AN 



ILLUSTRATED PERIODICAL 



DEVOTED TO 



Horticulture in all its Branches. 



CONDUCTED BY 



Elias A. Long, Author of " Ornamentat Gardening for Americans. " 

 " Tlie Home Florist, " Etc., Etc., 



To him whjo iq tl^e love of qature holds 

 Comrriunion witt\ her visible forrqs, shje speaks 

 A various language; for p)is gayer hours 

 She has a voice of gladqess, arid a smile 

 And eloquence of beauty; and sl^e glides 

 lr|to his darker musiqgs, witl^ a mild 

 Arid fiealing synipat^iy, that steal away 

 Their sharpness, ere l^e is aware. 



— Bryant. 



Voltinae 5, 1889 = 90. 



BUFFALO, N. Y. 

 Popular Gardening Publishing Co. 



