MARCH, 
1924 
CONTENTS 
VOL. XXXIX, No. 1 
ROSES AT MR. PAUL CHALFIN’S 
GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT , HOME 
In late June the lovely Climber, Silver 
Moon, throws out abundant , beautiful 
ivory-white bloom , making this dagged 
veranda at the rear of the cottage 
a miniature paradise with its quiet, 
its sunshine, and its scent of Roses 
Cover Design: “Narcissus Like Silver Moons” - - - B. Y. Morrison 
Page Pictures: PACE 
“Little Heralds of the Spring” ----------- - 17 
“When You Plant Your Rose-trees” - -- -- -- -- - 18 
“Enter, Wee Sunbeams” - - -- -- -- -- -- -- 19 
Photographs by Mattie Edwards Hewitt, J. H. Pepper, James K. Mills 
The Month’s Reminder—March -------------20 
Spraying Is Insurance - -- -- -.- - - - - 21 
You Can Grow Roses if You Will - -- -- -- M. L. Fuller 22 
Photograph and Plan supplied by the Author 
Photograph by Mattie Edwards Hewitt 
Roses for All America - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -24 
Photograph by J. Horace McFarland Co. 
Growing Sweet-peas Outdoors ----- Andrew Francis Lockhart 26 
Illustrated 
Shrubs that Befriend the House Front - - Alice T. A. Quackenhush 27 
Photographs by the Author and G. W. Kerr 
A Good Word for a Good Fruit - -- -- -- - A. Rutledge 29 
When “Little Mountain People” Step into Your Garden 
Louise Beebe M'ilder 30 
A Rock Garden in the Prairie Region - - - - Arthur G. Fldredge 30 
Photographs by the Author 
A Most Easily Grown Three Dozen ------------32 
Photograph by courtesy of The Brooklyn Botanic Garden 
Rock Gardens Natural and Naturalistic - - Stephen F. Hamblin 33 
Plans by the Author 
“Satin Roses Clean and New” (Verses) - - - - Louise Driscoll 34 
Photograph by G. H Van Anda 
A Trio of Sweet-scented Roses ------- B.Y. Morrison 35 
Photographs by the Author 
Two Trailing Roses of Merit - -- -- -- -- IV. C. Egan 36 
Illustrated 
Crisp Celery from July till Spring ------ F. C. Gaylord 37 
Prunings from the New York State Experiment Station - - - - 37 
An Eighty-Year-Old Garden - -- -- -- --.38 
Photographs by Elizabeth Eddy Norris and James K. Mills 
Vegetables as Life Insurance - -- -- -- -- G. O. Luros 40 
What About the “ Carried-over ” Seeds?. --.--41 
Gay Flowers Outdoors this Summer from Seed - - - E. Bade 42 
Photographs by the Author 
The National Garden Association ------------ 45. 
President Coolidge Endorses National Garden Week 
Suggestions, Lectures, and Programs for the Week 
Beauty Instead of Billboards 
The Dahlia of Moderate Demand ----- Thomas I. Steed 47 
Photograph by Arthur G. Eldredge 
Dominant Dahlias of To-day - -- -- -- - Derrill H / . Hart 48 
Getting Better Apples by Pruning - - - - A. Freeman Mason 49 
Photographs by the Author 
Among Our Garden Neighbors - -- -- -- -- -- -- 
Two Big Shows This Year 
Flower Show in a Garden 
Orchids in May 
The Open Column 
Own-root Roses a Yard Apart! - - -- -- -- -- -- 
Humming-birds as Originators of Gladiolus. 
Engaging Little Polyantha Roses for All Summer Bloom - - - 
Good Garden Roses for the Different Sections ------- 
Use Your Frames All Summer - -- -- -- -- -- - 
Sweet-peas till Frost - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
All Alluring Award in Zinnia Culture - - -- -- -- -- 
“Not So Bad as I Seem” - -- -- -- -- -- -- 
Jokers Among the Plants - -- -- -- -- -- -- 
Some True Shade Plants and Other Perennials. 
What’s Eating the Rhododendrons - -- --. 
Who Knows These Mid-Western Wild Flowers? -. 
Photographs by Gertrude fjhockey, E. S. Peckham, 
I. B. Wakeman, Agnes D. Arney, Bernard H. Lane 
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