THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



August, 1918 



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He Who Plants Peonies 

 Plants a Whole Garden 



Of all the perennials growing in American gar- 

 dens none seem to be more adaptable than Peonies. 

 The extreme cold of the past winter apparently made 

 the plants more vigorous in growth, resulting in a 

 wealth of bloom in early June. This fall you can 

 safely plant 



Harris' Prize-winning Peonies 



with the utmost confidence in their ability to come through 

 with bloom next year. Our large stock enables us to keep 

 prices as low as high-grade stock can be offered. Our superb 

 collections contain the widest variety of forms and color. That 

 the stock is healthy and true to name is attested by the fact 

 that July 3rd we booked an order from an old customer for 

 1500 roots for September delivery. 



New Catalogue, illustrated from our own fields, tells the 

 whole story of prices, discounts, etc. It also includes a select 

 list of Iris, Phlox, and other hardy plants for August and 

 September planting. Our other booklet includes 



Evergreens for August Planting 



Rosedale Nurseries make a specialty of extra fine speci- 

 men Evergreens; the stock includes seventy varieties adapted 

 to all uses, and in such a range of sizes that specimens may 

 be selected for any effect desired. These evergreens have 

 proved, their hardiness and quality by resisting the extreme 

 cold of last winter. Our trees are so well furnished with 

 fibrous feeding roots that only three failed in an $8,000 order. 

 Planting nou) means economy, for all these trees will increase 

 in value from year to year. 



Our special Evergreen booklet mailed on request; write to-day. 



ROSEDALE NURSERIES 



S. G. HARRIS 

 Box G TARRYTOWN, N. Y. 



MAGAZINE 



AUGUST, 1918 



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 CONTENTS , 



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Cover Design — "Over Here and Over There" 



Frank Spr ailing 



PAGE 



Among Our Garden Neighbors 5 



SEVEN ILLUSTRATIONS 



Make Your Decision Now — Flowers in War Time — Fuel 

 for Greenhouses Reduced — A Good Remedy for Cabbage 

 Worms — The Poisonous Caterpillar — Anemone Varnalis 

 — Irises for Cut Flowers — Consult U. S. Bulletin — Hot 

 Weather Lettuce — Evonymus Radicans var. Vegetus. — 

 The Tricolor Ivy — Viburnum Carlesii is Really Hacdy — 

 A Glori6ed New Jersey Tea — Blaclcheart in Potatoes — 

 Little Things for the Gardener — Something Like an Apple 

 — Lettuces for Hot Weather — Watercress in the Indoor 

 Garden — Garden Catch Crops — The Purpose of the Label 

 — Is There Any Way to Eliminate the Grasshopper ? 



The Month's Reminder, August, 1918 - - - 9 



Light Activities All Along the Line - - - 10 



The Garden "Movtes" No. 8 - W. C. McCollom n 

 Coalless Greenhouses that Produce 



W. C. McCollom 12 



Photographs by the author 



New Irises for the American Garden 



B. Y. Morrison 13 

 Photographs by the Author 



Peonies That Satisfy - - Paul V. D. Hoysradt 14 



Photograph by N. R. Graves 



The Patriotic Garden - 15 



Over Here and Over There - Luther Burbank 15 



Photographs from the Food Administration 



Songs of the Garden Warrior — Camou- 

 flage? (Verse) ----- M.G.Kains 16 

 Do You Know When Fruit Is Ripe? 



M. G. Kains 17 



Photographs by Henry Stark, Jr., and others 



Prepare Now to Sa.ve It For Winter - - - 18 



Photograph by Mary H. Northend 



Returns from The War Garden Campaign - - 20 

 Uncle Sam's Gardening - - Frances Duncan 21 

 Preserving Vegetables With Salt 



E. L. Kirkpatrick 22 

 Photographs by the author 



The Barbaric Oriental Poppy 



Sherman R. Duffy 23 

 Photograph by N. R. Graves 



Time Tables and Garden Truck ----- 24 



Photograph by Grand Rapids & Indiana R. R. Co. 



Society Notes and News --------26 



For the South - - - - - J. M. Patterson 28 



High Quality Pears --------- 28-6 



Whence Comes the Aster Louse - E. A. W.,Pa. 30 

 Endive, the "Chicory of Salads" - S. W. Gorokol 32 



LEONARD BARRON, Editor 



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