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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



January, 1912 



An Exchange of Hostilities 



Drawn by Cecil Alden 



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How Alice-for-Short Went to Portland 



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 A Guide to the 1912 Pleasure Cars 



By H. P. Burchell 

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 Tires — The Motorist's Nightmare 



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 What the Old Motorist told the youngsters 

 Suitability in the Home Garage 



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How I Keep My Car in Good Condition 



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 The Commercial Car of 1912 



By Phil M. Riley 

 The wonderful development of the motor-truck 

 Motoring Conditions in the South 



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 Where the best roads lie in Dixie 

 Comfort and Luxury in Winter Motoring 



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What Is the Best of All the 

 Larkspurs? 



IT HAS taken me some time to get around to 

 that way of thinking, but I am now committed 

 to the belief that the Chinese larkspur {Delphinium 

 Chinense) is the best of all larkspurs. True it 

 has none of the stateliness of the tall kinds, but 

 it has a certain grace that they lack and is better 

 for cutting. In addition to the most exquisite 

 shades of blue, there is a white that is admirable, 

 either by itself or for massing with the type color. 

 Three other points in its favor are that it is not 



The Chinese larkspur, a reliable perennial, 

 blue and white forms are shown here 



Both 



subject to the larkspur disease, its habit of growth 

 is so slight that it can be planted between small 

 plants, and it is easily raised from seed. 

 From seed sown in the open ground it is always 

 possible to get some bloom in September of the 

 same year, but the plants are at their best the 

 second summer and thereafter. If not allowed to 

 go to seed, it will bloom twice, lasting until past 

 frost time. For color effects the plants must be 

 set fairly close together, as the flower panicles 

 are very loose. Chinese larkspur should be used in 

 the foreground of the border; it is not very tall and 

 if not staked too high will fall over very gracefully. 

 Conn. H. S. Adams. 



The Japanese Toad Lily 



ALTHOUGH its color tone is too vague to be 

 of any particular use in the creation of 

 garden pictures, the Japanese toad lily (Tricyrtis 

 hirta) is worthy of rather more recognition than is 

 its lot. Two points in its favor are that it blooms 

 in the fall and stands partial shade. It will grow 

 luxuriantly enough with full exposure to the sun, 

 but in that case the tendency of the leaves to 

 turn brown at the end, prematurely, is more 

 marked. The best place for the toad lily is near 



The Japanese toad lily is more curious than beau- 

 I tiful. but is worth while for September variety 



