HOUSE AND GARDEN 
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March, 1912 
WORDS TO THE WISE 
ABOUT THE MARCH ISSUE OF 
American Homes AND Gardens 
Read the following reproduction of an Editorial from the 
February issue of AMERICAN HOMES and GARDENS, 
a magazine conceded by every reader to be the most beauti¬ 
fully illustrated periodical of its class which treats of the Arts 
of Building, Home Decoration, Garden Planting, and Land¬ 
scape Architecture. 
^MARCH—- 
THE ANNUAL HORTICULTURAL NUMBER 
W HEN one sits in his easy chair, drawn up before the 
cheery blazing fire of the Winter months, he may be 
dreaming of the delights of Summer and of all that 
Nature’s loveliest season now holds in store for him to be 
disclosed when the months to come shall clothe the earth in 
gay raiment of emerald verdure, patterned with countless 
gorgeous fiowers. But if he would assist in making the days 
to come more joyful in all the happiness the possession of a 
beautiful garden (even though it may be a tiny one) brings 
to everyone, he must begin early in the year to busy himself 
with all the things that concern planting. That is one of 
the reasons why the March number of American Homes 
AND Gardens, this magazine’s annual horticultural number, 
will devote much of its space to gardening articles. Indeed, 
no amateur gardener can afford to be without it, for it will 
serve as a veritable garden primer of the subjects of which 
it will treat. The opening article will tell the reader all that 
it is probably necessary for him to know about the fiower 
garden, while the original and very helpful planting table 
for fiowers, as well as the exquisite illustrations that accom¬ 
pany the text, will make this March gardening guide invalu¬ 
able not only to the amateur, but to the professional gardener 
as well. Moreover, the article will be of interest to every 
reader whether or not he is or has been interested in the 
subject, for it is approached from an unhackneyed point of 
view in a manner that should make a wide appeal. The 
Editor of American Homes and Gardens believes that 
many of the gardening articles appearing from time to time 
in various publications that assume the task of helping the 
home-builder are. after all, little more than “dry bones” of 
compilation dug out of encyclopaedias of horticulture, culled 
from agricultural bulletins, or government reports, with 
little reference to their constructive value outside of special¬ 
ization. Of course, a magazine devoted solely to the subject 
of gardening may be expected, in the course of its run 
throughout several years, to have covered its field pretty 
thoroughly, and for novelty to be depending somewhat upon 
specialized subjects with a limited interest. However, know¬ 
ing that there exists a perennial interest in the planning, 
planting and care of a garden, the Editor of American 
Homes and Gardens seeks writers on horticultural sub¬ 
jects who are also alive in their interest to the fact that our 
readers should have, and are having horticultural articles 
placed before them in the pages of this magazine, designed 
to have a definite constructive bearing upon the relationship 
of the garden to the home and home life. American 
Homes and Gardens does not seek to present mere horti¬ 
cultural novelties, compilations or specialized agricultural 
experiment notes, but instead gives every one of its readers 
horticultural information that will prove of value to all, 
and presents it clothed in readable text that is more than 
mere pen-task. Mr. F. F. Rockwell, an American agri¬ 
culturist and horticulturist of recognized authority, will 
contribute an unusually valuable article to the March num¬ 
ber on “Planning and Planting the Vegetable Garden,” 
which will be copiously illustrated with reproductions of the 
finest photographs procurable, and further enhanced in both 
utility and interest by the accompaniment of one of the best 
and most practical planting tables ever devised. There will 
be other gardening articles in the March number, and two 
architectural articles on two attractive Western houses, to¬ 
gether with a description of “A Chalet on the Maine Coast.” 
March Issue on the Newsstands, February 20th 
Price, 25 cents. Subscription Price, $3.00 a year. 
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