THE 



GARDENERS' MONTHLY 



AND 



HORTICULTURIST. 



DEVOTED TO 



HORTICULTURE, ARBORICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS. 



EDITED BY 



THOMAS MEEHAN, 



STATE BOTANIST OF PENNSYL\'ANIA, 



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



GARDENS, NEAR PHILADELPHL\. GRADUATE OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW (LONDON), 



ENGLAND. MEMBER OF THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES. AUTHOR 



OF "AMERICAN HAND-BOOK OF ORNAMENTAL TREES, 



" FLOWERS AND FERNS OF THE U. S.," ETC. 



VOLUME XXV, 1883. 



PHILADELPHIA : 



CHARLES H. MAROT, Publisher, 



No. 814 Chestnut Street, 



