highlands of the Hudson River, we erected 

 this charming group of houses for Mr. Paul McEwan 



GREENHOUSES 



Their Valuable Contributory Side 



ONE phase of greenhouse possessing that may 

 have slipped your mind, is the way they can con- 

 tribute to the early beauty of your grounds, 

 in the plants they both grow and house. 



Take your flower annuals for example. 



With a greenhouse you can start them so early that 

 when planted outside, they will be good big husky 

 specimens all ready to burst into bloom. 



Think what that means with the late Springs we 

 have nowadays. 



By the middle of May, your grounds can look prac- 

 tically as attractive as the middle of July. 



Instead of having two months of things at their best, 

 you have three or four. 



This phase is only a somewhat minor part of the 

 contributory side of a greenhouse — but so many of our 

 customers have mentioned it lately, that it seemed like 

 good sense to call your attention to it now. 



If you would like to talk greenhouse building, we will, 

 at your suggestion, gladly send a representative. 



To the new catalogue, you are most welcome. 



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General Offices and Factory — -Elizabeth, N. J. 

 NEW YORK BOSTON 



1170 Broadway 49 Federal Street 



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 40 So. 15th Street 



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