January, 1912 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



251 



I Will Have a Garden ----.. 253 



The "Fun" of Collecting Stonecrops, I. Wilhelm Miller 254 



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



Making a Garden in Alkali Land - Mrs. E. H. Plowhead 258 



Photographs by the author 



The Value of a Garden in Keeping Poultry J. Mace A ndress 260 



Photograph and drawing by the author 



An Interesting Family of House Ferns - Leonard Barron 261 



Photograph by Arthur G. Eldredge 



Beginning a Fruit Garden - - - - - W. C. McCollom 264 



Drawings by the author; photograph by W. H. Jenkins 



Pruning Dormant Fruit Trees - - - - W. H. Jenkins 265 



Photograph by Mary H. Northend 



Children's Gardens Everywhere - - Ellen Eddy Shaw 267 



Photograph by Louise Klein Miller 



Readers' Experience Club ---------- 269 



The Housekeeper --------------270 



Photographs by Mary H. Northend 



Fall vs. Spring Planting Again - - - Chas. von Weller 272 



A Note from a Suffragette - - - - - - - A. L. T. 272 



Mix Your Own Fertilizer ----- O. A. Spencer 272 



Planning the Garden ------ Thomas J. Steed 274 



Photograph by the author 



The Humble Koonti -------- John GiJJord 275 



Photograph by the author 



A Neglected Primrose -------- H. S. A. 280 



Photograph by D. M. Andrews 



Wild Flowers in Texas -- R. 0. Allen 282 



Notes for Flower Growers ---------- 2 88 



Photographs by A. G. Eldredge, !•'. A. Walter and others 



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