THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



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THE- TALK- OF - THE - OFFICE 



WHEN WE APPEAR 



The recent change of publication date that 

 went into effect with the March number of 

 The Garden Magazine seems to have met 

 with no little approval, both by our readers 

 and advertisers. We know now that we made 

 no mistake in making publication on the 5th 

 date of the month for which the magazine 

 is dated. On the other hand it does not seem 

 to suit everybody, as witness this letter from 

 one subscriber: 



Allow me to suggest that the change in date of sending out your 

 magazine is by no means an improvement. When it came ten 

 days or so before the first of the month, it was possible to have 

 things in readiness to carry out the suggestions for work, but 

 receiving it, as I have this month, on the 7th, is an entirely 

 different matter and means lost time or your suggestions wasted. 



This was very unfortunate, and we shall try 

 to obviate any such disappointments in the 

 future by a careful regard to the time of 

 publication of any particular article. Also, the 

 " Month's Reminder " will embody hints to 

 help meet the succeeding month's conditions. 



SPECIAL INTERESTS 



Our spring numbers naturally have been 

 specialized — March is the Spring Sowing 

 Manual and this month, April, is the Spring 

 Planting Number. The following months will 

 be of more general appeal, but in May we are 

 arranging to carry on the planting idea, with 

 timely instructions for summer flowering bulbs. 

 Some of the special features for that number 

 are indicated in the following partial list 

 of titles: 



The Modern Gladiolus 



Benefits of Proper and Timely Transplanting 



of Seedlings 

 A Real Cottage Garden in America 

 The Peony-Flowered Dahlias 

 The Garden Doctor (the fourth instalment) 

 Reducing the Cost of Living (second article) 



The serial story "The Garden Doctor," 

 which will be continued, has generally been 

 accepted as one of the best written pieces of 

 garden literature that have been published in 

 any magazine. The identity of the author 

 must still remain a secret, no matter how 

 greatly we may desire to be obliging to a 



"To business that we love we rise betime 



And go to 't with delight." — Antony and Cleopatra. 



lady, one of our best friends, who urgingly 

 writes : 



Your last February number of The Garden Mag- 

 azine is remarkably good, I think. 'The Garden 

 Doctor' is very promising — can you not tell me who 

 writes it ? 



The Little Farm series will be continued and 

 at the conclusion of "Ten Acres Enough" we 

 have something else for our readers that will 

 have the same general interest and practical 

 instruction. 



THE "COST OF LIVING" 



Mr. Babson's series of articles on "Reduc- 

 ing the Cost of Living" the first of which 

 appears this month, will be continued for five 

 months more and will cover this vital question 

 in a very practical way. 



The answer to "The High Cost of Living" 

 lies very evidently in the greater production 

 of the earth, and Mr. Babson very truly points 

 out that none of us wish to accomplish this 

 end while at the same time reducing our 

 present luxuries. Higher efficiency must be 

 the watchword. The Garden Magazine 

 is endeavoring to accomplish its share in the 

 promotion of a better living in showing its 

 readers how to have better products of the 

 earth than are offered in the public markets; 

 and at the same time to surround themselves 

 with scenes of beauty. We should like to 

 see every backyard in the country made 

 really profitable to its owner. Rather 

 a crop of succulent vegetables ready for 

 the table than the all too common tin cans 

 and other refuse. But, of course, these 

 are not the backyards of The Garden 

 Magazine readers. 



ABOUT COUNTRY LIFE IN AMERICA 



The April number of Country Life in America 

 contains a continuation of the series of very 

 successful articles under the general title of 

 "The Fruitful Land." In this series Mr. 

 Seymour is helping along the general line of 

 greater productivity of the earth, illustrating 

 by concrete examples. Different soil con- 

 ditions are taken up in rotation, and a specific 



instance of the successful solution of the 

 peculiar problem is given to illustrate each 

 type of soil. Whether the scale be large or 

 small, the same principle underlies, of course, 

 and even a very small land owner cannot 

 fail to find something really instructive in 

 this series, to which the author has given a 

 year's special preparation. 



MODERN STRAWBERRY GROWING 



We have added a new book to The Garden 

 Library which we think should serve a really 

 useful purpose — "Modern Strawberry Grow- 

 ing," by Professor Albert E. Wilkinson differs 

 from anything else that has been devoted to 

 strawberry culture because it is an up-to-date 

 presentation of facts and covers developments 

 of the last twenty-five years during which 

 time there have been great changes and a great 

 deal has been learned about intensive straw- 

 berry culture. This new volume is a new type 

 of book and deals with the newer commercial 

 methods as well as with the home crop. The 

 price is the same as the other volumes in the 

 series — $1.20, including postage. Many of the 

 other volumes in the series have a most timely 

 interest right now, too. Perhaps you may be 

 interested in being reminded of them all: 



The Flower Garden 



The Orchard and Fruit Garden 



Water-Lilies and How to Grow Them 



Roses and How to Grow Them 



Ferns and How to Grow Them 



Garden Planning 



The Vegetable Garden 



House Plants and How to Grow Them 



Vines and How to Grow Them 



Daffodils-Narcissus and How to Grow Them 



Lawns and How to Make Them 



Chrysanthemums and How to Grow Them 



Speaking about books, we have just pub- 

 lished a new popular edition of "The Ameri- 

 can Flower Garden," by Neltje Blanchan, 

 price $1.50. Perhaps you would like to see 

 this book, it should certainly be in the 

 library of every lover of gardens in America. 

 It discusses the spirit of the American garden 

 yet from a very practical point, and the text 

 is supplemented by very comprehensive 

 planting lists, each one amplifying the 

 subject matter in the chapter to which it is 

 attached. 



