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Ferns and Fall-Blooming 



Wild Flowers for May Planting 



ANY of my forty-two kinds of native Ferns may be 

 planted safely during May. Some of the exquis- 

 itely beautiful ones are the maidenhair, the prickly shield 

 fern, the male fern, the spinulose wood fern, the narrow- 

 leaved spleenwort, the bladder ferns, the beech ferns, 

 the ostrich fern, the royal fern and the woodsias. Plant 

 them in irregular clumps, and combine them with the 

 baneberries, butterfly weed, asters, white snakeroot, closed 

 gentian, helenium, liatris, cardinal flower, meadow rue, 

 etc. You can design hundreds of dainty combinations 

 for midsummer and autumn effects, showing a wide 

 variety of seasonable color. 



Group them along shaded paths, or down in the meadow, 

 or around the house and in unsightly fence corners. 



They require no hoeing or raking or pruning or spraying. 

 Just give them woodsy soil, a congenial location, and a 

 normal amount of moisture and they will care for them- 

 selves. 



My Unusual Catalogue for 1922 



is by far the most complete and interesting issue I have 

 ever published. It describes and illustrates all the worth- 

 while native shrubs, evergreens, wild flowers, and ferns. 

 It gives cultural directions that are easily understood and 

 followed. And it tells all about my Service Organiza- 

 tion of naturalistic experts and how they can help you in 

 establishing Wild Flower Sanctuaries, Bird Sanctuaries, 

 Wild Woodland Gardens, Rock Gardens, Bog Gardens, 

 Water Gardens — any form of naturalistic planting you 

 may have in mind. Write for your copy to-day. 

 You'll find it as fascinating as any novel. 



Edward Gillett, Fern and Flower JFarm Southwick, Mass. 



286 Fifth Avenue 

 NEW YORK CITY 



1524 Chestnut Street 

 PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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MAY, 1922 



THE GARDEN 



MAGAZINE 



CONTENTS 



COVER DESIGN: "MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY" 



Ann Noble 



PAGE 



DOGWOOD IN FLOWER 1 - . . - 165 



Photograph by Arthur G. Eldredge 



THE CHARM OF THE LILAC 166 



Photograph by E. H. Lincoln 



A VIEW IN DR. SARGENT'S GARDEN 167 



Photograph by Arthur G. Eldredge 



THE MONTH'S REMINDER: WHEN TO DO WHAT YOU 



WANT TO DO 168 



WHY DAHLIAS DELIGHT - - - Charlton Burgess Bolles 170 

 Photograph by Harry Coutant 



CONQUERING THE RESTRICTED AREA - - E. C. StUes 172 

 Photographs and plan by the author 



CONVERTING WASTE PLACES TO BEAUTY 



Warfield Webb 173 

 Photographs by J. Anthony Bill 



OUR GARDEN OF "GLADS" - - - - Rose Blair Marsh 176 

 Photographs by the author 



WILL YOUR TULIPS COME BLIND? - - - A. B. Stout 177 

 Photographs by the author 



GRAFTING THE WILD CHERRY - - Archibald Rutledge 178 



CURRANTS AND GOOSEBERRIES IN THE HOME 



GARDEN John L. Doan 179 



THE INTRICATE PROBLEM OF THE SMALL GARDEN 181 

 Plan and photographs supplied by Ruth Dean, L. A. 



HOW ACID IS AN ACID SOIL? - - - Edgar T. Wherry 184 



SOME SUMMER ANTICIPATIONS 185 



AT FLORA'S FEET Leonard Barron 186 



Photographs by Edwin Levick, Mattie E. Hewitt and 

 Coburn 



TEACHING POOR KIDDIES TO GARDEN 190 



GARDENING WITH WILD FLOWERS Amelia Leavitt Hill 191 

 Illustrations furnished by the author 



THREE RELIABLE EVERGREENS FOR THE NORTHERN 



GREAT PLAINS Maynard H. Hardy 194 



Photographs by the author 



AMONG OUR GARDEN NEIGHBORS -------- 195 



THE OPEN COLUMN 196 



Photographs by N. R. Graves, Mattie E. Hewitt, J. 

 Horace McFarland Co., and others 



THE IRON FETTERS OF QUARANTINE ------ 204 



Leonard Barron, Editor 



VOLUME XXXV, No. 3 

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