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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



Aphil, 1912 



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Ben Greet 

 Shakespeare 



FOR YOUNG READERS 

 AND AMATEUR PLAYERS 



Edited and with stage directions by 

 MR. BEN GREET 



IF OXE were asked to select the ideal man to edit Shakespeare for the 

 young of all ages there could hardly be any choice but Mr. Ben Greet. 

 Xot only is there a continuous reading-text, but on the left-hand pages 

 Mr. Greet has poured out his wealth of knowledge and novel ideas on how 

 to stage the plays, the action and " business." the conceptions of different 

 parts — the whole intricate and fascinating art of stage-craft applied to 

 the greatest dramatist, as Mr. Greet has developed it in a lifetime of 

 practical experience and stud}". There couldn't be a better book for 

 amateur players than this. 



It is planned to bring the plays out separately in attractive and handy 

 editions. The illustrations are charming and catch the spirit of the plays. 



Frontispiece in colors, line drawings of scenes and cliaraeters, diagrams, decorated lining- 

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Now Ready 



'A Midsummer Night's Dream " 

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The 

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Folk 



By LOUISE JAMISON 



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Fairy Tales a Child Can Read and Act 



By LILLIAN E. NIXON 



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Peter and 



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The Story of 

 Burnt Njal 



By SIR GEORGE W. DASANT 



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From Adirondack Gardens 



OXE of the pleasant surprises of my frequent 

 horticultural walks abroad was the discovery 

 of half a dozen unfamiliar flowers in the heart of 

 the Adirondack wilderness. Most of them were 

 in a charming little enclosed garden almost twenty 

 miles from a railroad station — a garden where 

 many kinds of annuals and perennials flourished 

 mightily in what would seem to be disadvantageous 

 circumstances. As I was allowed to carry away 

 any plants or seeds that I lacked, the garden 

 gave me a double pleasure. My most fortunate 

 acquisition was what I take to be the creeping 

 phlox (P. reptans). which I have seen nowhere else, 

 though at least one grower lists it. This blooms 

 in early May, along with P. sitbulata and P. amcena. 

 The deep rose blossoms resemble those of the latter, 

 but the foliage is more prominent and serves better 

 as a ground cover. It has tufts of broad leaves 

 from which spring long trailing shoots that quickly 

 take root near the end. The foliage is light green 



The hollyhock mallow (Malva cca) is a vivid ma- 

 genta. Be careful what you plant next to it 



but takes on a reddish tinge toward autumn. In 

 the same garden I found the only alpine wallflower 

 (Clicirantlius alpina) that I have ever seen. 1 

 took home a small plant, which blossomed itself 

 to death the following summer but was thoughtful 

 enough to leave behind a dozen or so progeny 

 from seed that I gathered and sowed around it. 

 As compared with the garden wallflower, this 

 plant, with its tiny light yellow blossoms, is in- 

 conspicuous; but I have found it worth while in 

 the border because of its color and long blooming 

 period and should say that it would be really 

 valuable in the rock garden. Certainly it is more 

 easily grown and is hardier than the showier kind. 

 I also found blooming there Malva moschata. var. 

 rosea, and a beautiful white primrose {(E)iolhcra 

 ctzspUosq), as well as a pretty little pink annual. 

 Vaccaria Yaccaria. In the other wilderness gar- 

 den, six miles from a railroad, the only flower 

 in evidence was one that I had never seen — the 

 hollyhock mallow {Malva alcca). It was rather 

 effective there, where its vivid magenta had 

 nothing to fight with, but in my garden I find this 

 annual far from peaceable and I confess I grow 

 it as a collector rather than as an admirer, though 

 I think it has naturalizing possibilities. 

 New York. H. S. A. 



