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Garden and Forest. 



[Number 489. 



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FOR SALE. 



CANNA AUSTRIA, ITALIA and JOHN WHITE, 

 variegated leaves, at 25 cents each, or the three 

 tor 60 cents ; 4-inch pots, too large to send by express. 

 Price list free.— HENRI BEAUL1EU, seedsman and 

 florist, Belmont Ave., Woodhaven, New York. 



-^OUNG JERSEY BULL, by Wanderer, of St. Lam- 

 I bert 29306, FOR SALE. Write for pedigree. 

 Also, Heifer and Bull Calves at reasonable prices. — 

 Address L. D. ELY, Rochester, N. Y. 



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, #3, 

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

 station free of charge.— F. C. LOUCICS, Hcimon, N. Y. 



WANTED, Customers for 10,000 Shade Trees, 8 to 

 iS 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. 



A. MANDA has tor sale everything pertaining 

 to horticulture. All the new, rare and stand- 

 ard sorts 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 Orange. N. J- 



headers' Wants, Situations Wanted, 



OAl^nPfSJFI?^ -° n our register will be 

 ^Ji-kr^fl^JUl^a-*EV^» 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. 



HENKY A. DREEK, Seedsman & Florist, 

 14 Chestnut Street, PHTIADEiPBIA. 



(GARDENERS, FARMERS, ETC. -Employers de- 

 "X" 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 

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

 QUHAR & CO., Seedsmen, 16 and 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, commemoraiive and instruc- 

 tive. No proposal in volving 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. 



SITUATION WANTED, as Assistant Gardener on 

 gentleman's place, by an experienced florist and 

 plantsman. Single, middle-aged ; first-class references 

 from employers. Willing, painstaking worker. Wishes 

 steady situation. — A. FLORAL, West End, New Jersey. 



WANTED, by a man of ten years' experience, a 

 position as Superintendent of Cemetery, or as 

 head-gardener on private place. The best ot refer- 

 ences lurnished.— Address CHARLES A. WH1TTET, 

 Lowell, Mass. 



GARDENER AND SUPERINTENDENT, married, 

 family; 30 years' experience on large estates; 

 up-to-date grower of high-class plants and flowers ; 4 

 years palm specialist; medal for forcing hot-house 

 grapes, peaches, tomatoes, cucumbers, cauliflower, 

 lettuce, etc. ; executive ability in handling men, re- 

 modeling old estates, building greenhouses, graperies, 

 etc., moving large trees, shrubs, etc. ; 10 years' refer- 

 ence as to my capacity from a large estate. Late mana- 

 ger for the Hon. John D. Crimmins. — J. B., care of Gar- 

 den and Forest, Tribune Building, New York. 



SITUATION WANTED, by Gardener-Forester. Has 

 had, in addition to garden routine, extensive ex- 

 perience in the culture and management of trees and 

 shrubs, successful transplanting ot large trees and lay- 

 ing out of grounds. Could undertake management of 

 large estate including garden, forest and farm. — Ad- 

 dress ARBOR, 5S E. Springfield St., Boston, Mass. 



GARDENER. — Norwegian, married ; thoroughly 

 competent in greenhouses, carnation and rose- 

 houses, graperies, vegetables, fruits and general out- 

 door gardening, or gentleman's place. Good refer- 

 ences.— C. N., box 347, Hempstead, L. I. 



SITUATION WANTED, in wholesale or retail cut 

 flower or commission house, by lady who has had 

 10 years' practical experience in management of same. 

 Very best of references as to character and ability. — 

 Address Lock Box 774, Marion, Ind. 



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NEW 'STORK. 



LANDSCAPE GARDENERS. 



DOWNING VAUX, 



Landscape Architect, 



Tel. 1622 18th St. 



68 Bible House. N.Y.City. 



J. WOODWARD MANNING, 



Landscape Architect, 



Telephone Connections. 



Reading, Mass. 



DAVID HILL COOL&DGE, 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. 



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 rue with con- 

 fidence to supervise the erection of all classes of horti- 

 cultural buildings. 



& PUNSHON, 



Civil & Landscape Engineers 



S. W. Cor. Fifth & Race 5ts M 

 CINCINNATI, OHIO. 



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

 Subdivisions, etc., and furnishing complete Grading, 

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

 United States or Canada. 



Send for Book of References. 



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 for continuous work, plane, 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 Oranpc, N. }. 



