March. 1914 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



83 



Cover Design— Wisteria 



Shrubs — Why and How to Use Them - - Elsa Rehmann 87 



Photographs by W. S. Kimball, H. Troth and others 



Efficiency in Backyard Gardening, III. - - A. Kruhm 91 



Photographs by the author 



Quality Peaches for the Home Garden - J. R. Mattern 93 



Photographs by Mrs. William Durrand and others 



Why Grass is Injurious to Orchards Maude DeWitt Pearl 94 

 Shrubs That Are Really Hardy - - - - J. H. Spencer 95 



Photographs by the author 



What To Do With the Hotbeds Now Albert E. Wilkinson 97 



Plans by the author 



Some Trees and Shrubs for Trying Sites ------ 98 



Photograph by Henry Troth 



Growing Annuals With a Purpose - - - G. H. Sinclair 100 



Photographs by the author 



Gardening for Young Folks - - - - Ellen Eddy Shaw 102 



Photographs by Alice V. Joyce 



Readers' Experience Club ----------- 104 



Sowing Annuals in the Open ----- Frank L. Wright 106 



Annuals for Color Borders ----------108 



Coal Ashes in a Clay Soil ----------- 108 



Clarence A. Purchase 

 Omar H. Sample 



Fighting Frost With Fire - - - - 



Photograph by P. H. Troutman 



Transplanting Into Flats - - - - Albert E. Wilkinson 



Photographs by the author 



Sterilizing the Soil -------- J.W . Griffin 



Photograph by the author 



What to Do Now -------- Thomas J. Steed 



Garden Greens ---------- E. P. Powell 



A Hint for Selecting Roses - - - - - H. G. Reading 



Geraniums for Summer or Winter Bloom? - L. J. Doogue 



Photographs by the author 



Which, Early or Late Crops? - - - Archibald Rutledge 

 Important Odd Jobs for March - - - - John Y. Beaty 



Improving Lima Beans ----- Archibald Rutledge 



Winter Squash on Poor Land -------- G. B. 



Horseradish ----------- W. F. Purdue 



Hand-made Peaches and Pears - - - - E. S. Johnson 



Plums in My Home Garden ------ E. P. Powell 



A Criticism ------------ J. E.W. 



An Artificial Soil for Potatoes - - - - Fred H. Hayn 



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