BOOKS FOR THE COUNTRY. 



Landscape Gardening. Notes and 

 Suggestions on Lawns and I. awn- 

 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 Hardy Border, Bedding Plants, 

 Rockwork, etc., etc. By SAMUE1 

 Parsons, Jr., Superintendent of 

 Park-, New York City. With nearly 

 200 illustrations. Large Svo., $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 makins of parks in other cities." 

 — Phi la, i. 1/ hi a Bulletin. 



Wild Flowers of the Northeastern 



States. Drawn and carefully de- 

 scribed from life, without undue use of 



scientific nomenclature, by Ellen 



Millkk and Margaret C. YVhit- 



in<-,. With 308 Illustrations the size 



of life, and Frontispiece. Large 



quarto, buckram, S' ; xi;' 4 inches. 



In box. Net%\.t,o. 



This work presents upwards of 30S 

 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 depict the 

 peculiar traits, the average size, and all 

 the details of each individual plant. 

 Among the Moths and Butterflies. 



By JtTUA P. Ballard, author of 



" Building Stories," etc. Svo., pp. 



xsxiv. + 237, $1.50. 



" The book, which is handsomely illustrated, 

 s designed for young readers, relating some of 

 the most curious facts of natural history in a 

 singularly pleasant and instructive manner." — 

 N. Y. 



The Trees of Northeastern Am- 

 erica. By Charles S. Newhall. 



With an Introductory Note by Nath. 



L. BRITTON, EM.'. Ph.D.', of Co- 

 i umbia College. With illustrations 



made from tracings of the leaves of 



the various trees. Svo, pp. xiv. + 



250, *2.;o. 



The trees described include all the 

 native trees of Canada and the North- 



G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS, 27 & 29 West 23d Street, N. Y. 



era United Mates east of the Missis- 

 sippi River. Mention lias also been 

 made of the more important of the in- 

 troduced and naturalized species. 



'* 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. No 

 lover of country scenery and rambles should be 

 without this volume, for with it observations 

 which have been amusing and refreshing will 

 become entertaining and highly instructive." — 

 1 mien A':/, 1 . 



The Leaf Collector's Handbook 

 and Herbarium. An aid in the 

 preservation and in the classification 

 of specimen leaves of the trees of 

 Northeastern America. By Charles 

 S. Newhall. Illustrated. Svo, pp. 

 xv. 4- 203, $2. 00. 



By the aid of this volume, the charac- 

 teristic leaves of the trees can be classi- 

 fied and preserved, the illustrations and 

 directions making it an easy task. 



" 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. "—A". )". Critic. 



The Shrubs of Northeastern Amer- 

 ica. By Charles S. Newhall, 

 author of "The Trees of Northeast- 

 ern America," etc., etc. Fully illus- 

 trated. Large Svo, $2.50. 



" This volume is beautifully printed on beau- 

 tiful paper, and has a list of 116 illustrations 

 calculated to explain the text. It has a mine 

 of precious information, such as is seldom 

 gathered within the covers of such a volume." 

 — Baltimore Farmer. 



The Vines of Northeastern Amer- 

 ica. By Charles S. Newhall. 

 Fully illustrated. Large 8°, $2.50. 

 The Wonders of Plant Life. By 

 Mrs. S. B. HER RICK. i6mo, 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 up a whole 

 world of fascination . . . full of informa- 

 tion." — Boston Advertiser, 



