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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



November, 1912 



Object: Matrimony 



By MONTAGUE GLASS 



In this little romantic comedy of the marrying 

 of the Goldblatt sisters, Mr. Glass has done 

 one of his most enjoyable stories. 



How Philip Margolius was intended for 

 Fanny's husband and aroused paternal ire by 

 balking at her moustache, is told with the 

 humor that has made this author's stories 

 famous. Frontispiece. Net 50 cents. 



By the same Author 

 POTASH AND PERLMUTTER. Illustrated. 



Net $1.20. 

 ABE AND MAWRUSS. Illustrated. 



Net $1.20. 



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FLOWERS in WINTER 



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and prices. Natural Guano Co., Dept. 15, Aurora, III. 



By E.F.BENSON 



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Mrs. Ames" 



•J Here is another inimitable picture 

 of English society which is a real 

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 •I That English social set which the 

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 and there is a delightful love story 

 told with all the Bensonesque appeal. 

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By the Same Author 



THE OSBORNES. Net $1 20 



THE SHEAVES. ... Net 1.40 



ACCOUNT RENDERED. - - Net 1.20 

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THE CLIMBER. - Illustrated. Net 1.40 



A REAPING. --.-. Net 1.25 



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The cow parsnip (Herachum lanatum) would often 

 be more decorative than the castor bean 



left in their place but monotonous stubble. A 

 plea, therefore, is offered for the next season — 

 O, scytheman, spare this weed! It is harmless and 

 does its best to make glad the waste places. It is 

 named for the god Hercules on account of its 

 sturdy habit. Compare it with the over-used 

 castor bean that occupies the central post of honor 

 in ornamental mounds of flowers. Has it not as 

 vigorous a growth, are not the leaves as large and 

 finely formed, and the flowers as beautiful as those 

 of the favored imported bean?" 



Siiim cicutaefoliam is another "good-looker." 

 I wish you had mentioned the wild carrot, or 

 Queen Anne's lace. It is a troublesome weed in 

 New England, but the inflorescence has an un- 

 equaled, delicate, filmy beauty. I know of noth- 

 ing finer for bouquets. The purple flower in the 

 centre of each umbel is a quaint feature, and when 

 the plant goes to seed the outer stalks of the flower 

 cluster elongate, so that the umbels look like 

 grayish-green birds' nests. 



I am also fond of the marsh pennywort (Hydro- 

 cotyle Americana), a delicate, creeping plant, 

 with a round, scalloped leaf about the size of a 

 penny. It is an excellent ground cover for boggy 

 brooksides. 



Massachusetts. Eloise Butler. 



The Only Native Globe Flower 



ALTHOUGH it is both modest and pallid be- 

 side its gorgeous Asiatic and European 

 cousins, the only globe flower that America can 

 claim as its own, Trollius laxits, is a worthy garden 

 ornament. It forms handsome foliage clumps, a 

 foot high, and is a free bloomer. The flowers, 

 smaller and less globular than those of the foreign 

 types, are yellowish white. 



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Trollius laxus grows about a loot high and pro- 

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Left in Charge 



Victor Whitechurch 



Of simple charm and appealing quality 

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 What happens during the old Vicar's 

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Books by Victor Whitechurch 



The Canon in Residence. Cloth, net $1.20 

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