A MINNESOTA GARDEN 
Where the dark , lustrous leaves of the hardy Beta 
Grape throw a thick cool veil of shade, thus solving the 
problem of a bold-foliaged climber for the severer climates 
CONTENTS 
MAT, 1924 
Volume XXXIX Number 3 
o»- : — ' " jb $ a r tp 
Mid-West and Great Plains Number 
Interpreting Gardens in Eighteen States 
from 
Ohio to Idaho 
Cover Design: Blossom Time - -- -- -- -- - A. J. Knorr 
Page Pictures: page 
“They Look so Gay on Their Slender Stems”- ------ 193 
“A Lovely Place of Dreams and Ecstasies” - -- -- -- 194 
“ Beneath the Sun’s Caress” - -- -- -- -- -- - 195 
Photographs by Clifford Norton, Johnson & 
Son, and by courtesy of Pearce-Robinson 
The Month’s Reminder — May - -- -- -- -- -- -- 196 
Successful Gardening in the North Central Region 
IV. T. Cowperthwaite 198 
Photographs supplied by the Author 
Spring Garden Song (Verses) . Louise Driscoll 201 
In a Michigan Garden - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - 202 
Photographs by Rene and Harold Hopkins 
Flower Gardening in the Heart of America Ethel Greenough Holmes 203 
Photographs supplied by the Author 
Lilies in a Kansas Garden --------- - Viola McColm 204 
Choosing Chintzes for Sun-room and Veranda Amy Richards Colton 203 
Photographs by Mattie Edwards Hewitt and others 
Dahlias in the Middle West ------- George IVm. Vedit * 209 
Illustrations of Some Novelties of the Season 
Some Good Evergreens That Are Also Hardy - - IV. E. Bontrager 211 
Attractive Gardens from Ohio to Idaho - -- -- -- -- -212 
Photographs by John Wallace Gillies, Johnson & Son, and others 
National Garden Association - - -- -- -- -- -- -- 214 
Federating the New Clubs 
Billboards Continue to Go 
Bulletins for Gardeners of the West and Mid-West 
Tropical Orchids of the Old World ------ E. H. IVilson 213 
Photographs by E. J. Wallis, Edwin Levick, and N. R. Graves 
A New Tree Garden for the Middle West - - Arthur G. Eldredge 219 
Photographs by the Author 
Gardening in a Copper Country ----- Norman Carmichael 22 1 
Photographs by the Author 
A Friendly Wisconsin Driveway. 223 
Photographs by R. S. Newell 
Flowers from Snow to Snow ------ Fannie Mahood Heath 224 
Photographs supplied by the Author 
Gardens Versus Sagebrush - -- -- -- - Agnes Doty Bell 223 
Picture and Plan 
Among Our Garden Neighbors - -- -- -- -- -- -- 227 
Salute to the West 
The Inhibiting Effects of Quarantine 
Get Ready for the International Gladiolus Exhibition 
The Open Column 
St. Dorothea Makes Herself at Home in Iowa.228 
An Illinois Oasis Created in Three Months ------- 228 
What Kansas City, Missouri, Is Doing for Its Children - - - 228 
A Birdbath Made by a Michigan Gardener ------- 228 
In Defense of North Dakota - -- -- -- -- -- - 228 
A Perfect Pear for the Home Garden - -- -- -- -- 230 
Some Flowers for Indiana - -- -- -- -- -- -- 230 
July Bloom in Nebraska - -- -- -- -- -- -- 230 
Photographs by Crescent Photo Co., H. C. Yarian, 
Mrs. H. L. Hurst, Mrs. J. H. Wulff, Franklin B. Mead 
Reflections from the Flower Shows - - - -. 231 
The New York International 
The National at Cleveland 
Plan for an Elastic Garden 
Chicago: Peoples Gas Bldg. 
Los Angeles: Van Nuys Bldg. 
F. N. Doubleday, President 
THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
Leonard Barron, Editor 
Copyright, 1924, by 
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY, Garden City, N. Y. 
Arthur W. Page, Pice-President Nelson Doubleday, Pice-President 
S. A. Everitt, Treasurer John J. Hessian, Asst. Treasurer 
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Entered as second-class matter at Garden City, New York, under the Act of Congress, March 3 , 1879 
Boston: Tremont Bldg. 
New York: 120 W. 32nd St. 
Russell Doubleday, Secretary 
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