April, 1913 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



163 



Cover Design — Forsythia suspensa over doorway ---------- 



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The Month's Reminder ------ ..--165 



Planting a Suburban Lot ----- E. Rehmann 167 



Photographs by William Cone 



Beets That Are Fit to Eat --------- Adolph Kruhm 170 



Photographs by the author 



The Planting of an Apple Tree ------- George T. Powell 172 



Photographs by H. E. Angell 



Starting an Orchard ------------ H. E. Angell 173 



Chart Your Home Grounds --------- Wilhelm Miller 174 



Buying and Planting Nursery Stock ----- W. H. Jenkins 176 



Photograph by Leonard Barron 



Reducing the Cost of Living ------- Roger W. Babson 177 



Drawing by the author 



"Division" in the Perennial Border H. S. Adams 179 



Photographs by A. G. Eldredge 



Iron Clad Perennials for Town Gardens - E. McFate 180 



Photographs by the author 



What a Tiny Fruit Garden Produces - - - - Harry J. Rodger s 181 

 Potatoes and Tomatoes on One Vine ----- C. P. Halligan 182 



Photograph by the author 



The Garden Doctor ---------- 183 



The Child's Garden ----- Ellen Eddy Shaw 185 



Photographs by E. K. Thomas, M. L. Greene and others 



Significance of the "Garden Clubs" - - - - Mrs. Francis King 186 

 English Wall Gardening -------- William Robinson 192 



Photographs supplied by the author 



A Rose for the Middle West --------- Fred Haxton 194 



George 



Oakes Stoddard 



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Early Salads -------------- Anna Barrows 196 



A One-Rod Onion Patch - - - - George H. Allen 198 



Turnips in a Jersey Garden --------- M. R. Conover 200 



All About Pieplant - ---- Mrs. A. S. Hardy 200 



Floral Centrepieces - M. H. Northend 204 



Photographs by the author 



Grapes in the Back Yard --- E. S. Johnson 206 



The Grape-Vine Flea Beetle ------- Harold H. Clarke 206 



The Alpine Strawberry ----------- HS. Adams 208 



Photograph by A. G. Eldredge 



Tree and Bush Fruits for the Home Garden - - W. H. Jenkins 210 



A Home-Made Lawn Roller ------- Elinor S. Brinton 212 



Photograph by the author 



The Necessary Seedbed ------- G. G. Bell 214 



A Fine Boston Fern --------------- Otto Giffin 216 



Photograph by the author 



Planting Outdoors --- -- Thomas J. Steed 218 



The Persimmon in Our Fruit Gardens E. P. Powell 218 



Plume Poppy and Golden Glow at War - - - - Lucy B. Leitch 220 



A Glorified Back Yard --. G. M. Lediard 222 



Street Sweefings as a Fertilizer - - - - - - - - E. L. D. S. 222 



The Gloxinia ------ Elizabeth Gregg 224 



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Our Nursery, close to the 45th Parallel of Latitude — with Zero Temper- 

 ature—Means Sturdy, Rugged Trees and Plants— Insures Permanent Results 



A dual Size 



St. Regis Everbearing 



The Raspberry for the Million and the 

 Millionaire. ' ' There 's Millions In It. ' ' 



You can now have wonderful raspber- 

 ries from June to November by setting 

 out the plants this spring. 



St. Regis produces continuously from 

 Jane to Nov. — heavy crops of large, lus- 

 cious, sugary berries of bright crimson. 



Its summer and autumn crops do not 

 consist of a few scattered berries, but 

 good to heavy pickings all the time. 

 One party who had a small patch, say | 

 an acre, picked and shipped from it two 

 or three pickings each week for four 

 months. 



Grows successfully in any soil — en- 

 dures without injury heat, drought and 

 severest cold. 





/ mm. 



Hardy English 

 Walnut Orchards 



Are a Commercial Success 

 in this City and County 



Rochester grown — hardier than 

 Peach Trees. For the lawn, the accli- 

 mated English Walnut is unmatched, 

 with its smooth, light gray bark, luxu- 

 riant, dark green foliage, loftly, sym- 

 metrical growth. Grown with temper- 

 atures far below zero at times, only 

 strong, rugged trees can survive; 

 the only kind you ought to plant and 

 the only kind you can plant with 

 safety. 



ENCLISH WALNUT CROPS 

 YIELD BIG PROFITS 



The demand for nuts is big and prices 

 give growers handsome profits. Culti- 

 vation, harvesting and maintenance are 

 easy and inexpensive. Plant an Eng- 



Mantura 

 Pecans 

 Reduced 



lish Walnut Orchard this spring. 



Our 1913 Catalog and Planting Guide — Includes Nut Culture- 



Large Nuts — Paper Shell 



Hardy Acclimated Pecan Trees 



for Planting in Northern States 



You cannot plant Southern Grown 

 treesand accomplish anything butfailure 

 but with our Northern Grown trees, 

 strong and rugged, grown under Northern 

 conditions, from Northern seed and bud- 

 ded from Northern fruiting trees, you 

 may rely upon success. 



You cannot secure such trees from any 

 other source this year, and we doubt if 

 you can for several years to come. We are 

 pioneers in the propagation of hardy nut 

 trees for safe planting in zero climates. 

 Look us up — verify our statements and 

 then entrust us with your order. Fifty 

 years in business is our guarantee that 

 we know our business. 



Sober Paragon 



Sweet Chestnut 



A dual Size 



Sober Paragon 



Mammoth, Sweet Chestnut 



BEARS FIRST YEAR 



Paxinos Orchard Crop brought 

 $30, 000 



Plant for profit, for pleasure or for 

 decoration — plant a thousand trees or a 

 single one. A safe tree to plant in zero 

 climates, or in hot climates. Succeeds in 

 drought, in frost, in poor soil and upon 

 steep hillsides— the roughest of lands, 



United States Pomologist, G. B. Brack- 

 ets, says "It is of large size, fine appear- 

 ance and excellent flavor." 



We own exclusive con- 

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 metal seal is attached 

 Copyrighted 1908. to every genuine tree. 



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