May, 1908 
THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 211 
Cover DESIGN—The Muskmelon . 
THE MontH’s REMINDER Bots ac Wee eae On eee 
ALL THE PERENNIAL LARKSPURS WoRTH GROWING 
Wilhelm Muller 
Photographs by N. R. Graves, E. M. Boult, and others 
THE BrEsT BROAD-LEAVED EVERGREEN TREES P.J/. Berckmans 
Photographs by H. E. Angell, J. H. McFarland, and others ‘ 
Four PLANS FOR A 75 X 125 Fr. PLOT» » PC. ILE 
THE VITAL Pornts oF MELon CutturE . E. D. Darlington 
Photographs by the author and others 
GROWING WALNUTS FOR PLEASURE AND Prorit J. W. Kerr 
Photographs by C. H. Miller and others 
GarDEN Toots THAT Reatty HE Lp, II. J. L. Kayan 
Photographs by the author 
CARE OF AN INCUBATOR SN PREMENG LE oe: dea, 
AILONG=BEOOMING SHRUB . = °. . «. « « « % 
WHE LARGEST FLOWERED VINE ...... . 
CONCERNING QUALITY IN BEANS. . ... . 
THE NEGLECTED VEGETABLES Rie eoirty © 
Photographs by H. B. Fullerton 
CookING OKRA AND BRUSSELS SPROUTS 
PEANUTS GROWN IN Kansas... . 
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EROTECHINGMEHOTBEDS WITH NIATS©. =. - . 4 . 1) . ss =2g2 
THE TROUBLES OF HARDY FLOWERS W.E. Pendleton 234 
Waar To Do witH THE EasTER AZALEAS Marian Williams 234 
Photograph by the author 
THE SUMMER RUSH BEGINS . Thomas J. Steed 236 
TEN ROSES FOR CENTRAL TEXAS i Be Beck= 228 
THE OLDEST FLOWERS IN CuULTIVATION—II. THE WALLFLOWER 
Thomas McAdam 240 
Photograph by J. P. Troy 
iE CAvprras) CENIHNARY Gls. 6 s. : 242 
EGGPLANTS FOR SMALL GARDENS . -I.M. Angell 244 
Photograph by the author 
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SPRING PASTURES 18,15; 18, — DEO 
PRACTICAL GARDEN CosTUMES FOR WOMEN 
Cora A. Stafford, Mary W. Ritchie 252 
FEEDING THE YOUNG CHICKS F. H. Valentine 254 
TESTING SEED IN THE INCUBATOR él, J, Gs), DISS 
WILHELM MILLER, Epitor.—Copryricut, 1908, ay DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 
Entered as second class matter January 12, 1905, at the post-office at New York, N. Y., under the Act of Congress, March 3, 1879 
F. N. DOUBLEDAY, President 
WALTER H. PAGE, HERBERT S. HOUSTON, Vice-Presidents 
H. W. LANIER, Secretary S. A. EVERITT, Treasurer 
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