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Garden and Forest. 



[Number 500. 



Rare, New Choice. 



BULBS — Thirty Hardy beautifu' sorts 



trom Japan. Many gorgeous sorts from 



the Pacific Coast. All Dutch Bulbs, 



Hyacinths, Tulips, Crocus, etc. 



SHRUBS. — Fifty Rare sorts ol Tree Pseonias. Cornus, 



Stvrax, Hardy Magnolias, Rhododendrons, Roses, etc. 



CONIFEKS — The Choicest Hardy sorts for Park, 



Lawn or Garden. 

 CLIMBERS in all known varieties. 

 SEEDS. — Choice Flower, Palm Shrub and Conifer 



Seeds from all parts of the world. 

 Iris KLiempferi in fifty rare sorts. 



Herbaceous Pseonias in beautiful novelties. 

 Send for our Catalogue. Itcannot fail to interest you. 



Address H. H. BERGER & CO., Horticultural Importers 



330 Broadway (St. Paul Budding), New York. 

 Branch Office : San Francisco, Cal. (Established 1878.) 



1840. Old Colony Nurseries. 1897. 



HIRDY SHRUBS, TREES, VSHES 



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. HASTINGS, Collector of Foreign and Domestic Woods, 



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



LANDSCAPE GARDENERS. 



DOWNING VAUX, 



Landscape Architect, 



Tel. 1622 18th St. 



68 Bible House, N.Y. City, 



J. WOODWARD MANNING, 



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. 



FOR SALE. 



Civil & Landscape Engineers 



S. W. Cor. Fifth & Race Sts M 

 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 of References. 



Jio per day and expenses for visits. Special Ratee 

 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 Expert 



South Orange, N, f 



CANNA AUSTRIA, ITALIA and JOHN WHITE, 

 variegated leaves, at 25 cents each, or the three 

 for 60 cents ; 4-inchpots, 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, Norwich Nurseries, Norwich, 

 Ct. (Established 1870.) 



THE TROPICAL ORCHARD HOUSE. How to grow 

 exotic fruits under glass — something new. Tropical 

 fruits ot 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, 111. 



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 Oranre.N. T- 



Readers' Wants, Situations Wanted, 



QARDENERS.^Vtto'M. 



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, 

 i 4 Chestnut Street. PHILADELPHIA. 



("1 ARDENERS, 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 ig 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 in vol ving 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- 

 class 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. 



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, Hillyaid, Wash. 



SITUATION WANTED, by an experienced land- 

 scape-gardener and florist, German, no children. 

 Please address CH. DURKOOP, 4410 Cottage Grove 

 Ave., Chicago, 111. 



YOUNG MAN, as Herdsman; eight years' prac- 

 tical experience in the care and feeding ot stock. 

 Understands horses, and is a good driver. Married. 

 First-class reference.— Address MAX BEIDEL, Moun- 

 tain Side Farm, Mahwah, Bergen Co., 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. 





DIRECT IMPORTERS' 



Oriental Rugs* 



Exclusive Designs in Rich and Soft 

 Colorings for Drawing Rooms, Recep- 

 tion Rooms, Dining Rooms, Halls, etc. 



FOREIGN & DOMESTIC 



:arpets. 



New and Exquisite Patterns and Color- 

 ings by our own Designers. 



toadiViXii C\J 1 Jlfo 6k. 



NEW YORK. 



200 pages, illustrated, telling 

 How to Graft, Grow, Market 

 and Cook Them. Postpaid for 

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



AND CLIMBERS. 



Ghent Azaleas, Azalea Mollis, Hardy Roses, Ampelopsis 

 Veitchii, Clematis Paniculata. Rare Conifers, Iris 

 KL^mpferi, 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. PIERSGSi GO,, Tarrvfown-on-Hudson, N.Y. 



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Readers of Garden and Forest are 

 requested to mention that paper in cor- 

 responding with advertisers. 



TOKIO NURSERIES CO. 



Komagorne.Tokao 



JAPAN. 



Cable address : Nurseries 

 Tokio. 



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Plants, Seeds 



Catalogue on application. 



