THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
A Planning and Planting Manual for 1916 
Everything you want to know when you need it most. 
T HE GARDEN MAGAZINE is devoted solely and entirely to the interests of the amateur gardener. 
It is full of practical assistance for the man or woman with moderate means, interested in devel¬ 
oping the home grounds to the best advantage. Every issue in season contains planting plans and lists 
—tabular matter as to what, when, and, most important, where to plant. 
LOOK AT THE CONTENTS FOR JANUARY 
WHAT PLANTING DOES TO MAKE A HOUSE A 
HOME 
Before and after effects. 
What you can do this Spring. 
HOW THE RIDGE SPRAYED ITS TREES 
An account of community co-operative work with power 
sprayers for scale and other pests of shade and orchard trees— 
a really practical suggestion for a dozen people anywhere to 
get results at low cost. 
“HURRYUPS” AND “BOOSTS” 
for the man without a greenhouse. Telling of the useful con¬ 
trivances that are available to force along early crops and to 
protect tender plants when frost sets in. 
NEW TREES AND SHRUBS FROM CHINA 
Especially suitable to the warmer regions of the country and 
to the Pacific Slope. Hundreds of glorious trees and shrubs 
not adapted to New England gardens are eminently desirable 
and worth growing elsewhere. This article, by the man who 
introduced them, tells of many of the best. 
FLOWERS FROM FROST TO FROST 
A simple account of what you can plant this Spring to give 
you bloom in abundance all the year through; also with an 
eye to future permanency. 
THE NEW HOME AND ITS DEVELOPMENT 
Beginning a short series on the development of the home site. 
The first instalment deals with the vital points: 
a—What you want, 
b—What you can afford to have. 
ODDS AND ENDS FROM EVERYWHERE 
The Readers’ Forum in which you are likely to find a letter 
or “anything under the sun.” 
TAKING THE GAMBLE OUT OF GARDENING 
Preparing the way for sure results in your back yard. How 
to plan your own vegetable garden to fit your needs. 
BRAMBLE BERRIES FOR YOUR HOME GARDEN 
Whether you live in the North or South, this article will tell 
you what proportions of the different berries will fit your case. 
Select variety lists for quality. 
THE GULF COAST AND ITS SPECIAL NEEDS 
An article for the man who “goes South” in late winter, or 
who lives there permanently, explaining, in the light of reason, 
what is the proper thing to do and when. 
POTTERY, FURNITURE, ETC., FOR THE GARDEN 
Something about the permanent material that may be used as 
a support to the living materials in garden making. 
PIN MONEY CROPS FOR THE BACK YARD 
The introduction to a new series of articles which will tell of 
opportunities that lie in the back yard of growing extremely 
well some small crop for profit. One way to make the Home 
pay its way. 
EDITORIAL CHAT 
Notes and comments on passing events of moment to the 
garden lover. Reflective and inspiring. 
COMPLETE PLANTING PLAN FOR THE AVER¬ 
AGE SUBURBAN LOT 
(This is a prize plan, in an international competition of several 
hundreds, and specially redrawn for The Garden Magazine by 
the designer, who provides complete planting plans, specifica¬ 
tions, etc., with cost data.) 
HOSTS OF SNAPPY HINTS 
ALTERNATIVE COLOR SCHEMES FOR THE ANNUAL 
BORDER 
with complete planting plans. 
WHAT TO DO WITH THAT SHADED BORDER 
HARDY VINES FOR ALL PURPOSES 
(Those that will grow anywhere, indeed.) 
GARDEN SOURCES OF POTASH 
(A sternly practical hint in these troubled times.) 
FLOWERS YOU CAN HAVE ON A POOR SOIL 
“OLD FASHIONED” FLOWER GARDENS 
with planting plans. 
SWEET SMELLING LAVENDER 
(.How it is grown and cured for its many uses.) 
MAKING HOTBED MATS AT HOME 
(You'll need them next month.) 
AN EARLY AND LONG FLOWERING GROUND COVER 
(Something that is a sea of white and quite hardy.) 
GRAFTING THE CHRISTMAS CACTUS 
(An extremely simple job that can be done in the window 
garden.) 
A SUBSTITUTE WHERE ITS TOO HOT FOR 
GOOSEBERRIES 
(Merely a hint for the Southerner.) 
MONTH’S REMINDER; AND OF COURSE THE 
usual News of Clubs and Societies, etc., etc. 
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January to September—nine months in all for a dollar bill. 
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