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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
JANUARY, 1907 
THE WORLD’S WORK for 1907 
REGULAR COVER 
“THE MARVELS OF COMMUNICATION ""—for January 
A SPECIAL NUMBER 
Not a scrapbook, and not a fiction magazine, THE WORLD’S WORK tells 
the human stories of every month’s greatest activities, and illustrates them with an 
unequalled richness of clear and interesting photographs. 
It is a record of all the 
important things that go on in politics, business, education, books, art, human 
achievement. 
WHO IS E. H. HARRIMAN ? 
He is the most mysterious figure who 
has ever reached a dominating position 
in Wall Street. In a fascinating series 
of articles, beginning in the January 
number, his whole life will be revealed 
—the story will be told of the rise of 
this son of an impecunious Long Island 
minister to the point where, it has been 
asserted, he is a menace to the coun- 
try, railroad king and financial mani- 
pulator in one. 
THE WORKINGS OF THE 
TRUSTS: A remarkable series of 
articles by Mr. C. M. Keys, unveiling 
the methods, secret and open, of these 
colossal creations—showing just where 
they are benefits and just where they 
are menaces. 
DOES HARVARD DO ITS JOB? 
Not. Harvard alone, but Yale, Prince- 
ton and other colleges. A series show- 
ing how our universities are doing 
what we expect of them. 
WHAT OTHER COUNTRIES 
CAN TEACH US: Stories of the 
things they do better in England, Hol- 
land, France, Germany, Canada, Japan 
In the coming year will appear: 
MEDICAL SENSE AND NON- 
SENSE: The death-rate among 
children has been lowered, but life 
shortened. This series will bring home 
to every man and woman the ways 
in which life can be lengthened. 
THE AMERICA OF TO-MOR- 
ROW : What our cities, our trans- 
portation, our fortunes, our living and 
working will be in 25 years, if present 
tendencies continue. 
THE MEN WHO ARE MAKING 
TO-DAY; The real Taft, ‘‘ Secre- 
tary of Peace,’’ shown as he is. Other 
notable Americans pictured and 
analyzed. 
THE SECRET OF BUSINESS 
~ SUCCESS: Not a series of busi- 
ness forms and office methods, but in- 
timate revelations of big business men 
laying their plans and fighting their 
battles, showing how they get their 
results. 
INVESTING YOUR MONEY: 
Regular monthly articles that will tell 
investors, big and little, what they 
want to know about sound invest- 
ments. 
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The Only Way to Grow Large 
Mild Onions 
ae is a class of large, mild-flavored 
onions, of which Prizetaker is the 
best known, which to be successfully grown 
must be started in hotbeds about January 
15th, in order that bulbs of large size may 
be properly grown and ripened off before the 
fall frosts arrive. 
MAKING THE HOTBED 
Make the hotbed two to two and a half 
feet deep, of well prepared horse manure. 
Collect the droppings every day; put them 
under an open shed, or cellar, to keep off 
rain and snow; turn frequently, to keep them 
from burning; and when sufficient quantity 
has been gathered make the bed. 
Put the manure in even layers, and thor- 
oughly tread it down, to keep the heat in. 
As soon as this is done, put on from four to 
six inches of good, rich soil. Put the sash 
on, and cover with mats or salt hay, and 
shutters. Bank the sides and ends of the 
frames with manure eighteen inches wide, 
to keep out the cold. Leave the bed in this 
condition for three or four days, to allow it 
to settle and warm through. 
SOWING THE SEED 
Sow the seed in drills one inch deep and 
four inches apart. I usually mark off the 
rows with a rake handle. Sow the seed 
rather thick, so as to get a good stand, cover 
with the hand, and rake the surface very 
lightly. Then I take a piece of board the 
length of the sash and one foot wide, place it 
on the bed, and walk on it, to thoroughly firm 
the soil. The seed germinates much better 
when this is done. Give a light sprinkling 
of water with a fine-rosed watering can. 
Cover with sash, and protect at night with 
mats and shutters. 
Remove the covering on all bright, mild 
days, and if the temperature of the frame 
rises above 80°, give a little air from ten until 
two o’clock, closing up the frame while the 
sun is still on it, in order to retain as much 
warmth as possible. If the hotbed is prop- 
erly made, no air will be necessary until 
the young onions appear, which will be in 
about two weeks. 
WATERING AND AIRING 
After the onions are up, exercise great care 
in airing and watering the hotbed, giving air 
only on bright and mild days. Maintain a 
temperature of 60° or 65° but, as the onions 
grow, gradually reduce it to -50°. Cold 
draughts must always be avoided. Water the 
young onions very sparingly, and use a fine- 
