Neighb or 
Gardens 
of 
the West 
ana 
Mid-West 
IRIS TIME IN 
AN ILLINOIS OASIS MADE IN THREE MONTHS 
“The garden was begun on April first of 1923 (see left) and 
by July fifteenth of the same season,” writes its owner, Mrs. 
John H. Wulff, “showed quite a transformation with a flour¬ 
ishing display of Garden Magazine’s gift of twenty-five 
bulbs around the bird-bath (shown above). We live 
just a block from one of the busiest sections in Chicago” 
SUMMER IN A MICHIGAN GARDEN 
Blue Cornflowers, salmon-pink Zinnias and Sweet 
Alyssum make a gay tangle about this sturdy bird- 
bath of home construction (see text on opposite 
page) in the garden of Mrs. H. L Hurst at Pontiac 
INDIANA 
Peonies in their creamy 
whiteness, their tints of 
pink and carmine, 
make an incomparable 
foil for the lavenders, 
purples, and yellows of 
Iris with a dash of 
Larkspur blue as here 
in the garden of Mr. 
Franklin B. Mead at 
Fort Wayne 
A LITTLE NORTH DAKOTA PARK 
Which fulfils its peaceful mission of rest and 
shade in the heart of the small city of Oakes 
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