ILLUSTRATED PERIODICAL 



DEVOTED TO 



Horticulture in all its Branches. 



CONDUCTED BY 



Elias A. Long, AiUhor of "Ornamental Gardening for Americans" 

 "The Home Florist" Etc., 



To study culture, aqd with) careful toil 



To 'iT(eliorate and tame tl^e stubborr) soil ; 



To give dissirr\ilar yet fruitful larjds 



The grain, Vc\q herb, tt^e plarit tl^at each derT^arids; 



To cherishi Nature in a humble state, 



Arid share tt^e joys your bourity may create; 



To watcPi thie rrjatchless workirig of the Power 



That shiuts withiri its seed thie future flower. 



Ti^ese, thiesc are arts pursued witfiout a crime, 



Tfiat leave no stain upon the wirjgs of Tirrie. 



Alamell. — 



Volun:ie 4, 1888=89. 



BUFFALO, N. Y.: 

 Popular Gardening Publishing Co. 



