September, 1912 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



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The Month's Reminder -----------41 



With The Spirit of the Garden - - Ida M. N. Starr 42 



Photographs by the author 



Native Asters for Fall Gardens Sherman R. Duffy 45 



Photographs by the author 



Buying the Suburban Home — A Warning 



M. J. G. Buerger 



Photographs by the author 



Artistic Home Grounds for $300 



L. J. Dooguc 48 



Wilhelm Miller ?o 



Photograph by A. G. Eldredge 



Cabbages of Unusual Merit - - - Adolph Kruhm 52 



Photographs by the author 



Starting Bulbs for Christmas - - - Martha H. Clark 55 



Photographs by the author and A. G. Eldredge 



School Gardens and How to Begin Them 



Frances Duncan 57 



Photograph by M. L. Green 



The Little Farm ------------- 59 



Keeping Roses Over Winter - - - Robert L. Hughes 62 

 Ferns in a Wardian Case - - - (Mrs.) A. S. Hardy 64 



Photograph by the author 



Toward the End of the Summer 

 Cyclamen for Outdoor Bloom - - 



Photographs by the author 



The Grape Leaf-Hopper ----- 



Thomas J. Steed 68 

 Luke J. Dooguc 70 



This Month's Cover - - - 



An Interesting Sun-loving Plant - 



Photograph by the author 



The Young People's Club - - - - 



7-' 

 72 



P. T. Barnes 74 



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