February, 1917 
THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
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Cover Design — Winter Flowering Begonias 
J. P. Verrees 
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Among Our Garden Neighbors ------ 13 
Wanted a Name — A Little Bit of Experience — More 
About the Matilija Poppy — Find Out for Yourself — All 
Parties Are Fed — What I Like — The Dahlia Again — 
Spray Manufacturers Take Notice — The Beautiful Pep- 
per Vine — Evodia Danielli — To Hasten Young Peach 
Trees — Another Large Silver Bell — Gooseberries for 
Table Use — Preserving Flowers. 
The Month’s Reminder - -- -- -- -16 
Easily Grown Perennials That Flower 
Quickly From Seed - - - - -G.W.Kerr 18 
Photographs by the author 
Getting an Early Start Indoors W. C. M cCollom 20 
Photographs by the author 
An Expansible Garden Plan with Arbor 
Elizabeth Leonard Strang 22 
Plans by the author 
Flowering Shrubs as Hedge Plants 
Gladys Hyatt Sinclair 24 
Photographs by the author 
Planting on the Basis of Personal Needs 
E. L. Kirkpatrick 26 
Plans by the author 
Easy Plans That Will Really Work- - - - 28 
Photograph by Henry Troth 
What Can Grow Close to the House 
Stephen E. Hamblin 30 
Photographs by H. Troth and Gladys H. Sinclair 
Hospitable Gardens - - - - Elizabeth White 32 
Photographs by Henry Troth and others 
Making a Whole Fernery in a Single Pot 
5 . Leonard Bastin 34 
A Septic Tank for the Country Home 
Sidney K. Eastwood 36 
Diagrams by the author 
A Hot Water Hotbed ---42 
The Readers’ Service - -- -- -- -- 44 
Protecting Trees from Animals - M. G. Kains 52 
Photographs by the author 
Raising Perennials from Seed - Geo. W. Kerr 56 
Society Notes and News - - - ----- - 60 
Successful Gardening on a City Lot - - - 62 
LEONARD BARRON, Editor 
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COPYRIGHT. 1917, BY 
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 
GARDEN CITY, N. Y. 
ARTmiR U W PACF President S- A . EVERITT, Treasurer 
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A Decided Departure in Their Design 
S UPPOSING it does cost a bit more for a charming greenhouse and 
shingle-thatched work-room like this; isn’t it worth all it costs, in 
the constant satisfaction and pride possessing joy it gives? 
Why buy eight cylinder cars, and then fuss about the cost of a green- 
house that costs less or more as you may incline? 
Or why spend freely your money for a garage of charming design, which 
really only houses your car; and then hesitate at spending a like consistent 
amount for a sunshine garden of glass, where endless flowers can be grown 
in abundance for you, every day, the whole glad year round? 
What possible thing can you put your money in, that dollar for dollar 
will return to you anything like its joy giving returns? 
Don’t, however, mistake us and feel that we are urging you to spend 
money needlessly for greenhouse effects. Of first importance, are green- 
house results. And there is where we come in. 
We will plan and construct for you, a greenhouse having a frame of steel. 
It will give you the height of flower results. It will be enduringly made 
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