December, 1911 



THE GARDEN MAGAZIX E 



201 





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DECEMBER, 1911 



Cover Design — Gathering Christmas Greens 



R. Du junior e 



When Book-Learning Really Helps --.----- 205 



Making One Acre Look Like Ten - - Wilhelm Miller 206 



Photographs and plan by L. Frampton Paine 



Taking Care of the Vines in Winter - W. C. McCollom 208 



Photographs by the author and H. E. Angell 



Uncommon Vegetables Worth Growing - /. E. Downing 210 



Photographs by the author 



Annual "Round-up" of Gardening Achievements - - 213 



Photographs by the authors 



Window Boxes for Inside the House , L. J. Doogue 216 



Photographs by the author 



Moving Big Trees in Winter - - - W.C. McCollom 217 



Photographs by the author, H. Troth and others 



Children's Gardens Everywhere - Ellen Eddy Shaw 220 



Photograph by A. F. Loomis 



Readers' Experience Club ---------- 222 



Some Plebeian Vegetables for Winter Use Anna Barrows 223 



Photograph by the author 



Readers' Service -------------- 224 



Planning for Summer ------ Thomas J. Steed 226 



Photograph by A. G. Eldredge 



An Ancient Garden City ----- Adolph Kruhm 228 



Photograph by the author 



The Merits of Nordmann's Fir ------- Z. 232 



Photograph by the author 



An Interesting Succulent ----- Harold Clarke 234 



Photograph by the author 



Transporting Specimen Chrysanthemums - /. L. Powell 236 

 The Chilian Herb Lily -------- H. T.I. 238 



Photograph by Nathan R. Graves 



A Money Making Scheme - - - James A. Patterson 240 



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Last Spring we sold a large quantity of the latest Dahlia creations to American flower 

 lovers. In addition, we brought over a quantity of the leading new varieties and planted them 

 in our own grounds, outside Philadelphia, acclimating them to soil and climate. 



Orders are being taken now for Dahlias for Spring delivery, either on the basis of direct impor- 

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WONDERFUL NEW DAHLIAS introduced by us 



The new decorative Dahlia, PRINCESS' JULIANA. Received an award of merit, R.H.S., 

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 strong stems (cut flowers last three or four days in water) dark green foliage and robust growers. 

 Unquestionably the finest decorative Dahlia ever introduced. $1.50 each. 



Our New Dwarf Paeony Dahlias. The ideal bedding plant, 20 inches high, literally covered 

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Dwarf Mignon Dahlias. A new strain of very dwarf habit (15 inches high); producing an 

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Send for a copy of our Dahlia leaflet, listing the finest new Dahlia introductions of Europe. Order 

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