June, 19 10 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 'W^L^AZT 



292-a 



COVER DESIGN — Canterbury Bells 



The Busy Month of June 



JUNE, 1910 



Utilizing Old Fruit Boxes. 



PAGE 

 293 





294 

 297 



298 

 299 



Emily Rhodes 302 



Spray Formulas in Terms of Kitchen Utensils 



W. C. O'Kane 



Photographs by W. S. Abbott and Alfred F. Loomis 



Taking Care of the Strawberry Patch W. C. Garrison 



Photographs by Harvey W. Porch 



Some Hints for the Flower Garden ■ . 



Companion Crops in the Flower Garden Louisa Y. King 



Photographs by the author 



A Garden Made in Flfteen Months . 



Photographs by H. P. Rolfe 



How I Made My Pergola . . Elizabeth Tyree Metcalfe 304 



Photographs and diagrams by the author 



Raspberries for the Home Garden . Charles E. Chapman 305 



Photographs by Harvey W. Porch 



Readers' Experience Club 



Photograph by C. L. Meller 



Children's Gardens Everywhere . Ellen Eddy Shaw 308 



Photographs by W. L. Wildey and H. Gayman 



Keeping Up Fertility W. H. Jenkins 310 



Photograph by the author 



How to Gather Early Crops 



Photographs by the author 



Growing Tomatoes in a Small Garden 



Photograph by the author 



A. R. Dugmore 



PAGE 



Ella M. Beats 310 

 .W. C. McCollom 311 



C. W. Durham 312 



Rose Lessons From English Gardens W. G. Mackendrick 312 



Photographs by the author 



To Make Ragged Evergreens Dense and Symmetrical W. M. 308 



Photograph by P. J. Berckmans 



307 



Cover Plants for the Iris Bed . 

 Good News for Bulb Fanciers . 

 Preparing the Soil for Planting 

 Using Straw Matting in the Garden 

 Seed to be Sown Now. 

 Torches for the Tent Caterpillar 



Photograph by the author 



Exterminate Poison Ivy 

 How to Apply Fertilizer 



Sherman R. Duffy 320 



. F. D. C. 322 



David Mcintosh 324 



. Walter H. Sears 324 



Thomas J. Steed 326 



. J. L. K. 326 



Thomas McAdam 328 



. F. E. B. 330 



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