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A-JOURNAL-OF-HORTICULTURE 

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Price Ten Cents. 1 



Copvright, i8g7, bv The Garden and Forest Publishing Company. 



[$4.00 a. Year, in advance. 



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THE ENTIRE STOCK OF PLANTS OF 



PITCHER & MANDA, at Short Hills, N. J., 



Will be offered for Sale, without reserve, on 



OCTOBER 4th, 5th, 6th & 7th NEXT. 



The Stock consists of over 100,000 PALMS in splendid condition, in such standard 



varieties as 



Areca Baueri, Kentia Belmoreana, Phoenix reclinata, 



Areca lutescens, Kentia Forsteriana, Livistona rotundifolia, 



Cocos Weddeliana, Latania borbonica, Etc., etc. 



Also the finest stock of Adiantum Farleyense ever seen in this country, and a general 

 assortment of other FERNS, as well as a very fine lot of Ornamental Foliage 



Plants, containing many choice things not to be found elsewhere, together with all the Green- 

 houses, Packing Sheds, etc., and all the Real Estate, which will be sold in four 

 distinct parcels, as follows : 



No. 1. — Containing about 10^ acres, on which are located 

 all the greenhouses, about 80,000 feet of glass, all in excellent 

 condition ; a good dwelling-house, containing eight rooms ; 

 stable, store rooms, packing sheds, several hundred sash and 

 frames, etc., etc. This is a specially favorable opportunity to 

 purchase a well-established Florist and Nursery business at a 

 greatly reduced price, within three minutes' walk of the rail- 

 road station, and eighteen miles from New York City. 



No. 3. — Contains about 6}{ acres, now used as an Herba- 

 ceous Nursery, and is well stocked with the largest and best col- 

 lection of these plants in the country. Close to railroad station. 



No. 4. — Contains about 62 acres, well adapted for an excel- 

 lent Nursery, Farm, or to cut up for building lots. This is 

 situated on the main road between Short Hills and Summit, 

 and one mile from each station. 



No. 2. — Contains about 3 acres, with a good dwelling-house 

 on it, within 500 feet of the railroad station. 



CLEARY & CO. 



For Catalogue, containing full particulars, write to 



JOHN N, MAY, Receiver, Short Hills, N. J., 



Auctioneers, 60 Vesey Street, New York. 



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