March, 1909 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



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COVER DESIGN The Awakening of Spring 



The Spring Rush Begins 71 



Incidental Care of the Fruit Garden . . S.W. Fletcher 72 



Photographs by the author 



What America Can Teach England About Shrubs W. Miller 75 



Photographs by E. J. Wallis 



How to Multiply Your Hydrangeas . . . Luke J. Doogite 79 



Photographs by the author 



Why You Should Have a Coldframe .... Philip Cox 80 



Photographs by R. Cudlip and L. W. C Tuthill 



Getting Quality in the Egg-plant . . . E.D. Darlington 82 



Photographs by the author 



The Relatives of the Poppy Leonard Barron 84 



Photographs by A. R. Dugmore, G. G. McLean, and others 



Edible Beans a Yard Long Henry Maxwell 87 



Photograph by Helen Lukens Jones 



Chrysanthemums in Georgia 88 



Photograph by Thomas J. Steed 



A Trial Ground for Cotton Thomas J. Steed 88 



A Seed-Bed for Annual Flowers .... George Jackson 88 



Photograph by the Vermont Experiment Station 



Some Garden Annuals That Will Self-sow . I. M. Angell 90 



Photographs by the author 



Wild Flowers Worth Improving, II. — Annual and Biennial 



Gentians W. A. Brotherton 92 



Photograph by A. R. Dugmore 



Nathan R. Graves 



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Toads for the Pea Louse L.C. Porter 



Rooting Cuttings on the Kitchen Stove . . Ella M. Beats 



Photograph by the author 



A Charming Idea in Rock Gardens .... Samuel Johnson 



Photograph by J. H. MacFarland 



Tomatoes on Irrigated Land R. H. Forbes 



The Small Dairy G. S. J. 100 



The Hoop-Petticoat Daffodil D. P. H. 100 



Garden Publications 102 



A Profit of $3.28 per Hen H. M. Cottrell 



Preserving Eggs for Next Winter's Use . . G. C. Howard 



How to Be a Chicken Fancier -. W. D. S. 



Whitewash as a Disinfectant G. Sherman 



Tile Drainage 106 



Do You Know This Plant? Daniel A. Clarke 108 



Photograph by Nathan R. Graves 



Hints for Planting Beans E. D. D. no 



A Spraying Outfit for $8.50 Floy Warner 116 



Answers to Queries 122 



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