August, 191! 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE ''TB^SrSZ' 



Ij a problem grows in your garden write to 



AUGUST, 1912 



Cover Design — Blue Water Lily (Nympkaa Grossherzog Ernst Lndwig) /?, \y_ p e irce 



PAGE PAGE 



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The Month's Reminder 



The Best Blue Water Lilies ------ G. V. Nash 4 



Photographs by the author 



Riding a Greenhouse Hobby John E. Sipe 5 



Photographs by P. T. Barnes 



Perennials Everybody Can Grow From Seeds 



Adolph Kruhm 8 



Photographs by the author 



Annuals for Winter Bloom Indoors - Martha H. Clark 1 1 



Photographs by Nathan R. Graves 



The Child's Garden - - - - - - - Ellen Eddy Shaw 14 



A Vacation Among New England Gardens - Lucidlus, Jr. 15 



Photographs by H. Troth, A. G. Eldredge and others 



The Secret of a Salad ----- (Mrs.) A. H. Brown 19 

 Cooking the Left-over Vegetables - - - Ida M.Angell 19 



Photograph by the author 



Readers' Service ----- __ 2 o 



Planting a Strawberry Bed - - - 



Photographs by the author 



More Than Enough Strawberries 



W. C. McCollom 22 



- - 5. Hollister 24 



Rush Jobs for the South Thomas J. Steed 26 



The Young People's Club -28 



A Portable Water Garden -------- D. L. 30 



Photographs by the author 



Dry Farming in Summer ------ Florence Dixon 32 



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Rosedale Specialties 



While we grow a general line of hardy trees, shrubs, 

 etc., we specialize on Roses, Evergreens and Hardy Per- 

 ennials, including large sizes for immediate effect. Be- 

 lieving most people are anxious to procure the best, we spare 

 no pains to produce the 



Highest Quality of Trees 



A tree is no better than its roots. Trees, like horses, are of 

 little value with poor feet, no matter how fine the appearance. 

 A horse may be fair, fat and foxy, but will be worth little unless 

 he can go. In buying one should consider three 



Important Requisites of a Tree 



1 st. That they are free from disease and insect pests. 



2nd. That they have been trained to shapely tops. 



3rd. That the roots are many and fibrous, as it is the 



fine fibers which take in the nourishment from the soil. 

 The number of these fibers is greatly multiplied every time a tree is 

 transplanted. Now, if a tree is planted in the nursery row and left for a 

 number of years without transplanting, the top may look well, but the fine 

 feeding roots will be at the end of the root system, several feet away, and 

 will be left in the ground when the tree is dug for sale; whereas, if the tree 

 were transplanted at the proper time, not only most of the roots would be 

 saved, but many new fibers would be produced by the time the tree was 

 ready for sale. 



Trees are often balled and burlapped. This is well; but if there are few 

 roots in the ball, the tree may utterly fail just the same. 



Every kind of Plant haa a time and requires conditions most favorable for 

 transplanting: e . g. Jap, Iris requires spring planting in a sunny location, in moist ground 

 on which water does not stand Meet these conditions and you succeed. We are as 

 anxious as our customers for their success and therefore supplement the catalogue in every 

 way in our power for those who send their problems early. Catalogue No. 31 on request. 



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