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Gladys Sherwood, Hybrid Cactus, White 



A California production with flowers often o inches in diame- 

 ter without disbudding. Flowers are fine fo.m and held erect on 

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John Lewis Childs, Decorative, Variegated 



A California production and one of the most popular Dahlias 

 grown from Coast to Coast. Prevailing color, deep chrome yel- 

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The Garden Magazine, November, 1921 



NOVEMBER , 1921 



THEGAEDEN 



MAGAZINE 



CONTENTS 



COVER DESIGN: ZINNIAS F elide Waldo Howell 



PACE 



THE OLD-FASHIONED DOUBLE ROSE 125 



Photograph by Harry G. Healy 



A GARDEN VISTA ---------- , 2 6 



Photograph by Thomas Ellison 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS ALONG THE GARDEN WALL - - - - 127 

 Photographs by Arthui G. Eldredge 



THE MONTH'S REMINDER: WHEN TO DO WHAT YOU WANT 



TO DO -...--...-.- I2 8 



OLD-FASHIONED GARDENS THAT CONTINUE TO CHARM 



Louise B. Wilder 130 

 Photographs by Mattie E. Hewitt and Francis B. Johnston; 

 drawing by Velma Simkins 



FOLLOWING THE CHRYSANTHEMUM TO THE LAND OF 



ITS INHERITANCE -------- Kiyoshi Sakamoto 133 



Photographs by the author 



THE FLOWER OF NOVEMBER - ----- Jane Leslie K iff 136 



Photograph by E. J. Wallis 



COUNTING THE SUNNY HOURS ------ G. B. Arthur 13 8 



Drawing by the autho and photograph by Arthur G. Eldredge 



SUGGESTIONS FOR THE GARDENER'S CHRISTMAS - - - 140 

 Photographs supplied bv TheGorham Co., Amy Richards Colton, 

 Ovington Bros. Co.. Royal Copenhagen Porcelain and Danish 

 Arts. Photographs taken by Wm. C. Eckman, F. M. Demarest, 

 and Jane Leslie Kift. 



A SIXTEENTH CENTURY HERB GARDEN - H.H. Manchester 142 

 Illustration supplied by the author 



THE GENTLE ART OF SIMPLING - - Sheba Childs Hargreaves 143 



WINTER PANSIES (Poem) -------- Louise Driscoll 144 



THE TREND OF THE DAHLIA ------ _ - ... - , 45 



Photographs by Leonard Barron and Adolph Kruhm 



WINTER GARDENING FOR A SPRING START W. L. Wilson 148 

 Photograph by the author 



THE GARDENS AT STONECROFT - ---------- , 49 



Photographs and plan supp ied by Wm. Pitkin, Jr. 



THE NEW CRAFT OF MAKING PLANTS TO ORDER 



Photographs by the author J. L. Collins 1 52 



SWEET-PEAS FOR EASTER ------- George W '. Kerr 155 



Photographs by the author 



AMONG OUR GARDEN NEIGHBORS: WHEN PLANTS ARE 



BROUGHT INDOORS - - - - 157 



THE OPEN COLUMN - - - 158 



Photographs by R. H. Moulton, Henry W. Sloan and others 



Leonard Barron, Editor 



VOLUME XXXIV, No. 3 



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