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What is a fair rental for a given 

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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



October, 1912 



Birds of Eastern 

 North America 



BY 



Chester A. Reed, B. S. 



This is a most interesting and thorough 

 book . The opening and closing chapters 

 take up bird-lore and make it under- 

 standable and entertaining to those who 

 want to learn more about birds. Most 

 valuable of all is the chapter on how to 

 study birds. 



Good and accurate illustrations give 

 the key to identifying birds in the field, 

 and the general appearance of the species . 



408 Illustrations in Color. 



Cloth, Net, $3. 00 



Other Books by Charles K. and 

 Chester A. Reed 



Guide to Taxidermy. Illustrated net $1-50 



Nature Studies; Birds. Illustrated. 



net CO cents 



Nature Studies. — In Field and Wood. 



Illustrated net 60 cents 



Camera Studies of Wild Birds in their 



Homes. Illustrated net 2.00 



North American Birds' Eggs. Illus- 

 trated. Size 6J4 x g .... net 2.50 



Goldfish — Aquaria — Ferneries. Illus- 

 trated. Size 3^4 x •jYz- ■ ■ ■ net 50 cents 



Bird Guide. In two parts. Pocket size — 

 Illustrated. Size, 3^ x 5%. 



Part I. Water and Game Birds: Birds 



of Prey. Flexible sock cloth. net 1.00 



Flexible Leather net 1.25 



Part II. Land Birds East of the 

 Rockies: From Parrots to Blue 

 Birds. Flexible sock cloth. net 75 cents 

 Flexible leather net 1.00 



Parts I and II. Bound in a Single Volume. 

 Size, 3^ x 5M- Illustrated. Flexible 

 leather net 2.25 



Wild Flowers East of the Rockies. 



Size, 4^x6^- Illustrated. . . net 2.50 



Flower Guide: Wild Flowers East of 

 the Rockies. Size, 5^ x 3J4. Il- 

 lustrated. Cloth .... net 75 cents 

 Leather net 1.00 



Doubleday, Page & Company 



Garden City, N. Y. 



The Postoffice Department 

 by a recent ruling is experi- 

 menting on the shipment of 

 magazines by freight instead of 

 fast mail. We are doing our 

 utmost to send the magazines 

 as early as possible, but if your 

 magazine is late, take it up 

 with your local postmaster. 



The fact that crops can be given enough water to 

 produce a maximum crop is perhaps the biggest 

 single benefit of irrigating. Another benefit is 

 protection against frost. Just as in cultivation it 

 may seem paradoxical that keepimg the surface 

 of the garden dry as dust will keep the garden from 

 drying out, so in protecting plants from frost it 

 seems at first very strange that ice is the best pro- 

 tection so far discovered. But just as one thaws 

 out plants with ice-cold water, so for such hardy 

 plants as cabbage, celery, etc., a coating of ice will 

 protect them from very severe frost. The system 

 is started just before the temperature gets to freez- 

 ing, and is kept going during the night. For pro- 

 tection of tender plants, such as cucumbers, warm 

 water has to be used. While this is interesting, 

 of more practical use to the home gardener is the 

 fact that properly irrigated crops mature in the 

 minimum length of time — the difference often 

 being as much as half — and this frequently enables 

 the grower to get two crops where before he got 

 but one. There is also the certainty of being able 

 to get a full stand of plants from late sowings, even 

 in the driest weather, and the further assurance 

 that one may set out such plants as late cabbage, 

 cauliflower and celery, on schedule time, without 

 having to wait for a rain and possibly lose the crop 

 either through delay in getting it out or through 

 impossible weather conditions after setting. 



The best time to apply water to growing crops 

 is late in the afternoon, so that it may have a good 

 chance to soak into the soil instead of being evapor- 

 ated by the heat of mid-day. It takes about six 

 hours with a pressure of twenty-five pounds to 

 apply water equalling a rainfall of half an inch. 

 With higher pressure the time required is pro- 

 portionately less. 



Connecticut. F. F. Rockwell. 



The Elder as a Screen 



IT IS to those unfortunate people, whose garden 

 boundaries are over-topped by some unsightly 

 object, that I commend planting the common elder 

 as a screen. 



This has many advantages over most shrubs 

 used for such a purpose, the principal one being 

 its adaptability to any soil or condition. It can 

 be transplanted in the spring or fall without any 

 pruning of its growth, and the following summer it 

 will bloom as though it had never been disturbed. 



The elder shown in this photograph was trans- 

 planted from a meadow in September; the next 

 June, in place of a bare board fence and stable, I 

 had sixteen feet of feather)' bloom. Unlike other 

 large shrubs, it doesn't seem to exhaust the soil, 

 for directly beneath and in front of it there is a 

 thick irregular planting of the Madonna lily and 

 English larkspur which thrive more luxuriantly 

 here than anywhere else in the garden. These 

 three bloom at the same time and form a lovely 

 harmony of color with pink hollyhocks just beyond. 



Virginia. E. G. P. 



Utilize the common elder as a screen. Both foliage 

 and flowers are attractive 



l- 



Princess Kags 

 and Tatters 



By Harriet T. Comstock 



The Princess was not a real one. She 

 just made-believe she was a princess, but 

 everyone looked admiringly at her. There 

 must have been some magic in it for she 

 helped, never mind how, to find a little 

 boy's grandfather for him, and she found 

 her own beautiful garden that she had 

 never really seen except in dreams. 



Every child will like this story. It is 

 written in the author's most charming 

 manner. Many children have read Mrs. 

 Comstoek's "Molly the Drummer Boy." 

 This is just asdelightful. Ulustratedin colors. 



Cloth. Net 75 cents. 



DOUBLEDAY, PAGE &■ COMPANY 

 Garden City, New York. 



The Ben Greet 



ShaRespeare 



A N ideal acting edition 

 ■*■ *■ for amateurs embody- 

 ing the experience of one 

 of the greatest Shakes- 

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 directions for costuming, 

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 Volumes Now Ready 



Midsummer Night's Dream, The 

 Tempest. As You Like It, The Mer- 

 chant of Venice, A Comedy of Errors, 

 Julius Caesar. 



Frontispiece in colors and many black and 

 white drawings. Each volume, cloth, net 60 

 cents. Flexible leather, net 90 cents. 



Dovibleday, Page (& Co. 



Garden City, N. Y. 



