AN 



ILLUSTRATED PERIODICAL 



DEVOTED TO 



Horticulture in all its Branches. 



CONDUCTED BY 



Elias A. Long, Author of '"Ornamental Gardening for Americans" 

 " The Home Florist," Etc., Etc. 



Mark the matchless workings of the power, 

 That shuts within its seed the future flower: 

 Bids these in elegance of form excel, 

 In color these, and these delight the smell; 

 Sends Nature forth, the daughter of the skies, 

 To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes. 



— Cowper. 



Volunie 1, 188o = H6. 



BUFFALO, N. Y.: 



Popular Gardenino Publishing Co., 



202 Main Street. 



