September, 1909 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



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SEPTEMBER, 1909 



COVER DESIGN The Garden in September 



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• 55 

 Annie A. Frost 56 



The Vegetable Garden .... 

 Selling Flowers in a Summer Colony 



Photographs by Leonard Barron 



Chronicles from an Amateur's Garden . Sherman R. Duffy 59 



Photographs by the author 



The Status of the Dwarf Fruit Tree from Two Standpoints 



S. W. Fletcher, G. T. Powell 61 



Photographs by S. \V. Fletcher and A. G. Eldredge 



English Effects with Hardy Perennials 



Photographs by E. J. Wallis 



Where This Year's Insects Came From . 



Photographs by the author 



Chhdren's Gardens Everywhere . 



Photographs by the author 



How to Prune Fruit Trees 



Photograph by A. G. Eldredge 



Fruit Trees in Odd Corners . 

 Tomatoes as an Irrigated Crop 

 How to Use Up Tomatoes .... 

 Fall Work for the South 



Photographs by the author 



Wilhelm Miller 64 



E. P. Felt 68 



Ellen Eddy Shaw 70 



Gerhard Kolligs 72 



D. Mcintosh 72 



. Lucy M. Ellis 74 



I. M. Angell 74 



Thomas J. Steed 74 



. Henry Troth 



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Early Fall Notes . . 74 



Reinforced Dahlias C. L. Metier 76 



Photographs by the author 



How Tile Drainage Improves the Garden 



Mrs. Charles C. Woods 79 



A Fragrant Night Bloomer W. M. 76 



Photograph by D. M. Andrews 



A Correction 76 



American Substitute for the Primrose Wilfred A. Brotherton 78 



Photographs by N. R. Graves and others 



Planting Hedges in the Gardens of Hope Ida M. H. Starr 82 



Photographs by the author 



Color All the Year F. B. Cathcart 86 



Garden Publications 86 



Plant Easter, Madonna, and Nankeen Lilies in September 



Thomas McAdam 88 



A Flower Stand for the Living Room . . C. C. Brasher 88 



Drawing by H. L. Furman 



Answers to Queries 92 



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