October, 1910 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



Tlie Readers' Service gives 

 injormation about insurance 



105 



Duties for October 107 



Rejuvenating the Old Apple Tree . . . . J. C. Jarvis 108 



Photographs by the author 



What Brings THE April Flowers . . Benjamin Goodrich 112 



Photographs by Nathan R. Graves and others 



Practical and Impractical Ideas from England 



Wilhehn Miller 114 



Photographs by E. J. Wallis 



Real Facts about the Problem op Fall Planting vs. 



Spring Planting 118 



Photographs by N. R. Graves and Verne Morton 



When to Plant Peonies . . . ' 122 



Tulips op Yesterday for Gardens of To-day . John Nott 123 



Photographs by Nathan R. Graves 



Readers' Experience Club 125 



Children's Gardens Everywhere . . . Ellen Eddy Shaw 126 



Photographs by H. E. Angell and others 



Getting the Better of Early Frost . . W. C. McCollofn 128 



Photographs by the author 



Bulbs for California Gardens . . . Sydney B. Mitchell 128 

 Work in the Apple Orchard W. H. Jenkins 129 



Photographs by the author 



H. F. Grinstead 129 



Florence Dixon 130 



. C L. Metier 130 



EVAPOR.A.TING Fruit on a Small Scale . . 

 How My Bulb-Cellar Succeeded . . . 

 Dusty Miller as a Hardy Bedding Plant 



Photographs by the author 



More about Crinums J.N. Gerard 130 



Plant Bulbs Now Thomas J. Steed 132 



Growing Sweet Peas in the South ... E. W. Oettinger 132 



Photograph by the author 



How Many Tulips in a Round Bed ? . . 

 Flowers for a Ten-Acre Lot 



Photograph by N. R. Graves 



The Calendula's Two Sorts of Blossoms 



Photographs by the author 



Digging the Garden in Fall 



Another Way to Start Rose Cuttings 



Photograph by the author 



An Experience in Transplanting a Tree 



Flowters fqr Nine Months 



A Shrub for Seashore Planting .... 



Photograph by Nathan R. Graves 



. C. L. Meller 136 

 H. S. Adams 138 



C. F. Saunders 142 



W. R. Gilbert 144 



A. G. Whitley 146 



. F. H. Moore 148 



W. B. Graves 148 



Daniel A. Clarke 150 



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