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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



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This is the Blade 

 that Does the Work 



Sharp as a knife on both sides, it gives no quarter to 

 weeds. As the blade oscillates with every back and for- 

 ward stroke, it up-roots and cuts weeds, besides pulverizing 

 the soil. It can be worked very closely to plants, shrubs, 

 flowers, etc., because the side arms act as a fender. This 

 special feature makes 



The Gilson' Weeder— the 

 safe Cultivator for All! 



It makes children from eight years up just as competent cultivators 

 as grown-ups. You can let the boys and girls work it with the full as- 

 surance that they'll do good work quicker than you can do it with an 

 ordinary hoe. To provide a Gilson for everybody and every need, we 

 make four sizes, as follows: 



35 in. blade, for narrow rows 6 in. blade, for light soils 

 5 in. blade, for general work 8 in. blade, for wide rows 



Ask your dealer to show you, or if he cannot, we will supply -direct. 

 All of the above come with six foot polished ash handles. 



Let the Liberty Cultivator Shorten 

 Garden Labor. 



The tool shown below stands for Liberty from garden drudgery. Seven 

 scientifically constructed teeth destroy weeds, and pulverize the soil. 

 Special thumb-screws make adjusting from four to 

 ten inches easy. Furnished with five foot polished 

 ash handle or with special wheel attachment. Write 

 us for full information to-day and 



Let Gilson Garden Tools help to 

 Better Results 



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Good tools are the greatest factor in making 

 garden work a joy. We make a tool for 

 every purpose — from five-prong hand 

 weeders to the up-to-the-minute Lib- 

 erty Wheel Cultivator Weeder re- 

 ferred to above. Let our free 

 '■ '. booklet tell you why you should 



"Gilson-ize" your garden. 



J. E. GILSON 

 COMPANY 



Port Washington, Wise. 



Cover Design Frank Spradling 



PAGE 



Barring Out Foreign Novelties ------ 6i 



Among Our Garden Neighbors - - - - — -63 



Three Illustrations 



Fall-Blooming Iris — Covering the Ground — Decorative 

 Dwarf Buckeyes — Excellent Rose Trellis — Chinese Seeds 

 and Bulbs — Making the Pumpkin Grow Fast — Lycoris 

 japonica as a Garden Flower — Silver Moon as - a Hardy 

 Rose — Jewel Weed — Nebraska Carnation — Hotbed 

 Soil, A Correction 



Dahlias! Elusive, Yet So Easy! R. W. Walters 65 

 Photographs by C. Jones, N. R. Graves and others 



Through the Garden Gate - Louise B. Wilder 66 



Sketch by Frank Spradling 



Using Glass for Early Flowers and Vegetables 



T. Sheward 67 

 Drawing by the author 



Gardens and a Few Flowers - - C. L. May 68 



Photographs by the author, A. G. Eldredge, N. R. 

 Graves, C. W. King, F. B. Johnston, A. P. Paret, and 

 others 



Planting Guide for the Practical Gardener 



E. L. D. Seymour 70 

 Practical Manual for the Annual Garden - - - 71 

 Verified Guides for Vegetable Growers - - - 72 

 Herbaceous Perennials and How to Plant Them 73 

 Orderly Planning for Ornamental Purposes - - 74 

 Practical Facts About Planting Fruits - - - - 75 



America a Nation of Gardeners ----- 76 



Photograph by the National War Garden Commission 



The Boom in Organized Gardening 



Frances Duncan 77 



Photographs by E. K. Thomas 



The Month's Reminder ------ 78, 80, 82 



Good Planting ------------84 



Illustration 



The After Care of Perennials ------ 84 



As Others See It---- 86 



"Glass" Made Easy Money - W. H. Drescher 90 

 Worth While Sweet Peas - - - - R. E. Allen 94 

 Farmogerm — A Testimony - - - L. M. Robbins 94 

 Round About the Home Plot ------ 98 



Leonard Barron, Editor 



VOLUME XXIX, No. 2. 



Published Monthly, 25c. a copy. Subscription. Two Dollars a Year. 

 For Canada, $2.35; Foreign Countries, $2.65. 



COPYRIGHT, I919, BY 



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 Los Angeles: VanNuys Bldg. 



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 HERBERT S. HOUSTON, 

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