September 1923

FRUIT, GARDEN AND HOME

IT is now a year since we first offered you a copy of Fruit, Garden and Home. A good many things have happened in the past year to justify the faith we had in September, 1922. First, I want to speak of the enthusiastic and loyal support which the reading public has accorded Fruit. Garden and Home.

Plant Peonies in Your Gardens

How to Select, Plant and Grow These Garden Friends

Your Peony Questions Answered

THE people who come to my peony gardens comprise two classes; those who know comparatively little or nothing about peonies, and those who come from far distant places and who are experts in the raising of these beautiful flowers. Of course these two classes of visitors come for entirely different reasons, and have naturally asked entirely different questions.

Gardening With My Camera

IF the gardener with the hoe has any thing on me, gardening with my camera, for real pleasures and a lasting satisfaction, I should like him (or her) to speak up. Tho, admittedly, had it not been for him, I should not be writing this, per haps.

It Is Easy to Weave Baskets, Part I

How to Make Your Own Baskets Simply Explained

The Mayor of Moravia

THERE is one mayor in the United States I want to take off my hat to. The other day-- along about the first of June-- I picked up a copy of a weekly newspaper called The Moravia Union, published at Moravia, Iowa, and on the first page was a news item. It was about the mayor of Moravia.

Medicinal Value of Vegetables

Asparagus-- gently stimulates the kidneys. Beet-- relieves gravel and readjusts certain internal disorders of women.

Those Magic Evergreens

LATE August or early September are the months usually chosen in which to plant evergreens. There are two reasons for this. First, it is nearly always a convenient time for the home owner to do the work. Second, from the standpoint of the evergreen itself, it is quite permissible.

Furnishing the Young Folks' Room

Comfort and Attractiveness Can Be Secured By Careful Planning

Homes of Famous Americans

Each month we will visit the home of a famous American. These visits will take us all over the country, and into every period of history from early Colonial days down to the present. Perhaps, in these intimate glimpses into the home-life of our great men and women, we will find even a greater appreciation for our own homes and their influence upon us.

My Garden of Dwarf Fruit Trees

What Can Be Done In An Average City Backyard

How to Get the Most From Back Numbers

An Easy Method For Filing and Cross-Indexing Every Article

How I Used Rocks in My Garden

Where Stone Is Abundant It Can Be Used In Your Garden

Weathering the Gale

How Weather Strips Will Add to the Liveableness of Your Home

How to Plan Your Meals

Let This Article Help You Solve a Common Problem

The Well Designed Small House

EVERYBODY wants a cozy home, no matter how little or how much it costs, and every day we are getting inquiries for just the cozy types we are picturing here. The best part of it is, they are homes that families of modest means can build-- they are modern in every respect, carefully designed and architecturally correct.

A Small Greenhouse Will Pay

PICTURE yourself the owner of a greenhouse in which plant culture can be continued thruout the stormy, frigid months of winter. A tiny garden of Eden, if you please, where those tender plants and herbs, flowers and vegetables can be cultivated for profit or for pleasure.

Discovering the Hubbard Grape

Oklahoma's Backyard Burbank Has a Real Grape

How New Roses Are Produced

THERE are probably few, even among those who take no particular interest in floriculture, who have failed to notice the vast improvement in garden roses in recent years.

Why Burn Leaves?

AS winter approaches the smell of burning leaves reaches us. We can see people everywhere burning them.

Our Backyard Flock

AS long as we have kept house, the backyard flock of chickens has been part of our general living conditions. We would be most lonely without them, and would miss the fresh eggs, not to mention the frys and roasts we enjoy.

Prize Winning Landscaping Design

This Plan Won the Second Prize in Our Recent Contest

The Washington Elm Is Dead!

Old Historic Tree Lost to Posterity Thru Carelessness

WITH ALL OUR MIGHT

Taking the Wrinkles Out of the Wash

Going on with the question of laundry equipment we need an ironing board with two irons attached for sleeves and initials and little pieces which you can iron on the ironer but which is often more fun to do with the sad iron.

Garden Reminders

POPPIES (Oriental) can be transplanted this month with safety. Choose young plants, as old ones have very long roots and sometimes refuse to be successfully moved.

A Beauty for the Window Garden

How to Grow and Succeed With Pelargoniums

Handwork Adds Charm to Your Linens

DOING HIS BIT

Along the Garden Path

WE have had a severe drouth the past few weeks. The other evening I was irrigating the front terrace when my attention was attracted to a large number of red ants running aimlessly around under the fine mist of the spray. An examination showed that they were coming across the paved drive-way. Each ant was carrying an ant egg nearly as large as itself.