March. 1913 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



81 



Cover Design — Plowing 



Geo ge Oakcs Stoddard 



The Month's Reminder ------------83 



Large Flowered Chrysanthemums for Outdoors G. W. Kerr 85 



Photographs by the author 



Chart por a Perpetual Vegetable Garden - P. P. Pierce 88 



Photograph and plan by the author 



Starting Flower Seeds in the House - W. C. McCollom 89 



Photographs by the author 



The Best Ten Peas for the Home - - - Adolph Kruhm 93 



A Beginner's Vegetable Planting Table for Measured 



Results ---------------- 96 



A First Year Garden From Seed - - - Adolph H. Nietz 97 



Photographs by the author 



The Garden Doctor ------------ 98 



Photograph by Paul Thompson 



The Child's Garden ------- Ellen Eddy Shaw 101 



Photographs by Susan Sipe and Louise Klein Miller 



Vegetable " Reminders ------- Hollister Sage 106 



Starting Less Hardy Vegetables - - M. Roberts Conover 108 

 Trials in Growing Cabbages ----- Paul F. Triem 108 



Photograph by the author 



A Run- wild Hedge -------- Mary Madigan 112 



Propagating Roses -------- Geo. B. Furniss 114 



The Hardiest Roses - - - # - - - - - - -- - 116 



Sunlight for Roses --------- W. Van Fleet 116 



Asters and Aster Troubles - - Mrs. W. B. Richardson 118 



White Violets for Edging Flower Beds - - - L. Pettit 120 



Japanese Iris From Seed ------ Mary B. Paret 122 



Vegetables and Flowers ------ Thomas J . Steed 124 



Germinating Delicate Seeds - - - - Gordon H. Bellamy 126 



Raising Celery in South Dakota - - - Craig S. Thorns 126 



Growing Tomatoes for Quality - - - - Walter P. Stokes 130 



An American Substitute for Heather Aldred Scott Warthin 132 



More About Evergreen Bittersweet - - - W. N. Craig 134 



Cost of Fertilizing -------- Rudolph Riege 136 



Sweet Pea Novelties that are Worth While Geo. W. Kerr 138 



Photograph by the author 



The Straight Garden Walk ------ H. S. Adams 142 



Photograph by A. G. Eldredge 



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