THE 



GARDENER'S MONTHLY 



AND 



HORTICULTURIST. 



DEVOTED TO 



HORTICUIJURE. ARBORICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS. 



EDITED BY LibRAR Y 



NEW YORK 



THOMAS MEEHAN, BOTAWICA& 



STATE BOTANIST OF PENNSYLVANIA, 



FORMERLY HEAD GARDENER TO CALEB COPE, ESQ., AT SPRINGBROOK, AND AT THE BARTRAM BOTANIC 



GARDENS, NEAR PHILADELPHIA; GRADUATE OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW, (LONDON) 



ENGLAND. MEMBER OF THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES. AUTHOR OF 



"AMERICAN HAND-BOOK OF ORNAMENTAL TREES," ETC. 



VOLUME XXI, 1879. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



CHARLES H MAROT, Publisher, 



No. 814 Chestnut Street, 

 1879. 



