AUGTJST, 1910 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



The lalcst books on travel and biography may 

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AUGUST, 1910 



Cover Design — Indian lolus (Nelmnbo nudjera) See page 36 



What You Must Do 



PAGE 



9 



10 

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IS 

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Photograph by John T. Withers 



The Right and Wrong Kind of "Show Garden" W. Miller 



Photographs by E. J. Wallis and William Goldring 



The Two Wonder Fruits of the Tropics . John Gifjord 



Photographs by the author 



Vegetable Planting Table for the South 5'. Prentiss Baldwin 

 What Chicago is Doing for its Trees . . J. H. Frost 



Photographs by Sherman R. Duffy 



Country Flowers for City Folks . . Katherine Paul 20 



Photographs by J. T. Sweeney & Son 



Sow Pansies Noav for Spring Bloom . . John Gerard 22 



Photograph by Nathan R. Graves 



The "Acid Son." Bugaboo . . . J. A. Bonsteel 23 



California from an Eastern Viewpoint Charles E. Jenney 24 



Photographs by the author 



Ever Eat This Fruit ? Henry Hicks 25 



Photograph by H. E. Angell 



Children's Gardens Everywhere . . Ellen Eddy Shaw 26 



Photographs by E. E. Wilcox and L. J. Doogue 



Midsummer Reminders . . . . W. H. Jenkins 27 



Photograph by the author 



Fruit-Pickers 

 Blanching Celery 



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27 



/. L. K. 



Photograph by the author 



W. C. McCollom 



Photographs by the author 



Keeping Rabbits from Girdling Trees . 

 Three Clematis Hybrids .... 



Photograph by William S. Rice 



The King of All the Buttercups . 



Photograph by Nathan R. Graves 



A Good Shrubbery Plant . . . Daniel A. Clarke 



Photograph by \athan R. Graves 



Garden Publications 



This Month's Cover 



A Fragrant Flower for Winter Bloom 



Photograph by the author 



Garden Gossip 40 



Garden Duties for August 42 



The Aster Aphis Vanquished . . . Helen W. Harding 42 



Garden Planning W. S. Rogers 44 



C. L. Meller 28 



. W. M. 30 



H. S. Adams 32 

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E. O. Mason 38 



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