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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



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Cover Design — Gladiolus Dawn 



Arthur G. Eldredge 



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



Photographs by the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station 



The Most Gorgeous Summer Bulb - - Leonard Barron 



Photographs by G. W. Kerr, A. G. Eldredge and others 



Notes on Some Worth While Gladiolus 



Mrs. Francis King 



Photographs by A. G. Eldredge 



Is This the Best Cottage Garden in America? W. Miller 



Photographs by A. G. Eldredge 



The Newest Type of Dahlia ----- G. W. Kerr 



Photographs by the author 



Transplanting in the Vegetable Garden Adolph Kruhm 



Photographs by the author and J. Horace McFarland Co 



Adding $1000 to Your Assets - - - Roger W. Babson 

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



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



Photograph by A. T. Washburn 



Ten Acres Enough -------------- 



Keeping Up With Samuel ------ Dalton Wylie 



A Rapid Transplanter ------ W. H. Jenkins 



Photograph by the author 



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Gladiolus Flowering the First Year from Seed G. W. Kerr 260 



Photograph by the author 



A Hardy Pink Rose ------- A. W. Jordan 262 



"Reminders" for the Month - - - - W. H. Jenkins 262 



Photograph by the author 



Growing Early Cucumbers - - - - Howell P. French 266 

 Growing Large Pumpkins and Squashes Garret M. Stack 268 



Photographs by the author 



Leeks for the Home Garden ----- J. M. Long 



Are Your Iris Healthy? ----------- 



Classifying Iris ----------- B. H. Fan 



How to Exhibit Peonies ---...., a Winner 



A Rare Garden Plant -------- E. P. Powell 



For a Satisfactory Garden - - - - Thomas J. Steed 



Tools for Gardening -------- R. E. Rogers 



Measures for the Garden - - - - Steven T. Byington 



Brief Fertilizer Notes ------ E. S. Johnson 



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