October, 1909 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



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OCTOBER, 1909 

 Cover Design — An oid-Fashioned Garden . . . . . A. R. Dugmore 



Seaweed as a Fertilizer A. E. W. 104 



A Productive Vegetable Garden . . D. C. Only 104 



Do All the Gardening You Can in the Fall . . .111 

 Hardy Bulbs for Everybody's Garden W. C. McCollom 112 



Photographs by the author and others 



Little Bulbs for Little Purses . . Benjamin Goodrich 116 



Photographs by L. Barron, N. Graves and others 



How to Plant the Hardy Border in Fall Robert Cameron 118 



Photographs by the author 



Two-story Effects in the Bulb Garden Sherman R. Duffy 120 



Photographs by N. R. Graves and M. O. Wright 



Taking October by the Forelock . . . H. S. Adams 122 



Photographs by Nathan R. Graves 



One Hundred Plants for an All- Year Garden . 



Leonard Barron 124 

 English Effects with Hardy Climbers . Wilhelm Miller 126 



Photographs by E. J. Wallis and F. M. Good 



Children's Gardens Everywhere . . Ellen Eddy Shaw 130 



Photographs by the author 



Forcing Bulbs for Winter Flowers 



Photographs by the author 



Personal Experiences 134 



W. C. McC. 132 



The Scuppernong Grape Vine 

 Planting Peach Trees in Fall 



Photograph by the author 



Raising Onions in the Strawberry Bed 



Photograph by the author 



What Do these Balls Mean ? 



Photograph by J. H. McFarland 



The Feathered Hyacinth 



Photographs by Nathan R. Graves 



Fine Lilies I Saw in England 

 Plant This Lily Before October. 



Photograph by Nathan R. Graves 



Growing Bulbs in the West 



A Blue Flower for Early Fall . 



Photograph by Nathan R. Graves 



A Splendid New Bluebell for the South 



Photograph by Nathan R. Graves 



The Southern Garden in Early Fall 

 Garden Publications .... 

 Make Your Roadside a Poem in Vines 

 Two Plants Often Confused . 

 Answers to Queries . . . 



A. L. Hodgdon 136 

 Tnomas J. Steed 136 



John S. Clarke 136 



W. E. Pendleton 138 



. T. McA 138 



W. M. 142 

 Henry Maxwell 144 



C. L. Meller 144 

 Jabez Tompkins 146 



W. M. 148 



Thomas J. Steed 150 



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Thomas McAdam 152 



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THE COLUMBIA COLLECTION OF QUALITY BULBS 



FIVE HUNDRED BULBS FOR $5.00 



24 Spanish Iris 

 12 Ixias* 



12 Oxalis Buttercups* 

 4 Calla Lilies* 



The following collection of bulbs contains exclusively the most showy and easily cultivated varieties (all selected, first size and well ripened bulbs) part of which can be potted 

 for the conservatory or window, and the balance may be planted in the garden or border for early spring flowers, and they will insure the finest possible display: 

 8 Easter Lilies* 4 Sacred Narcissus* 24 Double Tulips Mixed 24 Chionodoxa ("Glory of the Snow") 



12 Dutch Double Hyacinths in three colors 12 Double Yellow Daffodils 24 Single Tulips Mixed 50 Snowdrops 



12 Dutch Single Hyacinths in three colors 12 Single Red Tulips 50 Yellow Crocus 24 Anemones 



12 Paper White Narcissus* 12 Single White Tulips 50 Blue Crocus 24 Sweetscented Jonquils 



12 Pheasant Eye Narcissus 12 Single Yellow Tulips 50 White Crocus 20 Freesias* 



Or we will supply one=half of this splendid collection, 250 bulbs, for $2.75, or one»quarter, 125 bulbs for $1.50. 

 Our distinctive, instructive and suggestive Fall Bulb Catalogue, containing a most comprehensive collection of Fall Bulbs with full descriptions and cultural directions, and illustrated with nearly 

 ioo photo-engravings from life, mailed free. ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON, Seedsman 



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Those varieties marked with a * for indoors only — if required we will substitute bulbs for outdoor cultivation. 



