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Garden and Forest. 



[Number 483. 



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FOR SALE. 



PANSY PLANTS, in full bloom. 5 c. each ; English 

 Ivy, 4 feet high, 15c. each ; Honeysuckles, ever- 

 blooming, 3 years' old, sweet-scented, 10c, each ; Car- 

 nations, rooted cuttings : Aster seeds to sell cheap. — 

 HENRI EEAULIEU, Woodhaven, L. I., N. Y. 



ROCKY MOUNTAIN Plants and Seeds, Ferns and 

 Hardy Cacti, new and interesting sorts. Descrip- 

 tive catalogue and choice sample free. A rare Cactus 

 free, if you send addresses of five floral friends. — D. 

 M.ANDREWS, Boulder, Colorado. 



TREATS of the science and 

 the art of gardening, and 

 is a trustworthy record of 

 progress in horticulture. The 

 weekly issues contain practical 

 directions for cultivation under 

 class and out-of-doors, corre- 

 spondence on seasonable topics, 

 editorials and articles on forestry, 

 and on legislation affecting the 

 national forests. The contribu- 

 tors are botanists and specialists 

 of the highest standing. The 

 illustrations are original, accurate 

 and artistic. 



For the enlightened owners of gardens and 

 woodlands this journal is invaluable. — New 

 York Tribune. 



Its writers are authorities in their lines and 

 the illustrations very artistic. — Springfield 

 Union. 



Its character is at once dignified and 

 pleasing, and its contents are scholarly and 

 scientific in the exact sense. — Chicago Evening 

 Journal. 



Faultless in mechanical make-up, and writ- 

 ten throughout in a polished style seldom 

 found in the best periodical literature. — Phila- 

 delphia Press. 



It continues on its high level — its highest 

 level, for it has no peer. It appeals, as mere 

 literature, to every cultivated person, and is 

 full of information for the lover of Flowers 

 and Trees. — N. Y. Evening Post. 



Its arrival is the coming of a wise and intel- 

 ligent and entertaining friend, who enables 

 us to live more happily because more harmo- 

 niously with nature. — Harper's Weekly. 



The foremost journal of its class, keeping in 

 touch with every advance in the scientific, 

 artistic and practical phases of horticulture 

 and arboriculture. — Boston Herald. 



FOR SALE. — Some fine thoroughbred SCOTCH 

 COLLIE PUPS. 3 months old. Price, $7 for males, 

 ^5 for females. Color, black and tan. — Address DR. 

 MOORE, West Rupert, Vt. 



FOR SALE, CHESHIRE PIGS. 4 to 6 weeks' old, S3, 

 with certificate of breeding, and delivered at R. R. 

 station free of charge.— F. C. LOUCKS, Hermon, N. Y. 



FLORIDA SEA SHELLS, by mail, 2 5 cents >. lb., or 

 send for &1.00, §3.00 01' $5.00 collection, by express. 

 Safe delivery guaranteed. Orchids. Air Plants, that will 

 grow very ornamental, bv mail, 10 cents, 25 cents and 

 50 cents— JAMES F. POWELL, Melbourne, Florida. 



NUT BOOK 



200 pages, illustrated, telling 

 How to Graft, Grow, Market 

 and Cook Them. Postpaid for 

 i.oo, by JOHN R. PARRY, Parry, N.J. 



HXEpVi^PlltlCll. 



PHOTO -PROCESSES. 



ENGRAVED PLATES FOR ALL ILLUSTRATIVE PDRPOSES 

 820-S22 Pearl Street, 



NEW YORK. 



LANDSCAPE GARDENERS. 



DOWNING VAUX, 



Landscape Architect, 



Tel. 16-2 iSth St. 



6S Bible House. N. Y. City. 



"TTTANTED, Customers for 10,000 Shade Trees, 8 to 

 W 18 ft. ; 10,000 Evergreens, all sizes ; 3,000 Pear 

 Trees, bearing sizes, 8 to 10 ft. ; California Privet, 2 to 

 5 ft. ; Apples, Cherries, Peaches, Quinces, Plums, Small 

 Fruits, Asparagus and Strawberry Plants ; Rhododen- 

 drons, Azaleas, Blood-leaved Maples, Golden Oaks, etc. 

 — S. CRANE, Proprietor, Norwich Nurseries, Norwich, 

 Ct. (Established 1870.) 



THE TROPICAL ORCHARD HOUSE. How to grow 

 exotic fruits under glass — something new. Tropical 

 fruits of all sorts. Papayas, magnificent bedding plant 

 — moat remarkable novelty of the year. Send for our 

 original catalogue — nothing like it ever printed. — ROSE 

 VALLEY NURSERIES, Dongola, III. 



