The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-28

suits were secured at an immense cost of labor. money, and grit. The hlsto- ry of this remarkable feat of engineer ing will be told in the January Century by oscar King Davis
 Railway Rate Dfscussi0n.
 Why railroad rates must conform to commercial conditions; why no general rate adjustment, however skilIfuily made, could ever adequately provide. even in a comparatively small part of the country. for numerous and con- stantly increasing fluctuations in con- ditions, are among the points set forth in a discussion of Railway Rates and Industrial Progress" by Samuel Spen- cer, to appear in the January Century. Mir. Spencer is president of the South ern Railway and interested fin other railway companies; and writes. of course, from the railway point of view. Tn the February number of the maga- zine another competent authority will of those who favor an extension of government control over railway rates.
 The Garden Magazine.
 The January number of The Garden Magazine proves once and for all that the activities Of such period need not and indeed must not cease with the outdoor productive months.
 This number is devoted particularly to the planning of the garden for the incoming year. It emphasizes the great importance of having a definite pur- pose in view. owners of either large or small gardens will find here all the practical information they need. even to complete seed and planting lists for vegetables and fruits. to insure con stant supply all the year round. Such titles as these tell their oN41 story: Indoor Ferns for Winter" by G. A. Woolon: "A Winter Campaign Against Scale Insects" by B. F. Felt; "The Southerner's Reminder" The Small Greenhouse" etc.
 These articles are necessary and time " for the month. but there are also several important, carefully arranged articles on the subjects which need foresight and planning some time be- fore warm weather. One of these is
 "Making a Garden Where there Isn't
 Room for One" by I. G. Tabor. being sketches and planting lists by land scape architect, to transform ugly city backyard plots into pleasing little for maj gardens.
 Another is The Hardy waterIilies Worth Growing" which tells of the preparation of A modest tub garden. and the best plants with which to fill it after 1t is made.
 But after all the msat of the number is contained in the three stories that tell sx- periences and give practical advice about how and what to plant. and how to plan. .srhs Confessions of a Garden Sinner" whica tells of the mistakes and successes of an arnr- ateur, made graphic by well-chosen photo graphs: "A Complete Garden for a FamlH of Six" by two professional gardeners practical plan for raising enough vegetables fruits and flowers for such family on one-acre plot; the working drawing saows also how to adapt it to smaller areas; "A Garden for Three" by W. F Fairbrother, the | intimate and particular story of little sub | urban garden which made every bit of earth yield at the rate of three cents @ square | foot an irresistible argument in favor of
 The rnaEazine's series of articles on quality | in fruit and vegetables is represented in this
 nnrnber by w $. Fletcher's Quality ouinces | in the Back Yard"
 l shorter. but no less important articles | v.lu he found under the following suggest ivn titles: SOW Vegetables Now for February | ana March EatinR;" Twelve Ounce Peaches l Gro,vn Under Glass:" Big Crops on Old 1 Currant Bushes Aftas Years ef Neglect" l "A california Cactus GArden.~
 The never ending delight that the whole world. old and young, alike find in Robert Louis stevenson's "A chlld's Garden of | Verses," Will be doubled by the drawings 1 which Miss Jessie Willeox smith has made !