Extraordinary 

 Service in 

 SEEDS 



/"WER in France, the famous House of 

 ^ Vilmorin grows choicest strains of seeds. 

 An example of their thorough methods is shown 

 above. Here, pedigreed mother plants of Beets 

 are nursed in individual "tents." Every precau- 

 tion is taken to have the plants perfect, the seeds 

 pure. For these seeds arejiestined to produce the seeds 

 for our customers. 



Similar processes of careful seed production go on with our seed 



'growers the world over, because we insist upon the best. For 



forty years we have been "sticklers" for quality. That ' 

 quality, combined with 



Beckert's Victory Garden Service 



should make your 1919 food garden a thorough success. And don't for- 

 get — while victory is ours, we still have to wage war on grim Hunger who 

 stalks the world undefeated. We will gladly help you do your part to 

 defeat him, by personal recommendations as to what to grow for biggest 

 returns of the crops you value most. 



Note These Special Offers: 



Here are 3 food garden collections designed to help Garden Magazine 

 readers to the best crops of the choicest vegetables that the garden can bear: 



Beckert's "Beginner's Garden" Food Garden Collection 

 6 Large Packets, 25c postpaid 



Beet, Crosby's Egyptian; Carrot, Chantenay; Lettuce, Black Seeded Simpson; Onion- 

 White Bunch; Radish, Crimson Globe; Turnip, White Milan. 



Special "Victory Garden Root Crop" Collection 

 6 Splendid Varieties for 25c postpaid 



Beet, Crosby's Egyptian; Celeriac, Turnip Rooted Celery; Carrot, Danvers Half Long! 

 Kohlrabi, White Vienna; Parsnip, Hollow Crown; Turnip, White Milan. 



Beckert's "Victory Home Garden" Collection of Twelve Fine 

 Vegetables for 50c postpaid 



Bush Beans, Sure Crop Wax; Beet, Crosby's Egyptian; Spinach Beet, Silver Ribbed; 

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 White Hunch; Parsnip, Hollow Crown; Radish, Icicle; Radish, Chartier Improved; Tomato, 

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Beckert's Victory Garden Catalogue 



(As Written by Adolph Kruhm) 



Will appeal to every reader who desires original information on the subject of Home 

 Vegetable and Flower Gardening. Mr. Kruhm is also ready to render special service 

 referred to above and each individual reader of Garden Magazine may secure his personal 

 advice on any garden topics through us. Write for your copy of our 

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Beckert's Seed Store (Founded 1878) 



101-103 Federal Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. 



MAGAZINE 



JANUARY, 1919 



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C ONTENTS > 

 1 '* 



Cover Design — Zinnias Carl Gebfert 



PAGE 



Among Our Garden Neighbors - 159 



Three Illustrations 



Let Us Have "Peace Trees" — Restricting Importation 

 of Nursery Stock — Plan with a View to Convenience 

 — The Open Column. 



Planning for Your Hotbed - - T. Sheward 162 



Diagram by the author 



Demobilizing the Garden - W. C. McCollom 163 



Photographs by the author 



Conserving Beauty in the Victory Garden 



Elizabeth L. Strang 164 

 Plan by the author and photographs by F. B. Johnston 

 and H. H. Pepper 



The Entrance to the Small Place Ruth Dean 166 



Plans by the author 



Shrubs and Flowers for the Entrance Garden 



Stephen Hamblin 167 

 Photographs by H. Troth, A. G. Eldredge, N. R. Graves 

 and others 



A Little Artistry in a Little Garden 



Luke J. Doogue 169 



Sketch by the author 



Through the Garden Gate Louise B. Wilder 170 



Sketch by Frank Spradling 



The Garden of My Dreams - - - - E. Love 171 



Diagram and photograph by the author 



Building the Garden Plan on a Unit Basis 



F. F. Rockwell 172 



Photograph by the author 



Light on the Seed Catalogues - - A. Kruhm 174 



Photographs by the author 



The Garden in the South - - J. M. Patterson 175 



Uncle Sam's Boom to Gardening 



Frances Duncan 176 



The Month 'j Reminder --------178 



Winter Protection for Roses - Agnes Frales 180 



Planting out Lilies-of-the-V alley 



E. L. Farrington 180 



Factj about Iris Borer - - Grace Sturlevant 181 

 Round about the Home Plot ------183 



Bees for the Gardener -------- 184 



Does It Pay? ------- A. A. Knock 186 



Should Sweet Corn Be Suckered? A.Rutledge 186 

 Larkspurs and Shade - - - - G. H. Smith 186 



Leonard Barron, Editor 



VOLUME XXVIII, No. 6. 



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