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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



May, 1913 



''To business that we love we rise betime 



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



COUNTRY Life Press!" calls the con- 

 ductor as you draw up to a red tiled 

 station — a brand new one, by the 

 way, just completed — and if it is your first 

 visit to the Press, you "follow your leader," 

 for there is always some one else bound for 

 the same place. But it isn't hard to find. 

 There it is, just across the tracks from you, 

 looking very much settled and very busy — 

 but not too busy to be glad to welcome 

 all its friends who will steal an hour or two 

 to visit it. 



This third spring finds us very much at 

 home in Garden City and we extend a fresh 

 invitation to you to come and visit The 

 Country Life Gardens. We shall have on 

 our best garden frock then, so to speak, 

 a new station will receive you and the 

 addition to the south wing of the building 

 will be open for inspection. 

 Why not come? 



RECENT RECORDS 



All accounts agree that the enjoyment of 

 TVIrs. Gene Stratton-Porter's books during the 

 past year has been more widespread than that 

 of any other book or series of books published. 

 These books are sweet and wholesome — they 

 voice the unquenchable optimism and deter- 

 mined striving for the best of life of the best 

 type of American citizenship. They are 

 realistic without muck-raking or special study 

 of "problems." They tell the intimate story 

 of the life of men and women of decent en- 

 vironment and wholesome aspirations. Eight 

 years, beginning with "Freckles," these books 

 have regularly increased sales each twelve 

 months — and the tide of sales is still 

 rising. 



"Virginia" 



Miss Ellen Glasgow's "Virginia" is a new 

 book just ready which is thus described in the 

 words of a distinguished Southern critic: — 

 "She has reached the depth of a woman's 

 life — a depth that is seldom stirred. Her 

 analysis, and interpretation of women, and 

 the problem that vexes the thousands of 

 them, could not be done by any one but 

 -a woman. 



" Virginia's life is a demonstration that the 



time when love was woman's whole existence, 

 is necessarily a thing of the past. Her story 

 is told entirely without editorial comment. 

 But after you have read it, you will under- 

 stand that a woman must work side by side 

 with men. That she should, and does, love her 

 work; but that being a woman, work can- 

 not completely fill her life. She must be 

 a wife and a mother to achieve perfect 

 happiness .... 



"just how Virginia found contentment, 

 and how to surmount her difficulties, is so 

 interesting that all women and men will be 

 interested in reading every word, for Miss 

 Glasgow's word pictures are vivid and thor- 

 oughly delightful." 



FEWER AND BETTER BOOKS 



A reference to the advertising of our spring 

 books in the pages of this issue shows that 

 we have been able notably to diminish the 

 number of books published during the 

 spring season. There is evidence of the 

 same effort on the part of other Ameri- 

 can publishers, and this is a service to 

 all the interests affected — authors, book- 

 sellers, and readers. 



THE PEONY GARDEN 



The American Peony Society has trans- 

 ferred to our Garden the finest collection of 

 named varieties of peonies yet made in 

 this country. There is thus 'afforded the 

 opportunity to study and know this old-time 

 favorite in all its improved glory and the 

 collection is so complete that the whole 

 story of peony development will be told 

 in one chapter. 



A MATTER OF MOMENTUM 



The stimulus of apparent appreciation 

 attends our efforts during the first quarter 

 of 1 9 13, for with the books and with the maga- 

 zines, this period is the most interesting 

 and largest in volume in the history of the 

 business. 



We hope this larger output indicates that 

 the business is building up an influence and 

 following among both readers and advertisers 

 — which results in a larger service in many 

 directions. The splendidly interesting adver- 

 tising of the recent numbers of the magazines 

 is deserving of attention as well as the text, on 

 the part of those readers of alert mind who find 

 it a matter of everyday interest to keep abreast 

 of what is going on in the world. 



The New Country Life Station 



