August, 1913 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



AUG 



Cover Design — "Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse, too" - 



The Month's Reminder 



Flowers for Next Easter - - - - - W. C. McCollom 



Photographs by Nathan R. Graves and others 



Building a Greenhouse? - W. R. Cobb 12 



A Summer Vacation Among Eastern Gardens Lucullus, Jr. 13 



Photographs by A. G. Eldredge and N. R. Graves 



Keeping Hens in the Backyard Garden Roger W. Babson 16 



Making a Strawberry Bed - - - - A. E. Wilkinson 20 



Photographs by H. Troth and ethers 



Ten Acres Enough 



21 



Photograph by E. J. Hall 



Success With Daffodils - - - - Mrs. H. A. Craigen 24 



Suggestions for August Planting - - John Y. Beaty 24 



As the Summer Advances - - - - - Thomas J. Steed 26 



His First Garden ------- - - C. L. A. 17 



Drawings by the author 



The Garden Doctor ------______. x 8 



A Few Points About Using a Hose - Percival Moore 28 



Photographs by the author 



Bagging Flowers to Beat the Bugs 



A. C. Brown 30 



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