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The Garden Magazine, May, 1921 
THE ALL-EVERGREEN GARDEN AT GARDEN CITY 
Such a planting reveals as perhaps nothing else does the fascinating variations of foliage, form, and habit found in the Ever- 
green family. Here a hundred-odd distinct varieties fraternize amicably, juxtaposed in convincing fashion, and furnishing 
the observant visitor with all sorts of suggestive possibilities. Home of The Garden Magazine, Country Life Press, L. 1. 
on a new charm ; this, with a few English Primroses, is a combin- 
ation that affords one of the real delights of spring, in itself 
sufficient excuse for the Evergreen bed. 
Such use of the Dwarf Evergreens scarcely needs defense, 
however, for when the intervening spaces are covered by 
the trees as they develop, there is a symphony in green and 
gold in pleasing admixture of texture that is its own triumphant 
justification. 
What June Promises the Reader 
I RIS lovers in particular will be on tiptoe for the next issue 
of The Garden Magazine! All sorts of good things are 
coming! 
Mr. J. C. Wister, President of the American Iris Society, 
presents a detailed review of “The History Of The Iris In 
America,” with special reference to the activities of the pioneer 
growers and the sources of the popular varieties now in our 
gardens. 
Mr. Sidney Mitchell, whose contributions from the Pacific 
Coast are always so much appreciated, tells of “The Iris In 
California,” where many varieties behave in fashion quite unlike 
their accustomed one here in the East. 
“How To Know Your Irises”, by Mr. Amy, condenses the 
results of long observation in a suggestive and serviceable 
system of classification based on color groups. 
Mrs. Louise Beebe Wilder’s " Plan For A Garden Of Irises” is 
a sort of wonderful dream-come-true, and yet furnishes safe 
guidance for the Iris enthusiast in the matter of displaying an 
immense variety of this favorite bloom in combination with 
other flowering plants. 
June is not niggardly, but offers much of general interest, too. 
“ Harmony Of Flower And Vase” is a timely pictorial display of 
significance to the gardener who believes that the indoor use of 
cut flowers should be more than a mere haphazard affair. 
Also appropriately in season is Henry Gibson’s “ Plants For 
Porch Decoration,” which is in the nature of a practical supple- 
ment to Mrs. Wickware’s article on the Sun Porch just pub- 
lished. 
For the householder marooned in the city during warm 
weather and whose only garden is his living room, as well as for 
the country dweller desirous of introducing a summery note 
indoors, Miss Agnes Bowman’s “The Garden And The Living 
Room” (second in “The Garden Indoors and Out” series) will 
prove helpful. 
The vegetable grower can find profit in Mr. Kruhm’s “ Beans 
That Don’t Blight”, and “Pinching Melons” by Prof. Lloyd. 