WA. MANDA has for sale everything pertaining 

 * to horticulture. All the new, rare and stand- 

 ard Borta of Seeds, Plants, Bulbs, Trees, Shrubs and 

 Vines, both fruit or ornamental. Also all the best Horti- 

 cultural Requisites and Books. The Universal Horti- 

 cultural Establishment. South Oranee.N. J. 



Readers' Wants, Situations Wanted, 



ETC.. ETC. 



Jo WOODWARD MANNING, 



Landscape Architect, 



Telephone Connections. 



Reading, Mass. 



flADHPMFP^ — 0n our register will be 

 VJ/-\lVl-'l-*l^l-«IVO. found the names of com- 

 petent Gardeners, adapted for all positions, and we will 

 take pleasure in sending these to any one requiring their 

 services. Correspondence solicited. 



HENRY A. DKEEK, Seednnian & Florist, 

 14 Chestnut Street. PHILADELPHIA. 



f^\ ARDENERS, FARMERS, ETC.— Employers de- 

 VTT siring the services of reliable, first-class men to 

 fill positions as above, or as foremen or superintendents, 

 are invited to correspond with us. On our Register are 

 the names of excellent men whom we have known for a 

 longtime. No fee charged to any one. — R. & J. FAR- 

 QUHAR & CO., Seedsmen, i6and 19 South Market St,, 

 Boston. 



WANTED, a lady or gentleman of taste and means 

 to establish a distinctively American style, ex- 

 cellently adapted to parks, gardens and grounds de- 

 signed to be ornamental, commemorative and instruc- 

 tive. No proposal involving the subordination of designs 

 to architects, politicians or nursery-jobbers will be en- 

 tertained. Verbal conference free, but remittance, cov- 

 ering expenses, should be made bv draft on New York 

 or Philadelphia. — Address JAMES MACPHERSON, 

 Landscape Gardener, Trenton, N. j. 



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 building 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. 



SITUATION WANTED.— An experienced florist de- 

 sires a position as foreman of an establishment 

 where finest cut flowers are required. Persons having 

 a position to offer where ability will be recognized are 

 requested to correspond with NIXON H. GANO, 

 Knightstown, Ind. 



Published weekly. $4.00 a year. 



Specimen copy free on application. 



GARDEN AND FOREST PUBLISHING CO., 



Tribune Building, £J«w Yorlc. 



AN ENGINEER, who has had a large experience in 

 all the details of landscape architecture, would 

 like a position as Superintendent of a park, or with a 

 landscape architect. Has full knowledgeof topographi- 

 cal work, designing and construction. First-class 

 references. Can take position at once. — Address 

 " LANDSCAPE," care of Garden and Forest, Tribune 

 Building, New York. 



WANTED, man and wife (no children), as Working 

 Gardener and good plain Cook. Permanent 

 home for steady couple ; Germans or Scotch preferred ; 

 must have good references. Family of four. Wages, 

 $40 monthly, with board and lodging. — Address E. 

 McQUEEN GRAY, Croftonhill Ranch, Florence, New 

 Mexico. 



WANTED, at once, a private situation for my 

 thoroughly experienced all-round Gardener. 

 Especially good rose-grower, also good with palms, 

 ferns, orchids, etc., and vegetables under glass; very 

 highly recommended; temperate; moderate wages; 

 20 years' experience; Englishman. — Address G. H. 

 PERKINS, East Avenue, Rochester, N. Y. 



(^ ARDENER, English, married, no family; wife 

 ~X dairy, poultry or board hands.— JOHN KEY- 

 WOOD, 149 East 26th Street, New York. 



FRANK PIPLOW, 



Landscape Architect and Engineer, 



351 Huguenot St., New Rochelle, N. Y. 



Consultations given for the laying out and improve- 

 ment of country and suburban residences, public parks 

 and grounds of every description. Grounds laid out 

 and their construction carried out under strict personal 

 supervision ; the choice grouping and effective arrange- 

 ment of trees and shrubs has been made a special study ; 

 long experience in horticulture enables me with con- 

 fidence to supervise the erection of all classes of horti- 

 cultural buildings. 



EARNSHAW & PUNSHQN, 



Civil & Landscape Engineers 



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

 CINCIN NATI , OHIO. 



Our Specialty is the laying-out of Parks, Cemeteries, 

 Subdivisions, etc., and furnishing complete Grading, 

 Drainage and Planting Plans of Bame, in any part of the 

 United States or Canada. 



Send for Book of References. 



|io 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- 

 tify your home surroundings. If you want best 

 results, address 



W. A. MANDA, 



Horticultural Expert 



South Orange, N. J. 



