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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



8-a 



FEBRUARY, 1913 



Cover Design — "The Neurasthenic Victim 



Mary and Francis Allen 



The Month's Reminder --'---------- 9 



The Garden Doctor --------- ----- h 



Photographs by Mary and Francis Allen 



Carnations to Follow the Tulips - - Joseph H. Perry 15 



Photographs by the author 



More and Better Lettuce for All - - Adolph Kruhm 17 



Photographs by the author 



A One-Man Suburban Garden for Six - James W . Reed 19 



Photographs and plan by the author 



A Successful Summer Home Garden - - Lincoln Cromwell 21 



Photographs and plan by the author 



The Child's Garden ------- Ellen Eddy Shaw 24 



Photograph by M. J. Musser and others 



The Little Farm --------------26 



Photograph by F. E. Bonsteel 



Readers' Service -------------- 28 



Keeping Flowers and Plants Indoors -------30 



"Boosting" the House Plants - - - - - L. J . Doogue 32 



Photographs by the author 



The Story of a Small Garden - - - - George H. Allen 36 

 Tomatoes in a Door-yard Garden - - - - F. R. Strong 36 

 Spring Planting in the South - - - - Thomas J. Steed 38 



Growing Prize-winning Eggplants and Peppers M. Spiegel 40 



Three Rose Seedlings ------ Susan T. Homans 42 



Desirable Roses for Southwestern Idaho 



Mrs. E. H. Plowhead 42 



The Flowering Tobacco ------- W.C. Egan 44 



Photograph by the author 



A Device for Determining Small Elevations C. L. Metier 46 



Drawing by the author 



How to Care for Blue Hydrangeas - - - H. E. Angell 48 



Photograph by the author 



Irrigation Will Help a Garden - - - - C.C. Clough 50 

 Cosmos to Follow Sweet Peas - - - - C. L. Lawrence 52 

 Bridge Grafting for Girdled Trees - - - C. L. Metier 54 



Photographs by the author 



Points on Starting a Hedge -------- - M. 56 



Making Floral Decorations - - - - Gladys H. Sinclair 58 

 About Hydrangeas in General - - - - - W.C. Egan 60 



Photographs by the author 



A Lawn Plant for the Southwest - - Donald F. Jones 62 



Photograph by the author 



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