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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



December, 19 12 



House Plants Bloom Throughout the Winter 



B Y USING 



BONORA 



the greatest Fertilizer in the 

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 and many others. BONORA is 

 a plant necessity. Order direct 

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Bonora Chemical Co. 515 ^ B Y r ° r a k dway 



New Plants from China 



We have in our Nurseries large stocks of many plants, which recently 

 have been brought from the Wilds of China, some of which were 

 offered to the public this year for the first time. Anyone who contem- 

 plates the planting of shrubs next spring should not fail to get a copy 

 of our Garden Annual which will be ready for distribution lanuary 

 First. Mailed free on application. 



R. & J. Farquhar & Co., Boston, Mass. 



Fnj ffn v Dncpc Unusually well-bred 

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 W. R. GRAY, Box 6, Oakton, Fairfax County, Va. 



GEORGE H. 



PETERSON 



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Landscape Gardening 



A course for Home-makers and 

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Cheating the Bookbinder 



THE luxury- of an intelligently- planned and 

 affectionately cared for flower garden, abound- 

 ing in the things that appeal to the enthusiastic 

 grower, is in an important sense enhanced in charm 

 and practically supplemented by the corner of a 

 library- shelf devoted to gardening. A discovery 

 I have made is that the highest value and greatest 

 attraction of The Garden Magazine is in the 

 review of the well preserved back numbers, a 

 volume at a time. When the current number 

 arrives it is often hastily run over and at very busy- 

 times laid aside with a mere scanning of the con- 

 tents, without a full recognition of either its prac- 

 tical or artistic value. Even if one stacks them for 

 reference the very number most desired is likely 

 to be in hiding w-hen called for, or else mutilated. 

 I have experimented with many styles of binders 

 but the one I now use I consider the best. The 

 first volumes of The Garden Magazine I had 

 bound and they are not nearly as satisfactory as 

 are the ones I bind myself, which are easily put 



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Economize! Bind your own magazines like this at 

 a cost of twelve and one half cents a volume 



together and cost twelve and one half cents a 

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 flexible, of light weight, open out flat at any place, 

 and are not unattractive in appearance. The 

 cover material is a one-piece, three-ply board which 

 I have made up at the bindery, the outside "ply " 

 being regular bookbinders' cloth of a pleasing shade 

 of green which I select myself. After the first vol- 

 ume has been bound, the others are an easy matter. 



The bookbinder makes up the sheets (which he 

 calls "vellum") 22 x 28 in., so as to cut two covers 

 each. He should not charge more than twenty- 

 five cents a sheet. The finished size of the book is 

 9 J x I2f in., the thickness varying with the bulk of 

 the volume. Cut a strip I2§ inches wide the 

 width of board. From one end of this, cloth side 

 down, measure 9! inches and. holding a stiff ruler 

 firmly at the place, score with the back of a knife 

 and bend up at right angles, making a smooth 

 crease. 



Now put the six numbers of the volume to- 

 gether, backs even, and measure the thickness 

 (this will be the allowance to be made for back), 

 score and bend again. Measure the other side 

 9I inches and trim off the surplus. The cover is 

 thus sized and shaped. 



Now flatten out, cloth side up, and mark with 

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 back. The diagonal lines (ij inch drop from one 

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 a very small bradawl for making perforations in 

 the cover and corresponding holes through the 

 magazine. Thread from the middle of the maga- 

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 from a good calendar. 



In regard to the indexes, each one may be bound 

 with its own volume; but I prefer to place them all 

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