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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



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Cover Design — oleander 



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Act Before May ist . . . . ' 217 



England's New Kind of Flower Bed . Wilhelm Miller 218 



Photographs by E. J. Wallis 



What Alls Your Plants ? E. Porter Felt 



Four Plans for a 150x150 Ft. Lot . . . F. C. Leible 

 Evergreens for Present Planting . . John W. Duncan 



Photographs by H. E. Angell, C. H. Miller, and others 



Tender Bulbs for Summer Flowers . . Richard Barton 



Photographs by N. R. Graves, A. G. Eldredge, and others 



Dahlias for Everybody's Garden . . . Maurice Fuld 232 



Photographs by N. R. Graves and others 



Save Your Easter Lily Bulbs . . . . H. S. Adams 234 

 Lilies That May Be Planted in Spring . . E. Huftelen 234 



Photographs by F. L. Marble and N. R. Graves 



Growing Easter Lilies in the United States . . . 234 



Are Your Tulips Diseased? 234 



A Curtain of Cobcea James Bennett 238 



Photograph by Nathan R. Graves 



Sweet Peas of Many Varieties Grown in a Barrel 



Jidie Adams Powell 238 



Photograph by Nathan R. Graves 



Vines for Porch Effects . 



Photograph by Nathan 



Quality in Watermelons . 

 Shipping Poultry to Market 

 When to Plant . 

 Why It Pays to Thin Fruit 

 The Best Breed of Cow . 

 Planting Hedges 



Photograph by H. E 



The Busy Time Commences 



A New Classification of Dahlias 



Shirley Poppies with Candytuft 



More About Toads 



Fertilizer Advice for Amateurs 



An Uncommon Variety of Squash 



Conifers in America and England 



$240,000 est Sweet Peas 



Answers to Queries . 



R. Gi 



Angell 



Helen Ingersoll 



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G. B. Donnelly 240 

 F. H. Valentine 242 

 /. L. Kayan 244 

 . S. W. Fletcher 246 

 . John Harrison 248 

 David Mcintosh 250 



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Thomas J . Steed 252 



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. M. M. G. 



H. C. Anderson 



Claude H. Miller 258 



W. R. L. Dwyer 262 



. F. Moore 264 



W. G. 264 



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