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'""^"J^R:^:/tZ" THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



August, 1910 



A TABLESPOON IS THE HOUSEHOLD STANDARD OF MEASURE FOR SOAP POWDERS 



. the size of the 

 ' Soap Powder Packages j 



Some look big but do little. 



Here are the results of an actual t:^ 



You should be able to guess lii< 

 story — think of Corn before a 

 after it is POPPED I 



WEIGHED ONE OUNCE 



PEARLINI 



ALWAYS HAS BEEN— IS NQ^ 

 ALWAYS WILL BE I 



Best by Tes 



—A TWBEESPOONnjC^OF ONE OF 



THE FLUFFED, LOOK BIG PACKAGES 



WEIGHED ONE-HALF OUNCE 



TRY TO MAKE SOAP PASTE OF THE FLUFFED SOAP POWDERS —A TAW|^P^^^^H^^^NOTHfi<h OF 



^ _„ THE FLUFi=^ED, LOOK — BIG PACKAGES 

 'i___l WEIGHED ONE-HALF OUNCE SCANT 



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Plant Peonies 





This Fall 



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Ready in September 



H^H^In^fjt^'" ■ 



' 1 Ht-Y thrive better, bloom 

 ■*■ earlier and gro-w larger 





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than if planted in the spring. 





We specialize in these 





plants and have just issued 





a booklet on their culture. 





including IRISES, ETC., 





for Fall Planting. 





Write for catalog 





giving cultural directions 





Wild Bros. Nursery Co. 





Box 514. Sarcoxie. Mo. 



Dutch Bulbs and l^oots 



Of All Varieties 



by C. G. van Txjbergen, Jr. 



Haarlem, Holland 



Grown 



Orders for importa.tion only. Ca.ta.log free. 

 C.C. ABEL &C0., Sole Agents,112 Broad St., New York 



SEEDS FOR THE HARDY GARDEN 



Write to-day for copy of my Little Green 

 Book which contains a selected list of the 

 best varieties with prices. 

 HENRY SAXTON ADAMS, Wellesley, Mass. 





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EVERGREENS 



can be successfully transplanted in 



AUGUST 



Spf. 



itlo Jiliic S|iruce on aa eblutein Dlassnrliusetts from our Murxcrics 



We have them in great variety ; many rare sorts ; 

 all transplanted or root-pruned, so that they virill 

 lift vvfith a ball of earth about the roots which 

 insures their living. Our Nurseries contain many 

 large specimen Evergreens as well as thousands 

 of smaller sizes suitable for transplanting. 

 Send us your list of w^ants for prices. 



W^e also have in large assortment 



TREES, SHRUBS, ROSES and VINES 

 for OCTOBER delivery 



HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS 

 for SEPTEMBER planting 



EVERYTHING FOR THE HOME- 

 GROUNDS 



Our descriptive catalogs are exhausted, but a 

 new and improved edition virill be out in Sep- 

 tember. Upon request we Vi'ill mail a copy free. 



The Bay State Nurseries 



North Abington, Massachusetts 



Little Gardens for Boys and Girls. By Myrta 



Margaret Higgins, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston; 



pp. 153; illustrated; price $i.io net. 



A book for beginners, which goes just far enough 



to give children a good start. It does not attempt 



to cover the entire field of garden possibilities, the 



suggestions being elemental. 



The Flower Gardens of Japan. Painted by Ella 



Du Cane; described by Florence Du Cane. Imported 



by The Macmillian Company, New York, 1909; pp. 



248; 50 illustrations; price $6.00 net. 



A brief account of the most striking flowers of the 



country, and an introduction to landscape gardening 



from the Japanese point of view. The illustrations 



are from paintings, and the colors particularly clear. 



Indoor Gardening. By Eben E. Rexford. J. B. 



Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, 1910; pp. 318; 33 



illustrations; price $1.50 net. 



The care of the commoner house plants. The 

 information has been gained by the writer from 

 actual experience and rings true. The illustrations 

 are photographic. 



Manual of Gardening. By L. H. Bailey. The 



Macmillan Company, New York, 1910; pp. J39; 



numerous illustrations; price ^2.00 net. 



A "primer" for the amateur gardener which the 



author, with the assistance of several collaborators, 



has adapted to all parts of the United States. The 



illustrations are most convincing and instructive. 



The flower, vegetable and fruit gardens are dealt 



with, as well as a certain amount of planting for 



landscape effect. This new volume is largely a 



combination of revised editions of the author's 



"Garden Making" and "Practical Garden Book." 



Spring Flowers at Belvoir Castle. By W. H. 



Divers. Imported by Longmans, Green & Company, 



New York, 1909; pp. 103; 32 illustrations; price 



$2.00 net. 



The Duke of Rutland's English estate has long 

 been famous for its flower garden effects. Just 

 how they are produced is here told by the head 

 gardener. The illustrations are all full-page, and 

 show the charming combinations that have been 

 successful year after year. 



Popular Fruit Growing. By Samuel B. Green. 

 Webb Publishing Company, Minn., 1909; 298 pages; 

 many illustrations, including line cuts. Price Si. 00. 

 A companion volume to that remarkably excel- 

 lent little volume "Vegetable Gardening," by the 

 same author. A book of easy reference which gives 

 the essential facts so plainl)' and positively that it 

 will be of great benefit to the amateur. 

 Agriculture Through the Laboratory and School 

 Garden. By C. R. Jackson and Mrs. L. S. Daugherty. 

 Orange Judd Company, New York, 1909; pp. 435, 

 illustrated. Price, $1.50 net. 



Laboratory work, subject matter and applica- 

 tion of agriculture principles are well proportioned 

 in this work. It is a text book, but it is very read- 

 able and has much value as a reference work as well. 



This Month's Cover 



THE Indian lotus {Nelumbo nucijerd) shown on 

 this month's cover is the most statel}' of all 

 the aquatics. It is a native of Japan and is quite 

 hardy and readily naturalized through the United 

 States. Several varieties are known, ranging in 

 color from white through creamy yellow to deep rose 

 pink, both double and single forms. It must be 

 planted in a confined root space; otherwise it is 

 likely to become a weed and undermines the foun- 

 dations of an artificial pond. 



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