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



[$4.00 a. Year, in advance. 



NOW; 



IS 



THE TIME 



TO PLANT 



Our collection embraces the best tested varieties, 

 including ''McKinley," introduced by us, and 

 which has proved to be one of the most valuable 

 here. Descriptive circular free, on request. 



POT=GROWN 



raw berries 



TO SECURE A CROP NEXT SEASON. 



ELLWANGER & BARRY, 



MOUNT HOPE NURSERIES, 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



trawberry Plants, 



IF SET OUT IN AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER, will produce a crop of berries the next June. Our Midsummer 

 Price-list, mailed free, describes the most reliable varieties, also offers Vegetable and Flower Seeds for 

 Summer and Autumn sowing. 



HENRY A. DREER, No. 714 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Salix Sieboldii, Golden Hop Tree, 



Cedrus Atlantica Glauca, Stephanandra Flexuosa, 



Deutzia Sieboldii, Chinese Larkspurs, 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, 



" The Leading New England Nurserv," 



JACOB W. MANNING, Prop., 



READING, Mass. 



Special Landscape Department. 



Plans and Estimates furnished. 



Andorra Nurseries. 



SPECIALTIES: 



Large Specimen Ornamental Trees, 



Large Hardy Rhododendrons and Azaleas. 



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



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

 responding with advertisers. 



PLOWER POTS 



We have the Lareest Plant in the World for the manufacture of Flow 



STANDARD, 



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



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

 comprising Hanging Pots, Table Pots, Jardinieres, etc., to which we invite attention. C; 

 price-liBt furnished 



'ly goods in 



rthenware, 



atalogues and 



comprising Hanging Pots, Table Pots, Jardinieres, etc., to which we invite attention. 



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Books for toe Summer 



Familiar Features of the Roadside. 



By F. Schuyler Mathews, author of "Fa- 

 miliar Flowers of Field and Garden," 

 " Familiar Trees and their Leaves," etc. 

 With 130 Illustrations by the Author. 

 i2mo. Cloth, $1.75. 



The country roads have a life of their own of great 

 interest if one is properly guided, and Mr. Mathews 

 has written his book in order to set forth the life of the 

 trees, bushes, flowers, insects, and birds which are 

 found along the roads. He has carried out an idea 

 which will interest those who walk, or drive, or ride a 

 wheel in the country, and the book will be indispensable 

 for any one who lives in or visits the country. 



Familiar Trees and their Leaves. 



By F. Schuyler Mathews. Illustrated with 

 over 200 Drawings from Nature by the 

 Author. I2mo. Cloth, §1.75. 



THIRD EDITION. 



Familiar Flowers of Field and Garden. 



By F. Schuyler Mathews. Illustrated with 

 200 Drawings by the Author, and contain- 

 ing an elaborate 50-page index, showing at 

 a glance the botanical and popular names, 

 family, color, locality, environment, and 

 time of bloom of several hundred flowers. 

 i2mo. Library Edition, cloth, $1.75. 

 Pocket Edition, flexible morocco, $2.25. 



Insect Life. 



By John Henry Comstock, Professor of Ento- 

 mology in Cornell University. With Illus- 

 trations by Anna Botsfokd Comstock, 

 Member of the Society of American Wood 

 Engravers. i2mo. Cloth, S2.50. 



Bird Life. 



A Guide to the Study of our Common Birds. 

 By Frank M. Chapman, Assistant Curator of 

 Mammalogy and Ornithology, American 

 Museum of Natural History. With 75 full- 

 page Plates and numerous Text Drawings 

 by Ernest Seton Thompson. 121110. 

 Cloth, $1.75. 



FOURTH EDITION. 



Handbook of Birds of Eastern North 

 America. 



By Frank M. Chapman. With a Field Key to 

 Our Common Land Birds, Keys to the 

 Species, etc., and chapters on the study of 

 Ornithology ; How to Identify Birds ; How 

 to Collect and Preserve Birds, their Nests 

 and Eggs. With nearly 200 Illustrations. 

 121110. Library Edition, cloth, $3-00 ; 

 Pocket Edition, flexible morocco, S3. 50. 



For sale by all booksellers; or will be sent by mail on 

 receipt of price by the publishers. 



D. APPLETON AND COHPANY, 



72 Fifth Avenue, New York. 



