38 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



Dlllllllllllllllllllllll Mill 



nil muni I iiilliiiiiiiiiiillllliiiiiiillT iiiiilliiiiniiiiilii mil iiiiiiiiiiiiniii inn urn i mi niiiiiiiiiiiiiiilllil mffl 



Your Grounds can be made as Beautiful 

 as these. Let Wagner show you how. 



WAGNER PARK Landscape Artists solved the problem of these grounds, co- 

 operating with Nature to make beauty where there was none before and to 

 screen all that is unlovely behind quick-growing trees and curtaining vines 

 of perennial beauty. 



They can do as much for your grounds. No matter where you live or whether 

 yours be a great estate or a modest suburban lot, Wagner Plants, planted according 

 to Wagner Plans will give you the joy of blooming splendor from early spring until 

 frost. They will relieve the bleak monotony of your winter landscape with the bold 

 verdure of clustering evergreens. 



Tell us your problem. We will work it out for you now and when planting time 

 comes we will ship you the hardy everlastings, the roses and trailing vines, the 

 grasses and shrubs and trees that will be best suited to your particular needs and 

 that will give you the most immediate returns. 



Our method of packing insures delivery of every plant in perfect condition, ready to 



resume its growth where it was interrupted 

 when removed from the fertile soil of the 

 Wagner Park Nurseries. We will send our 

 own experts to plant them if you so order. 



Write today for our illustrated 

 Catalog 30 . It will be mailed to 

 you without cost or obligation. 



The Wagner Park Nursery- 

 Company 

 Box 760 SIDNEY. OHIO 



Rimini mil iiimiiiiiini iiiiiiiiii ii in mill iiiiiiiiiii i tin hi mi in iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiii rniiT 



Are Prize Winners 



Send a dime and addresses of two other flower growers 

 and I will send you: 



i. Prize aster packet and culture directions. 

 2. "Value Back" Coupon Good for 1 5c 

 in flower seeds, your selection of any kinds I list, with any 

 later order. 



3- My dainty 1914 Flower Catalog. It is free; send for it any- 

 way. My methods will please you. 



MISS EMMA V. WHITE, Seedswoman 

 ::oi4 Aldrlch Avenue, So. Minneapolis, Minn. 



LOOK OUT 

 FOR SPARKS 



No more danger or damage from flying 

 sparks. No more poorly fitted, flimsy fire- 

 place screens. Send for free booklet 

 "Sparks from the Fire-side." It tells about 

 the best kind of a spark guard for your in-, 

 dividual fireplace. Write to-day for free 

 booklet and make your plans early. 



The Syracuse Wire Works 



107 University Avenue, - Syracuse, N, \. 



This big cabbage is 

 ready in 8 weeks 



SI 



It is Copenhagen Market, Stokes' earliest Danish cabbage. Pro- 

 duces splendid, large round beads. Matures as early as earliest pointed- 

 head Wakefields. Weighs 14 to 16 pounds. Market growers are 

 delighted with it. Pennsylvania Experiment Station says: 



"Copenhagen Market Cabbage is round, very solid, fine-grained, of good flavor. 

 Plants set out May 11 cut 5.3 tons per acre June 22, compared with onlytwotons 

 of best strains of Early Jersey Wakefields. Practically every plant matured a 

 marketable head." 



Order noiv for early planting. Seed direct from Denmark: Packet 10 cents, 

 ounce 40 cents, pound $4 postpaid. 



Get Stokes' Seed Book — Sent Free 



It will help guide you to reliable, tested seeds that give money-making crops — 

 the varieties that the market gardeners depend upon. It tells what kinds are best for 

 the home garden, for market, and for the farm. Ask for Catalogue 32, mentioning 

 The Garden Magazine. 



WALTER P. STOKES, 219 Market St., Philadelphia 



An Attractive Backyard 



WHEN we moved out of our 6-room flat and 

 rented a "detached" house in the suburbs, our 

 first thought, after we were settled, was of the 

 garden. It didn't look much like a garden then, 

 that backyard of ours, but it presented all sorts of 

 possibilities. It was 33 feet square and surrounded 

 by a wire fence. 



We started out bravely enough by clearing away 

 the accumulation of rubbish and digging up the 

 ground. And it was soon all spaded and raked 

 down smoothly. 



I was in favor of planting nothing but flowers in 

 odd little beds all over the lawn, but my husband 

 wanted nothing but vegetables. The only thing 

 we could agree on then was that we must have part 

 of the backyard in lawn. It was not until several 

 days later that we decided to compromise and plant 

 both flowers and vegetables. 



We decided to cover the fence with climbing vines 

 and also, after discussing many arrangements, to 

 plant our flowers and vegetables along the fence in 

 a bed seven feet wide at the sides of the yard and. 

 ten feet wide at the back, leaving a plot ig x 23 ft. 

 in the centre for a lawn. One thing that decided 

 us on this plan was the fact that we needed a certain 

 amount of open space for clothes posts and lines ( 

 that no other arrangement seemed to make pos- 

 sible. Our next problem was the choice of plants. 



Our list of wants included roses, petunias, phlox, 

 golden glow, dahlias, chrysanthemums, nasturtiums, 



By August the fence was hidden by vines, golden- 

 glow, and cornstalks. The lawn was beautiful 



corn, tomatoes, radishes, bush and pole beans, 

 kohlrabi, cucumbers, beets, lettuce, carrots, chard, 

 cabbage, celery, pumpkin, gourds, blackberries, 

 currants, strawberiies, a couple of grape vines and 

 two apple trees. 



While we waited for the flower and vegetable 

 seeds to arrive, we studied up the making of a lawn 

 and were surprised to find that there was consider- 

 able to be learned on the subject. We marked out 

 the edges of the beds and then secured a couple of 

 barrows of chicken manure which a neighbor of 

 ours seemed only too glad to be rid of and which we 

 raked into our future lawn. As we wanted a 

 thick, soft lawn as quickly as possible, we decided 



The latest books on travel and biography may be obtained through the Readers' Service 



