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MARCH- 17 -1597 





Price Ten Cents.] 



"pvright, 1897, by The Gardem and Forest Publishing Company. 



IS4.00 a Year, in advance. 



Fruit • and • Ornamental. 



MOUNT HOPE NURSERIES, 



Small Fruits, Grapes, Shrubs, 

 Roses, Evergreens, 



Hardy Plants. 



&S* Largest and Choicest Collections in 



America. 

 Beautiful Catalogue (168 pages — 1896 edition) 

 free to customers ; to others, 10c. Every in- 

 tending buyer should have it. 



ELLW ANGER & 



BARRY, 



ROCHESTER, N. 



We Offer Among Many New Things 



The Bismarck Apple — Bears splendid fruit on 2-year grafts. A remarkable 



new fruit. 

 Hedysarum Multijugum — A new Mongolian shrub of great beauty. 

 Lord Penzance's Hybrid Sweetbriers— Worthy a place in every garden. 

 Viburnum Tomentosum — We consider this the finest shrub grown. Very rare. 

 Picea Concolor — An improvement on the Blue Spruce. 

 The Weeping Spruce. 



Clematis Paniculata — Without an equal as a hardy climber. 30 cents. 

 Magnolias, Japan Maples, New Roses. 

 The best stock of Herbaceous Perennials in the country. 

 Rhododendrons and Azaleas at lowest prices quoted. 



For all these, and full advice and plans for planting grounds and gardens, write us. New 

 Catalogue mailed on application. 



The Shady Hill Nursery Co., 



102 State St., Boston, Mass. 



TUB WM. H. MOON CO., 



Clenwood Nurseries, Morrisville, Pa., 



Offer, for the SPRING OF 18'JT, a Complete Assortment of 



EVERGREEN & DECIDUOUS TREES 



Flowering Shrubs, Grasses, Dahlias, Climbers and Climbing Roses, 



Special attention is called to the following : 



Willows and Weeping Trees, in variety. 



d Deciduous varieties 



Chestnuts, large varieties Numbo and Paragon. 

 Asparagus Roots, strong 2-year olds. Palmetto, Barr's 



Mammoth and Conover's. 

 Strawberry Raspberry, a Japanese Novelty. 

 Burbank's Golden Mayberry. 



Industry Gooseberries and Fay's Prolific Currants. 

 Purple-leaved Beech, 4 to 6 feet. 

 Elms, American and English. 

 Horse-chestnuts, Lindens and Magnolias. 

 Maples, Norway, Sugar, Sycamore, Ash-leaved and 



Silver-leaved. By the thousand, from 6 to 12 or 14 ft 

 Oaks, English, Pin, Mossy Cup, Red, Scarlet and 



Turkey. 



Poplars, Carolina and Balsam. 



DESCRIPTIVE ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE of 48 pages, containing prices 

 to be had on application. Correspondence solicited. 



Hedge Plants. Evergreen anu 



including 200,000 California Privet, from 1 to 5 feet. 

 Evergreens, Arbor Vitces, dwarf and tall-growing 



sorts. 

 Nordinan's Fir, from 1 to 3 feet. 

 Ralsam and European Silver Fir. 

 Hemlock, Colorado Blue, Norway and White Spruce. 

 Retinosporas, in variety of all sizes. 

 Pines, White, Scotch, Austrian and Dwarf. 

 Evergreen Shrubs, including Mahonias, Hollies and 



Rhododendrons. 

 Deciduous Flowering Shrubs. General assort- 

 ment of various sizes. 



etc., 



CARD No. 1. 



THE undersigned beg to announce that the 

 Stoke-Pogis Farms, Nurseries and Dairies 

 (800 acres) are now under their joint manage- 

 ment, Mr. Watson having charge of the business 

 end (in conjunction with his Seed and Bulb Es- 

 tablishment, at Juniper and Walnut Streets, 

 Philadelphia), and Mr. Gardner looking after 

 the growing and propagating at Stoke-Pogis. 

 All correspondence, inquiries for prices, etc., 

 should be addressed to the Philadelphia office. 

 The specialties of the Nursery Department are 

 Hardy Ornamentals, Hedge Plants, Climbers, 

 Fruit Trees and Bushes, Rhododendrons, Tree 

 Paeonies, Flowering Shrubs and Herbaceous 

 Plants. New land and good land. Everything 

 grows thrifty and well rooted. No disease ana 

 no insects ot any kind. No old rubbish. Every- 

 thing new and up to date. When you need any- 

 thing in their line keep these facts in mind. Have 

 you heard of the Stoke-Pogis " Instantaneous " 

 Hedge? Catalogue tells all about it. Free. Send 

 for it. G. C. WATSON, 



JOHN G. GARDNER. 



CARD No. 2. 



YOU can have my list of " Bulbs for Spring 

 Planting" for the asking ; also condensed 

 list of "Seeds for the Garden and Farm" I 

 sell a first-class Lawn Grass at S3. 10 per bushel 

 of 14 lbs. Is it good? Try it. Never mind what 

 my competitors say. It has stood the test of 

 time — the only true test. These be hard times. 

 In the general Readjustment of Values I mean to 

 be in the thick of the scrimmage. 



G. C. WATSON, Seedsman. 

 Juniper and Walnut Sts., Phila. 

 March, 1897. 



N. w Complete Catalogue of 



BEST SEEDS that Grow 



mailed FUEE to any address. 

 W.ATLEE BURPEE&CO. 

 Philadelphia. 



1840. Old Colony Niwseries. 1896. 



HURDY SHRUBS, TREES, VINES 



EVERGREENS AND PERENNIALS. 



A large and fine stock of well-rooted plants grown in a 

 sandy loam. Good plants, best sizes for planting, very 

 cheap. Priced Catalogue free on application. 



T. R. WATSON, Plymouth, Mass. 



UlEpvlI^PitiCO. 



PHOTO- PROCESSES. 



ENGRAVED PLATES FOR ALL ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES. 

 S20-S22 Pearl Street, 



HEW YORK. 



