February, 1910 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE iZft^&ZZtZJiZ 



8-c 



FEBRUARY, 1910 



Cover Desion — just Apples 



Now for the Catalogues -9 



There Was Once a Man Who Dreamed, — I Ida M. H. Starr io 

 English Effects with Hardy "Bog Plants" Wilhelm Miller 12 



Photographs by E. J. Wallis 



Better Apples for New England . George T. Powell 15 



Photograph by Leonard Barron 



How the West Grows Good Apples 

 Gardening Suggestions, by "Veronica" — I 



Photographs by Arthur G. Eldredge 



Hedges for the Northwest 



Photographs by the au thor 



Children's Gardens Everywhere . Ellen Eddy Shau. 



Photographs by A. F. Loomis, E. Mahoney and others 



/. G. Cooke 



17 

 19 



C. L. Meller 20 



What Varietles to Grow 



Photographs by the author 



The Efficacy of Winter Sprays . 

 Hens Help the Strawberries 

 An Apple for Exportlng 



W. H. Jenkins 



L. C. Corbett 



N. B. White 



G. B. Brackett 



24 



26 



28 

 28 

 28 



Roselle Jelly L. A. W. 28 



A Tennesee Recipe for Apple Butter . . Clyde 28 



What You Gain by Starting Seeds in Heat W. C. McCollom 30 



Photograph by the author 



Self-sowing Varieties ...../. M. Angell 30 



Extra Early Tomatoes .... Nat S. Green 32 



American Bog Plants 32 



The Precious Hart's Tongue . . . . W. M. 34 



A Cellar Window Frame . . . Wood Levette Wilson 34 



Photograph by the author 



The Grandest Bog Lilies W. M. 36 



Southern Reminder . 38 



Photograph by Thomas J. Steed 



Success with Cucumbers 



Photograph by the author 



A Home for Garden Tramps and Waifs 

 Ten Weeks' Stock .... 



Photograph by the author 



A Record-breaklng Wheat Crop . 



Thomas J. Steed 40 



Sherman R. Duffy 42 

 Mrs. F. W. Graves 44 



W. T. Carter, Jr. 46 



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