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vol- x. v. ^«BiitimaaiiBiigiiii»rNo^49o 





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A-JOURNALOF-HORTICULTURE! 

 I-LANDSCAPE-ART-AND-FORESTRY! 



MuMiJUJulllJUlJUuUJlM^ j 



JdLY • 14- 1597 ^a^MSv^fe^iSSMfe^fe^^iM 



Price Ten Cents.] 



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



[S4.00 a Year, in advance. 



Small Fruits, Grapes, Shrubs, 

 Roses, Evergreens, 



Hardy Plants. 



Largest and Choicest Collections in 

 America. 

 _^^ Beautiful Catalogue (168 pages — 1896 edition) 



J^rillt • anCl ' Ornamental* free to customers; to others, 10c. Every In- 



, tending buyer should have it. 



ELLWANGER & BARRY, 



MOUNT HOPE NURSERIES, 



ROCHESTER, N. V. 



Blocd-red Flowering Crabs, 



Veitch's Silver Firs, 



Daphne Genkwa, 



Rare Species of Roses, 



Heuchera Sanguinea, etc. 



All described, with over 2,300 varieties of Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Vines and Hardy Flowers, in a fully 

 illustrated free Catalogue of 200 pages, with cultural directions. 



THE READING NURSERY, 



Special Landscape Department. " The Leading New F.ngland Nurserv," 



Plans and Estimates furnished. JACOB W. MANNING, Prop , 



READING, Mass. 



SPECIALTIES: 



Large Specimen Ornamental Trees, 



Large Hardy Rhododendrons and Azaleas. 



WILLIAfl WARNER HARPER, Proprietor, Chestnut Hill, PHILA., PA. 



ANNOUNCEMENT TO FLORISTS! 



We desire to announce the dissolution of the firm of SIPFLE, DOPFFEL, & CO., and to introduce to the 

 trade its successor, the SYRACUSE POTTERY CO., which will be under the management ot William 

 Dopffel and Conrad Breitschwerth. The business will be conducted as heretofore, except on a larger scale 

 to meet the growing demand for our goods. We have accordingly enlarged our plant and capacity, and with 

 unsurpassed facilities are now prepared to fill the largest order on short notice. Our latest improved machines 

 are turning out the best and most serviceable flower-pots in the market, and assuring you of our intention to lead 

 In further improvements we solicit a continuance of your patronage in the belief that we can supply just what is 

 needed at a price and in a manner satisfactory to all. Send for price-list and samples, and we know you wilt 

 give us an order. Mention Gardhn and Forest. 



SYRACUSE POTTERY CO., Office, 403 Horth Salina Street, Syracuse, N. Y. 



LOWER POTS STANDARD, 



We have the Largest Plant in the World for the manufacture of Flower Pots, and can supply goods in 

 unlimited quantities and of superior quality. We also manufacture a complete assortment of Fancy Earthenware, 

 comprising Hanging Pots, Table Pots, JardinlereB, etc., to which we invite attention. Catalogues and 



p Tn e ap s ;Son hed A. H. HEWS & CO., North Cambridge, Mass. 



1840. Old Colony Nurseries. 1897. 



HARDY 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. 



Hardy Evergreens, 



For Lawns, Parks and Cemeteries. 



A large stock of Colorado Conifers, from six inches 

 to ten feet high, all grown from seeds on our own 

 grounds. Evergreen Seedlings in large quantities for 

 Nursery and Forest planting. Shade Trees for Street 

 and Ornamental planting. Deciduous Tree Seedlings 

 lor Forest planting. 



R. DOUGLAS & SONS, Waukegan, III. 



Prices Greatly Reduced. 



CAPE COD PINK POND LILY 



For price-list. Plants and Cut Flowers, address the 

 original cultivators, 



CHIPMAN BRO«„ 



Sandwich (Cape Cod), Mass. 



BLINDNESS PREVENTED 



The Absorption Treatment a Success. Hundreds 

 successfully treated for alt diseases of the eyes or lids 

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

 rium, the largest ami most successful institution in 

 America. "Don't watt to be bltnd." Pamphlet Free. 

 THE BEMIS EYE SANITARIUM, Glen Falls. N. Y 



FOR SALE, 

 1,500 DIFFERENT SORTS OF PLANTS, 



many of them introduced and offered only bv us in 



the United States. Descriptive catalogue free. 



Southern California Acclimatizing Association, 



Santa Barbara, Calif. 



NUT BOOK 



200 pages, illustrated, telling 

 How to Graft, Grow, Market 

 and Cook Them. Postpaid for 

 by JOHX R. PARRY. Puny. N.J. 



Hardy Shrubs 



AND CLIMBERS. 



Ghent Azaleas, Azalea Mollis, Hardy Roses, Ampelopsio 

 Veitchii, Clematis Paniculata. Rark Conifbrs, Iris 

 K.rBMPFKRi, Eulalia Japonica, with all hardy herbaceouo 

 plants and Grasses suitable for fall planting. Cata- 

 logues on application. High-class Plants for the con- 

 servatory, greenhouse, lawn and groundB of country 

 places a specialty. 



F. R. PIERSON CO., Tarrytown-on-Hudson, N, Y. 



