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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



April, 1909 



Comrades 



By Thomas Dixon, Jr. 



Author of " The Leopard's Spots," 



" The Clansman," 'The Traitor" 



" The One Woman," etc. 



A dramatic and absorbing novel 

 of a young millionaire and a girl 

 enthusiast who join a socialist 

 colony in California. Four illus- 

 iralions i?i color, $ 1.50. 



In the Valley of 

 the Shadows 



By Thomas LeeWoolwine 



A touching story of the Ten- 

 nessee Mountains, showing how 

 the love of two young people 

 proved too strong for the blood 

 feud between their families. 

 Four illustrations in color. $1 .00. 



The Wild 

 Geese 



By Stanley J. Weyman 



Author 0/ " Chippinge Borough" and 

 "The Long Night." 



An exciting romance of the 

 Irish coast in 1780, and the best 

 story we have had from this 

 distinguished author in years. 

 Mr. Weyman announces that 

 this is to be his last novel. 

 Four illustrations. $1.50. 



Old Jim Case of 

 South Hollow 



By Ed. Rice, of Onondaga Co. 



If you have ever hunted a 'coon, 

 fished for trout, swapped a lie or 

 a horse, lived in a village, indulged 

 in romance, or longed for a 

 genuine, soothing, honest book, 

 there is something for you in 

 " Old Jim Case." Frontispiece. 

 Fixed price, $1.00 (postage 12c). 



' Comrades ' 



The Climber 



By E. F. Benson 



Author 0/ 'Sheaves," "The Blotting 

 Book" etc. 



The story of ambitious Lucia 

 Grimson, who gains the goal of 

 her dreams — social leadership — - 

 at the expense of all that is best 

 in life. This is Mr. Benson's 

 best novel. Frontispiece in brown 

 and gold. Fixed price, $1.40 

 (postage 12c). 



A Prince of 

 Dreamers 



By Flora Annie Steel 



Author of "Oil the Face of the Waters" 

 "A Sovereign Remedy, etc. 



Against the background of 

 Oriental mystery supplied by the 

 India of Queen Elizabeth's time, 

 Miss Steel has woven a powerful 

 and finely imaginative romance 

 that is sure to win her new 

 honors. Fixed price, $1. 25 (post- 

 age 10c). 



TheHouseWith 

 No Address 



By E. Nesbit 



Author of "The Wouldbegoods," 

 " The Incomplete Amorist " etc. 



An extraordinary story of ayoung 

 dancer who becomes the reign- 

 ing sensation with her Salome 

 dance, but who remains a hope- 

 less enigma to the public because 

 of the deep mystery which sur- 

 rounds her. $1.50. 



Booth Tarkington's The Guest of Quesnay 



Not since "Beaucaire" has Mr. Tarkington done anything that savors of the grace, fragrance and the 

 dreamy exquisiteness of this successful new romantic novel Illustrations. $1.50. 



Mary Stewart Cutting's The Wayfarers 



Mrs. Cutting has more than fulfilled, she has exceeded, the expectations of the admirers of her shorter 

 suburban stories in this splendid novel of American life. Business and love and the social life of the 

 suburbs are the main motives and they are admirably handled. Sixth Fdition. Illustrations. $1.50 



Joel Chandler Harris's The Bishop and the Boogerman 



One of the last stories from the irresistible pen of " Uncle Remus," with all the whimsicality and the 

 quaint, delightful humor of the Uncle Remus books. Fixed price, $1.00 (postage 10c). 



COTJNTRY LIFE 

 IN AMERICA 



The\vokix>''s'Wobk 



The Garden 

 magazine 



DoubledayPage &Co. New York. 



LOW-COST SUBURBAN HOMES 



fl- ■* A book of 90 plans and photographs of houses that have 



^ ' 5 • Ji ' been built at costs ranging from $1,000 to $10,000. 



Designed By Leading Architects 



Each plan is of a house actually built and is accompanied by photo' 

 graphs of the finished house. In most cases the cost is given. Houses 

 of frame, stone, brick, cement, shingle, stucco of many kinds, and on 

 many sorts of lots, are included. 



The book is beautifully printed on coated paper and sold at the following prices : 

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THE JOHN C. WINSTON COMPANY, Dept. A. 1006 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Publishers of House & Garden, the Illustrated Monthly Magazine 



Worth $1. 



An Early Blooming Shrub 



THE American witch hazel (Hamamelis 

 Virginiana) blooms from September to 

 November. Its brown and yellow flowers are 

 such a delightful addition to the garden in the late 

 fall that it should be planted wherever possible. 





The •witch hazel blooms from September to No- 

 vember and often carries fruits and flowers at the 

 same time 



The fruits of the previous crop of flowers still hang 

 to the tree when it blooms a second time, and the 

 accompanying photograph, taken November 18th, 

 shows both blossoms and fruits. 



The witch hazel will attain a height of about 

 eight or ten feet in about six years from seed, but 

 after it has reached that height it is of very slow 

 growth. 



New Jersey. George Sherman. 



The Marguerite 



ONE of the most common flowers in cultivation 

 in San Francisco is the Marguerite or Paris 

 daisy. {Chrysanthemum jrutescens, var. grandi- 

 florum). It thrives in moist land, and the flowers, 



