April, 1911 



THE GARDEN MAG A Z I N E 



The Renders' Service will give you 

 information about motor boats 



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COVER DESIGN Lilies and phlox in a sheltered garden 



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Getting Down to Business -------- 



Permanent Materials for Your Garden - Wilhelm Miller 



Photographs by H. Troth, A. G. Eldredge and others 



Ready-Made Planting Tables for any Garden - 



E. L. D. Seymour 158 



Photograph by A. Kruhm 



Balance in the Flower Garden - - Mrs. Francis King 164 



Photographs by the author 



The Right Way to Buy and Plant a Fruit Tree 



W. H. Jenkins 166 



Photographs by the author 



The Story of a Boy's Successful Market Garden 



Roger P. Newton 167 



Photographs by the author 



Some Old New England Gardens - - - - - -168 



Photographs by Mary H. Northend and Henry Troth 



A Few Newer Gardens of the West - - - - - -169 



Photographs by Jens Jensen, I. S. Hendrie and others 



Money in Backyard Gardening - - Ad olph Kruhm 170 



Childrens' Gardens Everywhere - - Ellen Eddy Shaw 171 



Photographs by J. J. Carpenter, L. K. Miller and others 



Reader's Experience Club - - - - - - - -173 



What Fuel is Most Economical - - Myron T. Scudder 1 74 



Photographs by A. G. Eldredge and others 



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Destroying Scales on Ferns - - - - - E. S. J. 175 

 Planting Fruit Trees with Dynamite - Estelle M. Rawley 176 

 Garden Reminder - - - - - - - - - -178 



Photograph by Thomas J. Steed 



Profit in Sweet Potatoes - Thomas J. Steed 



How to Prune a Shrub - - - - - C. L. Meller 



Photograph by the author 



Spring Work for Every New Englander E. L. D. Seymour 

 Preparing the Soil - - - - - - - M. R. C. 



Photographs by the author 



The Blue-Eyed African Daisy - - - E. E. Trumbull 



Photograph by the author 



Wallflowers for November Flower - Rosalind Richards 

 Making a Strawberry Bed - - H. F. Grinstead 



Easy Money From Onions - - Ernest Ellerman 



Starting Vegetables Indoors - George Standen 



A Glassless Hotbed ----- Gladys H. Sinclair 

 Some Points About Celery - - - - - C. E. P. 

 Tomatoes on Trees ------ L. H. Nelson 



Photograph by the author 



Grafting Wild Apples -__-__ Nushka 

 Exhibitions Worth Seeing --------21a 



Jackson T. Dawson ------ F. L. Bullard 212 



Photograph by the author 



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