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Garden and Forest. 



[Number 475. 



Catalogues Received. 



These Catalogues, unless otherwise specified, 

 will be seat free on application to the publishers 

 of them. 



W. Atlee Burpee & Co., 475-477 North Fifth 

 Street, Philadelphia, Pa.; Burpee's Manual of 

 Thoroughbred Live Stock and Fancy Poultry. 

 — G. Camerer, Madison, Ind.; Vineless Sweet 

 Potatoes. — Max Deegen, Kostriiz, Germany ; 

 Roses, Dahlias, Gladioli, etc.— T. J. Dwyer, 

 Cornwall, Orange County, N. Y.; Tested new 

 varieties of Strawberries, and the best stand- 

 ard sorts for family use and for profitable 

 marketing. Also, the best varieties of other 

 small fruits, fruit-trees in large variety, with 

 the time of fruiting and keeping quality noted. 

 Nut-trees. Garden roots, vegetable plants. 

 Ornamental trees, flowering shrubs, hardy 

 creeping vines. — Elm City Nursery Co., New 

 Haven, Conn.; Ornamental trees and shrubs, 

 hedge plants, hardy ornamental Grasses and 

 Water-lilies, Vines and climbers, choice hardy 

 Roses, herbaceous hardy perennials, fruit- 

 trees, small fruit plants and garden roots. — 

 E. H. Krelage, Haarlem, Holland; Novelties 

 in herbaceous perennials and florists' flowers, 

 for 1897, seeds and plants.— Thomas Meehan 

 & Sons, Germantown, Pa.; Descriptive cata- 

 logue of hardy ornamental trees, shrubs and 

 vines, evergreen and deciduous, with herba- 

 ceous plants and fruits. This catalogue is so 

 carefully and accurately illustrated that it will 

 serve as a work of reference, and the directions 

 are so full that they make a practical manual 

 for planters.— -Orcutt Seed and Plant Co., 

 San Diego, Calif.; Collectors, importers and 

 growers of plant novelties. Specialties, West 

 American tree, shrub and flower seeds ; Palm 

 seeds, bulbs and Cacti. Lilies. — F. R. Pierson, 

 Tarrytown-on-Hudson, N. Y.; Roses, winter- 

 flowering, new climbing, hardy hybrid perpet- 

 ual, standard and other classes of choice kinds. 

 Hardy vines and climbers. Standard and se- 

 lected varieties of hardy ornamental shrubs and 

 vines, flowering, evergreen, etc. Hardy her- 

 baceous plants in large variety. Palms and 

 other decorative plants. Summer-flowering 

 bulbs. Novelties of 1896 in Cannas, new 

 Italian Cannas and World's Fair Bronze Medal 

 Cannas. Carnations, Chrysanthemums, fruits, 

 greenhouse and bedding plants, flower and 

 vegetable seeds, etc. Fully illustrated, and 

 with careful descriptions. — George B. Moul- 

 der, Smith's Grove, Ky. ; Water-lilies, aquat- 

 ics, greenhouse plants, ornamental shrubbery. 

 — Parry's Pomona Nurseries, Parry, N.J. ; 

 300 acres of well-grown plants of the best varie- 

 ties of Strawberries and all other small fruits, 

 grapes, rhubarb, asparagus, fruit and nut 

 trees. A specialty of Japan Mammoth Chest- 

 nut-trees. — Parsons & Sons Co., Limited, Kis- 

 sena Nurseries, Flushing, N. Y.; A select list of 

 hardy trees and shrubs from their regular de- 

 scriptive catalogue, including specialties in 

 deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs, 

 vines and creepers and hedge plants. Pa?onies, 

 hardy Roses, Rhododendrons, hardy Ghent 

 Azaleas. Fruits. — Power Specialty Co., 126 

 Liberty Street, New York ; Rife Automatic Hy- 

 draulic Engines. — Lewis Roesch, Fredonia, N. 

 Y.; Grapes, berries, garden roots, fruit and nut 

 trees. Deciduous and evergreen trees and 

 shrubs. Climbing plants, Roses. Shady Hill 

 Nursery Co., Boston, Mass.; Descriptive and 

 illustrated catalogue of 300 acres of trees, 

 shrubs, evergreens and herbaceous plants. 

 Reliable flower and vegetable seeds, with 

 hints for planting and cultivation. In the ex- 

 tended variety of trees offered are many spe- 

 cies and varieties of Birch, Elms and Junipers, 

 besides lists of weeping or pendulous trees 

 which shed their foliage, trees with unusual 

 characteristics of foliage, etc. A full list of all 

 kinds of Roses, Pjeonies, etc., with concise 

 descriptions. — Mrs. Theodosia B. Shepherd, 

 Ventura-by-the-Sea, Calif.; Novelties in home- 

 grown Abutilons, Begonias, Cosmos and Sweet 

 Peas, and novelties from Australia. Flower 

 seeds. Rare succulent plants. — W. & T. Smith 

 Company, Geneva Nursery, Geneva, N. Y.; 

 Wholesale list of fruit and ornamental trees 

 and shrubs, climbing plants, Roses, Peeonies,' 



Water-lilie: 

 ISsoi'dy :ibm1 Tender rVyntj>IiR>:i< 



We are headquarters for 



the Jnpan, the Egyptian, 



the American and Chinese 



Iconises, Victoria Kegia, 



Hardy and Tender l\yioag>li:i>:iK and Aquatics of all sorts. 



ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, FREE. 



CEO. B. MOULDER, Lily Park, Smiths Grove, Ky. 



etc. New and hardy Grapes, foreign Grapes, 

 etc. — Storrs & Harrison Co., Painesville, 0.; 

 A comprehensive catalogue of everything for 

 the orchard, lawn, garden and greenhouse. 

 Among new and rare plants described are the 

 giant Orchid-flowered Cannas, Austria and 

 Italia. — John C. Teas & Son, Carthage, Mo.; 

 Trade-list of hardy flowering shrubs ; hardy 

 vines and climbers ; shade, ornamental and 

 nut trees ; evergreens, hardy herbaceous per- 

 ennials ; hardy ornamental Grasses and Canes 

 or Reeds ; greenhouse and bedding plants, 

 edible roots, etc. 



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ANDRETHS' 



GARDEN SEEDS 



THE STANDARD OF QUALITY. 



What 

 When 

 How 



To Plant. 



D. 



Our Catalogue for 1897 contains 

 more practical information on these 

 subjects than any other issued. It 

 can be had upon application or by 

 sending postal card to 



LANDRETH & SONS, 



21 and 23 South Sixth Street, 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



BLINDNESS PREVENTED 



The Absorption Treatment a Success. Hundreds 

 successfully treated for all diseases of the eyes or lids 

 without knife or risk at their homes and at our Sanita- 

 rium, the largest and most successful institution in 

 America. "Don't wait to be blind" Pamphlet Free. 

 THE BEMI3 EYE SANITARIUM, Glen Falls. N. Y 



Rhododendrons 



of American-grown hardy sorts. 



Japanese Maples 



and other Rare Plants. 



Parsons & Sons Co. 



LIMITED, 



Kissena Nurseries, Flushing, N. Y. 



Titans Bepi 



SEEP, 



Single and Double, all colors, 

 50c. per package. 



Japan Iris, Venus. Pure white. $5.00 per 100 clumps. 



Siberian Iris, North Star. Azure blue. $5 00 per 100. 



Begonia Erfurtii orders booked for March delivery, 

 $6.00 per 100. 



Begonia Semperflorens (Vernon). Five distinct colors. 

 $4.00 per 100. 



Also Hardy Phlox, 80 varieties of Japan Iris, Herbaceous 

 Plants of all descriptions. Shrubs, Evergreens, Orna- 

 mental and Shade Trees. 



All communications cheerfully answered. 



OASIS NURSERY CO., 



John Miller, Manager, 

 WESTBURY STATION, LONd.JSLAND. 



LANDSCAPE GARDENERS. 



DOWNING VAUX, 



Landscape Architect, 



Tel. 1622 18th St. 



68 Bible House, N. Y.City. 



J. WOODWARD MANNINC, 



Landscape Architect, 



Telephone Connections. 



Reading, Mass. 



DAVID HILL COOLIDGE, Jr., 



Landscape Architect, 



726 EXCHANGE BUILDING, STATE ST., BOSTON. 



Advice, Design and Plans furnished for the improve- 

 ment and laying-out of Country Residences, Sea-side 

 Villas, Parks, Cemeteries, Public Squares, Recreation 

 Grounds, and for the artistic development of Land 



Schemes. 



FREDERIC H. KENNARD, 



Landscape Architect, 



31 STATE ST., BOSTON. 



Designs and Plans for Parks and Public Grounds of 

 any sort. Private Estates laid out or improved and 

 Planting Plans furnished. Estates developed and cut up 

 economically for budding purposes. 



W. L. FISCHER & SON, 



Landscape Architects, 



27 School St., Boston, Mass. 

 Room 81, Niles Building. 



W. L. Fischer has been connected with the Boston Park 

 Department for a period of twelve years. 



FRANK H. NUTTER, 



Landscape Architect and Engineer, 



710 Sykes Block, Minneapolis, Minn. 



Advice Sketches, Designs or full Working Plans for 

 Cemeteries, Parks, Public or Home Grounds. Surveys 

 made, if required. Correspondence solicited. City 

 Park Engineer. 



EARNSHAW k PUNSHON, 



Civil & Landscape Engineers 



S. W. Cor. Fifth & Race Sts., 

 CINCIN NATI , OHIO. 



Our Specialty is the laying-out of Parke, Cemeteriee, 

 Subdivisions, etc., and furnishing complete Grading, 

 Drainage and Planting Plana of same, in any part of the 

 United States or Canada. 



Send for Book of References. 



Jio per day and expenses for visits. Special Rates 

 for continuous work, plans, etc. 



W. A. Manda. 



ADVICE given. Designs and executes com- 

 plete parks, flower, vegetable and fruit 

 gardens, borders or beds, greenhouses and 

 frames. Furnishes everything needed to beau- 

 tity your home surroundings. If you want best 

 results, address 



W. A. MANDA, 



Horticultural Expert 



South Orange, N.J. 



