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Garden and Forest. 



[Number 498. 



1840. Old Colony Xurseries. 1897. 



HARDY SHRUBS, TREES, VINES 



EVERGREENS AND PERENNIALS. 



A large and fine stock of well-rooted plants grown ina 

 sandy loam. Good plants, best sizes for planting, very 

 cheap. Priced Catalogue free on application. 



T. R. WATSON, Plymouth, Mass. 



Specimens of New England Woods, 



FOR COLLECTIONS. SCHOOLS, ETC. 



I have a few pieces from India, Trinidad and South 



America. Write for list and prices. 



H, D. HUSTINGS, Collector of Foreign and Domestic Woods, 



ST. JOHNSBURY, VERMONT, U. S. A. 



Prices Greatly Reduced. 



CAPE COD PINK POND LILY 



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

 original cultivators, 



CHIPMAN BR05., 



Sandwicli (Cape Cod), Mass. 



BLINDNESS PREVENTED 



The Absorption Treatment a Success. Hundreds 

 successfully treated for all diseases of tne eyes or lids 

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

 rium, the largest and most successful institution in 

 America. "Don 't trait to be blind." Pamphlet Free. 

 THE BEMIS EYE SANITARIUM, Glen Falls, N. X 



FOR SALE, 



1,500 DIFFERENT SORTS OF PLANTS, 



many of them introduced and offered only by us in 



the United States. Descriptive catalogue free. 



Southern California Acclimatizing Association, 



Santa Barbara, Calif. 



NUT BOOK 



$1.00, by JOHN R. " 



200 pages, illustrated, telling 

 How to Graft, Grow, Market 

 and Cook Them. Postpaid for 

 PARRY, Parry, N.J. 



Hardy Shrubs 



AND CLIMBERS. 



Ghent Azaleas, Azalea Mollis, Hardy Roses, Ampelopsis 

 Veitchii, Clematis Paniculata. Rare Conifers, Ipjs 

 K.smpferi, Eulalia Japonica, with all hardy herbaceous 

 plants and Grasses suitable for fall planting. Cata- 

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

 servatory, greenhouse, lawn and grounds of country 

 places a specialty. 



F. R. PIERSON CO., Tarrytowji-on-Hodson, N. Y. 



Readers of Garden and Forest are 

 requested to mention that paper in cor- 

 responding with advertisers. 



TOKIO NURSERIES CO. 



Komagome.Tokio 

 JAPAN. 



Cable address : Nurseries 

 Tokio. 



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LILY- BULBS, 

 Plants, Seeds 



ETC. 



Catalogue on application. 



FOR SALE. 



CANNA AUSTRIA, ITALIA and JOHN WHITE, 

 variegated leaves, at 25 cents each, or the three 

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

 Price list free. — HENRI BEAULIEU, seedsman and 

 florist, Belmont Ave., Woodhaven, New York. 



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

 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, Norwicn 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 

 — most remarkable novelty of the year. Send for our 

 original catalogue — nothing like it ever printed. — ROSE 

 VALLEY NURSERIES, Dongola, III. 



WA. 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 Orance.N. J. 



Readers' Wants, Situations Wanted, 



ETC., ETC. 



flADnPMFD^ — ° n our register will be 

 VJrw\iyuiiL«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. DREER, Seedsman & Florist, 

 14 Chestnut Street. PHILADELPHIA. 



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

 \T siring the services of reliable, first-class men to 

 fill positions as above, oras 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, 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. 



POSITION WANTED, as Gardener. Married, 25 

 years' experience in the culture of all kinds of 

 greenhouse plants, fruit, vegetables, forcing graperies, 

 mushrooms, etc., both in England and America. First- 

 ciass references. — Apply 'GEORGE NORTON, 164 

 Centre Street, Bridgeport, Conn. 



SITUATION WANTED, by a young man as Florist, 

 private or commercial. — Address JOHN CLARK, 



Box 363, Portsmouth, Ohio. 



SITUATION WANTED, in commercial or private 

 place, by practical florist, German, age 29. Good 

 grower of cut flowers, pot plants, palms and orchids. 

 Good landscapes Best American and European refer- 

 ences. — H. RAASCH, 342 Cleveland Ave., Chicago. 



A LANDSCAPE-GARDENER, also understands the 

 care of hot-beds, etc. ; a middle-aged man ; has 

 served three years in a training school for gardeners ; 

 has the qualifications for head-gardener or foreman; 

 wants position from 1st of December or 1st of January. 

 First-class recommendation as to character from this 

 country and Europe. — Address Box 145, Hillyard, Wash. 



YOUNG MAN (22), experienced with dogs, wishes 

 position with a kennel or on a poultry or stock 

 farm. Good references— FRANK W. THOMPSON, 

 18 Rockview Terrace, Plainfield, N. J. 



GARDENER wishes permanent position. Life ex- 

 perience in greenhouses, vegetables, landscape 

 work and the care of a private gentleman's place. 

 Age 39; married, two children. Excellent reference. — 

 B A., 487 Court St., Brooklyn. 



WANTED SITUATION, in a retail florist's estab- 

 lishment, by a young man. English, age 29, 

 married; 18 years' experience in first-class stores. Has 

 had a large experience in design work ; quick at making 

 up, and is well versed in both flowerand plant business, 

 Distance no object.— J. DAVIS, 513 E. Indiana Ave., 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



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. 



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PHOTO -PROCESSES. 



ENGRAYED PLATES FOR ALL 1LLDSTRAT1VE PURPOSES 

 S20-S22 Pearl Street. 



NEW YORK. 



LANDSCAPE GARDENERS. 



DOWNING VAUX, 



Landscape Architect, 



Tel. 1622 18th St. 



68 Bible House, N.Y. City. 



J. WOODWARD MANNINC, 



Landscape Architect, 



Reading, Mass. 

 Telephone Connections. 



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. 



EARNSHAW & PUNSHON, 



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 same, in any part of the 

 United States or Canada. 



Send for Book op References. 



%\o per day and expenses tor 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- 

 tity your home surroundings. If you want best 

 results, address 



W. A. MANDA, 



HORTICULTURAL E X P B S T 



South Oranre. N. L 



50,000 tilings 

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