February, 1014 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



The Month's Reminder ------ 



Photographs by W. C. McCollom 



Weighed in the Balance ------ 



Adolph Kruhvi 



Albert E. Wilkinson 



Kfficiency in the Garden, II. - - - - 



Photographs by the author 



Starting the Hotbeds Going - - - 



Plans by the author 



Pergolas, Fences and Garden Shelters ------ 



Photographs by N. R. Graves, H. E. Angell and others 



Apples in Your Home Fruit Garden- - - J . R. Maitern 



Photographs by G. O. Stoddard and A. G. Eldredge 



Some Perennials Easily Grown from Seed 



Florence Spring 



Photographs by the author, N. R. Graves and A. G. Eldredge 



Getting an Early Start for Spring - - W. C. McCollom 



Photographs by the author and N. R. Graves 



California Department ------ John Y. Beaty 26 



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Gardening for Young Folks ----- Ellen Eddy Shaw 



Photographs by E. L. Clarke and others 



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- - John Y. Beaty 30 



John E. Taylor 34 



Mrs. E. H. Plowhead 36 



H. E. A. 38 



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Starting Flowers in a Hotbed - 

 The Cost of Raising an Orchard 

 Fertilizers for Carnations - - • 

 An Attractive Backyard - - - 



Photographs by the author 



An Egg-shell Flower Pot ------ Frank Wright 



My Idea of a Seed Order for the Home Vegetable 



Garden ------------- Adolph Kruhm 44 



Four Interesting Old Trees - - - - - E. H. Wilson 48 



The Oriental Spruce ------- John F. Johnston 50 



Prize Winners of 1913 -------------52 



Seed Sowing in the South ----- Thomas J. Steed 54 



A Llly Pond Any One Can Have - - - Albert L. Pashek 56 



Photograph by the author 



A Novel Garden Fence ------ Warren H. Miller 58 



Photograph and plan by author 



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