AN ANNOUNCEMENT 
of tire formation of the 
National Garden Society 
g^r^y ?0 MANY requests have come for aid with all phases of 
garden work that.there has seemed to be a widespread 
need for some organization that would coordinate all the 
garden interests in the country so that information 
gathered from all sources might be presented in the most direct 
and helpful way to garden lovers. To meet this need the 
National Garden Society has been organized—its purpose 
being to become of the utmost service in the garden world. 
This new Society is formed to promote a nation-wide interest 
in gardening. To do this, the Society will include as cooperat¬ 
ing members most of the National Horticultural and Flower 
Associations, Garden and Nature Study Clubs, Forestry and 
Conservation Societies. 
The Garden Magazine, the official publication of the 
Society, will contain a department each month in which will be 
given full information about all booklets, pamphlets, and bulle¬ 
tins issued by the affiliated organizations. Each month State 
and Federal bulletins of value and interest to garden lovers will 
be listed. The Society will urge an annual observance of 
National Garden Week, which The Garden Magazine so suc¬ 
cessfully inaugurated this year, to stimulate an interest in 
gardening and to bring gardeners together in work for com¬ 
munity and civic betterment. 
The National Garden Society will be made up of active 
and interested organizations and individuals all working to 
the same end—to make our country a more beautiful and better 
place in which to live. The Garden Magazine will be the 
meeting place for these interested workers, the clearing house 
for garden information. 
Do you want to establish a Garden Club ? Write to the National 
Garden Society for a constitution and by-laws. 
Do you want to federate the garden clubs of your county or state 
so that they may be of greater service in the community? 
The National Garden Society will help you in this. 
If you want programmes for meetings or subjects for discussion , 
the National Garden Society will greatly aid you. 
If you desire any booklets or pamphlets mentioned, send your 
requests to the National Garden Society. 
The yearly fee of the Society is $3.00, which entitles each 
member to one year’s subscription to The Garden Magazine 
and to booklets, bulletins, and pamphlets issued by the Society 
and many from cooperating organizations. The Editorial Staff 
of The Garden Magazine will answer all garden questions sent 
in by members of the Society and aid with all cultural problems. 
As the Society grows, it will increase its service to include lec¬ 
tures and lists of valuable garden lecturers, also plans for gardens. 
The officers of the society are: 
Mr. Leonard Barron, F. R. H. S., President. 
Honorary Vice Presidents: 
Mrs. Samuel Sloan, President of The Garden Club of America 
Mrs. Francis King, President of The Women’s National 
Farm and Garden Association 
Mrs. Thomas G. Winter, President General Federation of 
Women’s Clubs 
Mr. J. Horace McFarland, President American Civic Asso¬ 
ciation 
Mrs. John Sherman, Chairman Applied Education, 
Mr. Robert Pyle, President American Rose Society. 
The Society is organized to be of service to each member. 
Write to it for aid that you need. You will help it to help you 
if you will tell exactly what you would like us to write of in the 
new department. You will help others if you bring to The 
Garden Magazine the story of your own garden, of your own 
work and methods. 
SOME HELPFUL STATE BULLETINS NOW AVAILABLE 
[For free distribution to the residents of the state issuing them and to others living outside the state if there is a sufficient supply.] 
Colorado 
Head Lettuce in Colorado 
Home Vegetable Gardens 
Connecticut 
Hints on Vegetable Gardening 
Home Canning of Fruits and Vegetables 
The Home Garden 
Hotbeds 
Spray—1923 
Florida 
Sends a Planting Schedule of interest to 
every gaidener 
Commercial Truck Crops of Florida 
Indiana 
Hardy Flowering Shrubs and Roses for 
Indiana 
Insecticide Sprays 
Varieties of Fruit for Indiana 
Kentucky 
Strawberries 
Pruning Fruit Trees 
The Home Vegetable Garden 
Asparagus culture 
Maine 
Hot Beds, Cold Frames and Plant Forcers 
Starting an Orchard (a valuable series of five 
pamphlets) 
Strawberry Growing 
New York 
Spring in the Flower Garden 
The Peony 
Growing Sweet Peas 
Asters 
Culture of Gladiolus 
Culture of Garden Roses 
Ohio 
Beautifying the Fatm Home (showing gen¬ 
eral arrangement of grounds with sugges¬ 
tions for planting of shrubs and vines with 
an excellent list) 
About Roses (with full cultural directions) 
Everbearing Strawberries 
Oklahoma 
Vegetable Spray Calendar 
The Small Home Garden 
Early Cabbage, Cauliflower and Lettuce 
Spraying the Home Garden (a pocket 
bulletin on garden pests with simple 
instructions for their control) 
Pennsylvania 
The Home Vegetable Garden 
Tennessee 
Spraying the Orchard 
Spraying Apples and Peaches 
Beautifying the Home Grounds 
The National Audubon Society and the 
Wild Flower Preservation Society have 
interesting booklets and pamphlets on birds 
and wild flowers that may be had for the 
asking. 
Help the National Garden Society to he of service by asking for its aid 
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