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A-JOURNALOF'HORTICULTURB 

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Price Ten Cents. 



Copyright, 1897, by The Garden and Forest Publishing Company. 



[S4.00 a Year, in advance 



Superfine 



AT A 

 BARGAIN FOR 



Having a surplus of the following scarce 

 and valuable varieties, we have concluded 

 to offer them at reduced prices. Nearly all 

 are top grafted trees. 



Orchard and Garden* 



JPJSARS. 



Bosc, 

 B. S. Fox, 

 Dana's Hovey, 

 Fred Clapp, 

 Lady Clapp, 

 Winter Nelis. 



A.F>F>LBS. 



Barry, 

 Jonathan, 



Esopus Spitzenberg, 

 Haskell Sweet. 



Prices on application. This is certainly a great oppor- 

 tunity to secure the finest Apples and Pears known to 

 cultivators. 



Ellwanger & Barry, 



Mount Hope Nurseries, 



Rochester, N. Y. 



Readers of Garden and Forest are requested to mention that paper in cor- 

 responding with advertisers. 



Our Novelties for 1897 



JUST OUT_ 



EE NEW CANNAS 



American Seedling, Mrs, Fairman Rogers, 



THE BEST BEDDING CANNA TO DATE; 



THE ORCHID CANNAS, ITALIA AND AUSTRIA. 



Colored Plate sent free on application. 

 The Set of Three Strong Plants for $2, by 



Siebrecht & Son, 



Rose Hill Nurseries, oe 407 Fifth Ave., New York. 



5@" Our 1897 Novelty Catalogue sent free on application. 



Lawns ana Mm. 



How to Beautify the Home Lot, the Pleasure 

 Ground and Garden. 



By N. JONSSON = ROSE. 



With 172 plans and illustrations by the author. Large 

 8vo, gilt top (in a box), $3.50. 



Contents : On the Study of Natural Scenery 

 — Implements — The Plan — Grading — Drives 

 and Walks — Grouping and Massing of Trees 

 and Shrubs — Detached Groups and Specimen 

 Plants — On the Proper Use of Herbaceous 

 Plants — The Lawn — Rocks and Water — Flower 

 Beds and Borders — Hedges — Buildings and En- 

 closures — On the Embellishment of the Dwell- 

 ing House — The Orchard and Kitchen Garden 

 — After-treatment — Deciduous Trees — Conifer- 

 ous Trees — Flowering Trees — Ornamental 

 Shrubs — Creepers and Vines — Herbaceous 

 Plants — Index of Common Names — Index of 

 Botanical Names. 



Mr. Jonsson-Rose is landscape gardener in the De- 

 partment ot Public Parks in New York City. Under his 

 direction Morningside Park has lately been replanted 

 and improved, and he is now engaged in laying out 

 Riverside Park according to plans made by himself. 



This book is intended to be a help to all lovers of 

 gardening, as applied to home surroundings ; a useful 

 aid to every owner of a country residence, to village im- 

 provement societies, landscape gardeners and young 

 students of the art. It treats of the practical side of 

 landscape gardening, describes the best hardy plants, 

 and points out the proper use of each. 



Q. P. PUTNAITS SONS, 



New York and London. 



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the hardiest. Hardy orchids, ferns, vines, -8) 



climbers, lilies, shrubs, trees. Plants for sun jj| 



and shade, for bog and rock-work, border IS 



plants, etc. Surprisingly low prices for the jffl 



quality and kind of stock. |fi 



My illustrated catalogue describes about 700 §fi 



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them. Mailed for 2- cent stamp. || 



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Water Hyacinths. 



The most beautiful and easiest grown of aquatic 

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