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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



February, 1912 



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"You must know, sir, that I look upon the pleasure which we take in a 

 garden as one of the most innocent delights in human life." 



— The Spectator. 



Greater Simplicity in our Gardens 



This is the key-note to be struck in The Annual Gardening 



Number for 1912 of 





rica: 



Published February 15th 



^ Simpler taste in the Home Grounds. 



^ Less complication and less work in the Flower Garden. 



^ The Best Fruit and Vegetables by simpler methods. 



^ Abolishing the idea of display and making the garden a 



place of content, and gardening a relaxation, not a 



labor. 



^ A useful and practical manual this will be, and beautiful 

 withal, with its superb reproductions in full color of the 

 lilacs and iris at Holm Lea. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



A Suburban Garden Six Years Old 



By Marian Crugcr Coffin 



Is the Dahlia Worth While? 



By Leonard Barron 



The Use and Abuse of the Pergola 



By Frances Duncan 



The Soul of the Garden 



By Elaine Goodalc Eastman 



A Spring Garden of Lilacs, Irises, and 

 Peonies ----- By Wilhelm Miller 



Growing Strawberries by the Sea 



By Martha Prentice Strong 



A Backyard Garden that is Different 



By C. F. A. Seidhof 



Bees in the Greenhouse 



By D. Everett Lyon 



The Gardening Manual for 1912 



By Thomas McAdam 



What Twenty-five Years Have Done 

 for One Country Place 



By Flora Leu-is Marble 



An Italian Garden in Miniature 



By Cora Parker 



Alluring Fraxinella - By Thomas McAdam 



50 CENTS A COPY Published twice a month $4 A YEAR POSTPAID 



Doubleday, Page & Co., Garden City, N. Y. 



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