Apbil, 1909 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



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COVER DESIGN A Summer Garden 



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Fourth Annual "Life Saver" 145 



Planting Trees and Shrubs for Ornament . David Mcintosh 146 



Photographs by A. G. Eldredge, C. H. Miller, and others 



Planting the Home Vegetable and Fruit Garden .... 



W. C. McCollom 148 



Photographs by the author, H. S. Adams, and others 



Planting for Gorgeous Flowers in the Fall . . M. Fuld 156 



Photographs by the author 



English Effects with Broad-Leaved Evergreens .... 



Wilhelm Miller 158 



Photographs by E. J. Wallis 



Rearranging the Hardy Border Peter Zuger 163 



Photograph by Leonard Barron 



Planting a Real Old-Fashioned Garden . . H. S. Adams 164 



Photographs by the author, H. Troth, and others 



Planting Grapes in Waste Places .... W. H. Jenkins 166 



Photographs by the author 



Planting a Strawberry Bed M. Crawford 168 



Photographs by H. Troth and H. C. Tibbitts 



Getting Quality in Lima Beans 168 



Photographs by Thomas J. Steed 



Spring Jobs You Must Not Neglect . . Thomas J. Steed 168 

 Four Ways of Catching the Mole .... Ward MacLeod 170 

 Spray Now for the Codling Moth .... Samuel Jackson 170 



Photograph by Delaware Agricultural Experiment Station 



How to Prevent Spruce Galls G.S.J. 170 



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Nathan R. Graves 



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What Makes Plants Wilt? E. P. Felt 170 



Roses All Summer in Canada E. R. 172 



Photographs by H. H. Pepper and N. R. Graves 



Pansies the Year Round I. M. Angell 172 



Photograph by the author 



Roses for Flowers This Year D. Mcintosh 174 



What One Class Accomplished V. W. 176 



Planting List for a Half-Acre Fruit Garden . . W. McC. 



Feeding the Growing Chicks F. H. Valentine 



Planting a Peach Orchard in Spring .... S.W. Cole 



Photographs by the author 



Garden Publications 184 



Crops for Green Fertilizers E.M. East 186 



Fertilizer Table for the Home Garden . C. E. Hartmann 188 



Radishes in the Cucumber Patch L.W. Rice 188 



Growing Exhibition Blooms of Sweet Peas Edgar A. Higgins 192 



Photograph by E, D. Hees 



Wild Flowers Worth Improving, III. W. A. Brotherton 194 

 [The Perennial Gentians] 



Photograph by Nathan R. Graves 



Getting Money's Worth in Tools. . . . J. Lukens Kayan 196 

 Success in Transplanting Tomatoes . . . Lena W. Rice 1 98 



The Care of the Cow John Harrison 200 



Answers to Queries 202 



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