BOOKS FOR THE COUNTRY. 



Landscape Gardening. Notes and 

 Suggestions on Lawns and Lawn- 

 Planting, Laying Out and Arrange- 

 ment of Country-Places, Large and 

 Small Parks, Cemetery Plots, and 

 Railway-Station Lawns ; Deciduous 

 and Evergreen Trees and Shrubs, 

 The 1 lardy Border, Bedding Plants, 

 Rockwork, etc. By Samuel Par- 

 sons, Jr., Superintendent of Parks, 

 New York City. With nearly 200 

 illustrations. Large 8 \ $3.50. 



" Mr. Parsons proves himself a master of his 

 art as a landscape gardener, and this superb 

 book should be studied by all who are con- 

 cerned in the making of parks in other cities." 

 —Philadfl/'liia Bulletin. 



Lawns and Gardens. How to Beau- 

 tify the Home Lot, the Pleasure 

 Ground, and Garden. By N. JoNS- 

 so.N-RosE, of the Department of 

 Public Parks, New York City. With 

 172 plans and illustrations. Large 

 8°, gilt top, $3.50. 

 This book is intended to l)e a help to 

 all lovers of Gardening. It treats of the 

 practical side of landscape gardening, 

 describes the best hardy plants, and 

 points out the proper use of each. 

 Wild Flowers of the Northeastern 

 States. Drawn and carefully de- 

 scribed from life, without undueuse of 

 scientific nomenclature, by Ellen 

 Miller and JMargafet C. Whit- 

 ing. With 308 illustrations the size 

 of life, and Frontispiece. Large 

 quarto, buckram, 8>i x 12^ inches. 

 New edition in smaller form, 8 \ 

 net, $3.00 

 This work presents upwards of 308 

 drawings of American wild flowers, and 

 careful descriptions of the flowers so 

 depicted, and covers ground which has 

 not been covered by any previous botani- 

 cal publication. In every case great 

 care has been taken to dejiict the pe- 

 culiar traits, the average size, and all 

 the details of each individual plant. 

 Among the Moths and Butterflies. 

 By Julia P. Ballard, author of 

 "Building Stories," etc. 8 \ pp. 

 xxxiv. + 237, I1.50. 



" The book, which is handsomely illustrated, 

 is designed for young readers, relating some of 

 the most curious facts of natural history in a 

 singularly pleasant and instructive manner."— 

 N. y. Tribune. 



The Trees of Northeastern Amer- 

 ica. By Charles S. Nlwiiall. 

 With an Introductory Note by Nath. 

 L. Britton, E.M., Ph.D.. of Co- 

 lumbia College. With illustrations 

 made from tracings of the leaves of 

 the various trees. New issue, 8 " , re- 

 duced to $1.75. 



" We believe this is the most complete and 

 handsome volume of its kind, and on account 

 of its completeness and the readiness with 

 which it imparts information that everybody 

 needs and few possess, it is invaluable." — 

 B Ingh anitcn RepuHlcan. 



The Shrubs of Northeastern Amer- 

 ica. By Charles S. Newhall, 

 author of " The Trees of Noriheast- 

 ern America," etc. Fully illustrated. 

 New issue, 8°, reduced to $1.75. 



" 1 his vo'ume is beautifully printed on beau- 

 tiful paper, and has a list of 116 illustrations 

 calculated to cvplain the text. It has a mine 

 of precious information, such as is seldom 

 gathered within the covers of such a volume." 

 — Baltimore Fmnter. 



The Vines of Northeastern Amer- 

 ica. By Charles S. Newhall. 

 Fully illustrated. New issue, 8 ', re- 

 duced to $1.75. 



*' The work is that of the true scientist, artis- 

 tically presented in a popular form to an appre- 

 ciative class of readers.' — The Churchinan. 



The Leaf Collector's Handbook 



and Herbarium. An aid in tlie 

 preservation and in the classification 

 of specimen leaves of the trees of 

 Northeastern America. By Charles 

 S. Newhall. Illustrated. 8 ', pp. 

 XV. -|- 203, lf2.oo. 



" The idea of the book is so good and so 

 simple as to recommend itself at a glance to 

 everybody who cares to know our trees or to 

 make for any purpose a collection of their 

 leaves." — N. V. Critic. 



The Wonders of Plant Life. By 



Mrs. S. B. Herrick. 16, beauti- 

 fully illustrated, $1.50. 

 The only thing aimed at is to give the 

 more important types in a popular way, 

 avoiding technicalities where ordinary 

 language could be substituted, and, 

 where it could not, giving clear expla- 

 nations of the terms. 



" A dainty volume . . . opens ujj a whole 

 world of fascination , . . full of informa- 

 tion." — Boston .-Idz'ertiser. 



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