AN 



ILLUSTRATED PERIODICAL 



DEVOTED TO 



Horticulture in all its Branches 



CONDUCTED BY 



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

 ''The Hom.e Florist^' Etc., Etc. 



The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned 

 To f^ew t^ie shaft, aqd lay the archiitrave. 

 Aqd spread thje roof above thienq — ere he framed 

 The lofty vault, to gather aqd roll back 

 The sound of anthenis, iq thie darkliqg wood. 

 Amidst V<\e cool aqd sileqce, l^e knelt dowq 

 And offered to thie Migfitiest solenqq thaqks and supplicatioq. 



— Bryant. 



Volume 2, 1886 = 87. 



BUFFALO, N. Y.: 

 Popular Gardening Pii!lishing Co. 



