BOOKS FOR THE COUNTRY. 



LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



Notes and Suggestions on Lawns and Lawn-Planting, Laying Out 

 and Arrangement of Country Places, Large and Small Plots, Cemetery 

 Plots, and Railway-Station Lawns ; Deciduous and Evergreen Trees 

 and Shrubs, the Hardy Border, Bedding Plants, Rockwork, etc., etc. 

 By SAMUEL PARSONS, JR., Superintendent of Parks, New York City. 

 Large 8, with nearly 200 illustrations . . . . . $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 concerned in t'ae making of parks in other cities." Phil,i. HulUtia. 



THE TREES OF NORTHEASTERN AMERICA. 



By CHARLES S. NEWHALL. With an Introductory Note by Nath. 

 L. Britton. With illustrations made from tracings of the leaves of the 

 various trees. 8 $2 50 



"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." Binghamton Republican. 



THE LEAF-COLLECTOR'S HANDBOOK AND HERBARIUM. 



By CHARLES S. NEWHALL. An aid in the preservation and in the 

 classification of specimen leaves of the trees of Northeastern America. 

 Illustrated $2 oo 



THE SHRUBS OF NORTHEASTERN AMERICA. 

 By CHARLES S. NEWHALL, author of " The Trees of Northeastern 

 America," etc., etc. Fully illustrated. Large 8 . $2 50 



THE VINES OF NORTHEASTERN AMERICA. 

 By CHARLES S. NEWHALL. Very fully illustrated. Similar in gen- 

 eral style to " The Trees of Northeastern America." (In preparation.) 



THE WILD FLOWERS OF THE NORTHEASTERN STATES. 



Being Three Hundred and Eight Individuals Common to the North- 

 eastern United States. Drawn and described from life. By ELLEN 

 MILLER and MARGARET C. WHITING. Quarto, cloth. With frontis- 

 piece in colors $4 50 net 



This work presents upwards of 300 drawings of American wild flowers, and 

 careful descriptions of the flowers so depicted. The selection of flowers has bt 

 made with a view to presenting the most typical individuals of each family. In every 

 case great care has been taken to depict the peculiar traits, the average size, and all 

 the details of each individual plant. The drawings are, for the most part, the size of 

 the flowers themselves, and the descriptions are so simple and direct that it is believed 

 that even the amateur will find no difficulty in verifying specimens with tn 

 the book. 



AMONG THE MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. 



By JULIA P. BALLARD, author of " Building Stories," etc. Illus- 

 trated. 8 ... . . .... $i So 



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