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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



January, 1914 



YOUR copy 

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It is brimful of helpful sug- 

 gestions for your garden — its 

 planting and care. Full in- 

 structions as to the best way to 

 grow every flower and vegetable 

 — a list of varieties even more 

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self-sowing, the coltsfoot increases as rapidly as if it 

 had the world to conquer. If used as a cover near 

 the lawn or garden, the flower heads should be cut 

 off before the seed ripens. 



Another excellent cover effect may be obtained 

 by the use of the old fashioned burnet {Poterium 

 sanguisorba) . This grows readily from seed and, 

 being a perennial, takes care of itself thereafter. 

 The beautifully cut dark green foliage is very pro- 

 fuse and mats thickly to a height of six or eight inches. 

 After the first year, there are inconspicuous heads 

 of dull red bloom. This burnet, used for flavoring 

 drink in the olden time, covers the ground well on 

 sandy and chalky soils; it has no particular dislike 

 for soil poverty. In the garden I use it as an edging; 

 it is fine for that purpose, as it is easy to keep 

 w'thin bounds. 



The value of the common blue myrtle (Vinca 

 minor) for filling in bare, or semi-bare, spots ought 

 to be almost universally apparent. But if it is, 

 advantage is too infrequently taken of the oppor- 

 tunity. It has the supreme virtue of being ever- 

 green in the North, it will thank you for sunshine 

 and thank you for shade, its blossoms are bright 

 and pretty and in hardiness it is in the can't-be- 

 killed class. It ought to be planted more on banks, 

 where the white variety is very attractive. 



Nor is the value of Rosa Wichnraiana realized to 

 the extent that its merits deserve. Though called 

 the memorial rose, there is no reason why it should 

 be relegated to cemeteries. It is beautiful and use- 

 ful there, but not less so on a bank or rocky ground 

 with good soil pockets, either pinned down close or 

 as a loose cover. This rose soon provides a virtu- 

 ally evergreen carpet and the single white blocsoms 

 make it almost as beautiful as the famous Cherokee 

 rose of the South. 



New York. H. S. Adams. 



School Agriculture. By Milo N. Wood. Orange 

 Judd Company, New York. Illustrated; 330 pages. 

 Price $1.50 net. 



The book is planned as a text for rural and un- 

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 with illustrations which really tell the story. An 

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The Farmer of Tomorrow. By F. I. Anderson. 

 The Macmillan Co., New York; 308 pages; $1.50 net. 



Whether you are of the school of Liebig, or 

 support Milton Whitney and the United States 

 Bureau of Soils in the discussions as to the nature 

 and permanence of soil fertility, the larger part of 

 this book being devoted to this subject will surely 

 interest you. The first chapters also are likely to, 

 dealing as they do with the problems and trans- 

 formations in farm land conditions in this country. 

 The author is thoroughly optimistic and nas as- 

 sembled his facts, figures and deductions in most 

 readable and convincing style and array. 



School and Home Gardens. By W. H. D. Meier 

 Ginn and Company, Boston. 300 pages; illustrated; 

 price $.80 net. 



There are many school garden books, but Meier's 

 takes quite a different viewpoint from the others. 

 No time is lost laying plans for others. But all 

 the best material for use is described, and then how 

 to use it. The application of the work to the school, 

 or the child, is left to the intelligent reader. It is 

 one of the most suggestive of all the school garden 

 books, and is as helpful to the city school as to the 

 country school. 



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