

July, 1910 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



// a problem grows in your garden write to 

 the Readers 1 Service for assistance 



343 



COVER DESIGN — Giant daisy (Chrysanthemum itliginosum) 



It Is Not Too Late . 



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345 



Timely Hints 



Photograph by Nathan R. Graves 



The Right and Wrong Way to Plan a Garden 



Wilhelm Miller 346 



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



The Peculiar Merits of the Blackberry Chas. E. Chapman 350 



Photographs by H. W. Porch and others 



Photograph by the 



Watering and Succession 



Photographs by the author 



Sowing for Fall Crops 



What to Do with the Old Bulbs . 



Photographs by the author 



Planning Adjoining Lots as One . 



Plan by the author 



Making the Most of Those Rocks 



Photograph by F. A. Walter 



Having a Garden in Alaska 



Photographs by the author 



A Pictorial Study of Garden Entrances 



Photographs by N. R. Graves, E. M. Boult, H. Troth and others 



Luke J . Doogue 352 



C. L. Meller 353 



. H. S. Adams 354 



Carlyle Ellis 356 



• 358 



Startling Torch Lilies 



Photographs by Nathan R. Graves 



The Splendor of Crinums 



Photograph by E. J. Wallis 



Notes and News 



Readers' Experience Club 360 



Photograph by F. E., Jr. 



Children's Gardens Everywhere . . Ellen Eddy Shaw 361 



Photographs by Mary H. Northend, A. F. Loomis and others 



An Enthusiast on Brush . 



Photograph by the 



Planting the Window Boxes . 

 Garden Publications 

 Annuals as Bedding Plants 



Photograph by the 



Start a Rock Garden Now 



author 



Arthur G. Eldredge 



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W. H. Jenkins 363 

 W. C. McCollom 364 



Thomas J. Steed 366 

 . W. M. 368 



Thomas McAdam 370 



author 



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/. M. Angell 374 



. G. S. J. 376 



• 376 



. C. L. Meller 378 



Thomas McAdam 380 



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