CONTENTS 
JUNE, 1924 
VOL. XXXIX, N 
WITHIN FRIENDLY WALLS 
The enclosed garden creates a wel¬ 
come seclusion which warmly be¬ 
friends outdoor living and the sense 
of intimacy is somehow heightened 
by contrast with the wide vista be¬ 
yond this garden gate. (Mary H. 
Norihend, Photo) 
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Cover Design: Iris Morning Splendor ------ Marion T. Schill 
Page Pictures PAGE 
“The Golden Bells of Yesterday” - -- -- -- -- - 267 
“A Sweet Seclusion This of Sun and Shade” ------- 268 
“Adrift in Bloom” - -- --. ---- - 269 
Photographs by Mary H. Northcnd and Mattie Edwards Hewitt 
“Fair Quiet” -. ----- - Arthur W. Colton 270 
Fitly Furnishing the Everyday Garden ----- Rath Dean 271 
Photographs by Harry G. Healy, John Wallace Gillies and the Juul Studios 
Not By Plants Alone - -- -- -- - George William Beatty 274 
Photographs by Mattie Edwards Hewitt and others 
The National Garden Association - -- -- -- -- -- - 280 
Some High-spot Activities of 1924 
The Garden's Contribution to Christmas and the Children 
Available Booklets for Gardeners Everywhere 
Fountains Which Make Fairy Magic in the Garden 
Amy Richards Colton 281 
Photographs by Amemiya, Peter A. Juley & Son, 
Mattie Edwards Hewitt, Charles Burrows and others 
The Housewife and Her Home Garden - - Ruth Gipson Plowhead 286 
Making My Garden Entrance - -- -- -- - L.E. Ilurst 287 
Photograph and drawings by the Author 
A Garden That Is Really Livable - -- -- -- -- -- - 288 
Photographs by Harry G. Healy 
A Bothersome Pair of June Guests ----------- - 290 
I. Getting the Better of the Iris Borer - - A. B. Champlain 
II. The June Beetle Not So Jolly As He Seems Edith M. Patch 
Photographs by H. B. Kirk and others 
Speculating in Irises --------- - Sherman R. Duffy 291 
Photographs by N. R. Graves and others 
Newer Irises of Distinction for Your Garden -.293 
The Garden Workshop --------- - Leslie Hudson 295 
Photographs by Mattie Edwards Hewitt and Adolph Kruhm 
Furnishings That Bring Friendliness to Gardens ------- 299 
Photographs by Mattie Edwards Hewitt 
Among Our Garden Neighbors . .. ----- - 300 
Living, and the Garden 
A Creator and Painter of Irises 
A Pioneer Florist and Protagonist of Gardens 
A Plea from Airs. Wilder 
Date for the Dahlia Exhibition for 1924 
The Open Column 
Is This Truly a Late August Iris? - -- -- -- -- - 301 
Where Can This Hardy Viola Be Had? ... . 301 
Avoiding Blight on Aconitum. 301 
An S. O. S. from a Nebraska Gardener ------- - - 301 
"Benediction in the Little Garden” - - -- -.302 
Who Has Pink Lily-ra-the-Valley? - -- -- -- -- - 302 
The Indefatigable Rose Chafer. ---- - 302 
When Poppies Get in Hot Water.- - - - - 303 
My Little Lily Pool—Thanks to “J. B. Spencer” ----- 303 
Photographs by G. R. Johnson, Mrs. J. M. Hood, and Julian Hinckley 
For Your Outdoor Living Room - -- -- -- -- -- - 304 
Photographs by Mattie Edwards Hewitt (courtesy of the Arden Galleries) 
The Month’s Reminder—June - -- --.305 
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F. N. Doubleday, President 
THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
Leonard Barron, Editor 
Copyright, 1924, by 
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY, Garden City, N. Y. 
S. A 
Arthur W. Page, Vice-President Nelson Doubleday, Vice-President 
Everitt, Treasurer John J. Hessian, Asst. Treasurer 
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