BOOKS FOR THE COUNTRY. 



Landscape Gardening. Notes 



and Suggestions on Lawns and Lawn- 

 Planting, Laying out and Arrange- 

 ment of Country Places, Large and 

 Small Parks, Cemetery Plots, and 

 Railway-Station Lawns ; Deciduous 

 and Evergreen Trees and Shrubs, 

 The Hardy Border. Bedding Plants, 

 Rockwork, etc. By Samuel Par- 

 sons, Jr., Superintendent of Parks, 

 New York City. Wilh nearly 200 

 illustrations. Large 8°, $3,50. 



" Mr. Parsons proves himself a master of his 

 art as a landscape gardener, and this superb 

 book should be studied by all who are con- 

 cerned in the making of parks in other cities." 

 —Philadelphia Bulletin. 



Lawns and Gardens. How to 



Beautify the Home Lot, the Pleasure 

 Ground, and Garden. By N. JOns- 

 SON-ROSE, of the Department of 

 Public Parks, N^w York City. With 

 172 plans and illustrations. Large 

 8°, gilt top, $3.50. 



The book treats of the practical side of land 

 scape gardening, describes the best hardy 

 plants, and points out the proper use of each. 



Wild Flowers of the North- 

 eastern States. Drawn and 

 carefully described from life, without 

 undue use of scientific nomenclature, 

 by Ellen Miller and Margaret C. 

 Whiting. With 308 illustrations the 

 size of life, and Krontispiece. New 

 edition in smaller form, 8 ,net^ $3.00. 



Among the Moths and But- 

 terflies. By Julia P. Ballard, 

 author of '* Building Stories," etc. 

 Illustrated. 8^ %i 50. 



" The book, which is handsomely illustrated, 

 IS designed for young readers, relating some of 

 the most curious facts of natural history in a 

 singularly pleasant and instructive manner." — 

 N. V. Tribune. 



The Wonders of Plant Life. 



By Mrs. S. B. Herrick. 16°, beauti- 

 fully illustrated, $1.50. 



The only thing aimed at is to give the more 

 important types in a popular way, avoiding 

 technicalities where ordinary language could 

 be substituted, and, where it could not, giv- 

 ing clear explanations of the terms, 

 "A dainty volume . . 



world of fascination . . 



\xoi\r —Boston Advertiser. 



opens up a whole 

 full of informa- 



Bird Studies. An account of the 

 Land Birds of Eastern North Amer- 

 ica. Hy William E. D.Scott. Wiib 

 166 illustrations from original photo- 

 graphs. Quarto, leath'**- back, gilt 

 top, in a box, «<?/, $5.t-x^. 



This work, while strictly accurate in every 

 particular, avoids the use of all technical 

 terms. The illustrations are from live birds. 

 A di-^tinctive feature of the book is the views 

 of nests, these having been photographed, 

 often with no little difficulty, without being 

 removed from their original positions. 



The Trees of Northeastern 

 America. By Charles S. New- 

 hall. With illustrations made from 

 tracings of the leaves of the various 

 trees. New issue, 8°, reduced lo 

 $r.75. 



" We believe this is the most complete and 

 handsome volume of its kind, and on account 

 of its completeness and the readiness with 

 which it imparts information that everybody 

 needs and few possess, it is invaluable." — 

 Bin^kamton Republican. 



The Shrubs of Northeastern 



America. By Charles S. New- 

 hall, author of " The Trees of 

 Northeastern America," etc. Fully 

 illustrated. New issue, 8°, reduced 

 to $1.75. 



"This volume is beautifully printed on beau- 

 tiful paper, and has a list of 116 illustrations 

 calculated to explain the text. It has a mine 

 of precious information, such as is seldom 

 gathered within the covers of such a volume." 

 — Baltimore Farmer. 



The Vines of Northeastern 

 America. By Charles S. New- 

 hall. Fully illustrated. New issue, 

 8°, reduced to $r.75. 



*' The work is that of the true scientist, artis- 

 tically presented in a popular form to an appre- 

 ciative class of readers.' — I he Churchman. 



The Leaf Collector's Hand- 

 book and Herbarium. An 



aid in the preservation and in the 

 classification of specimen leaves of 

 the trees of Northeastern Ameiica. 

 By CHAR7ES S. Newhall. Illus- 

 trated. 8", $2.00. 



" The idea of the book is so good and so 

 simple as to recommend itself at a glance to 

 everybody who cares to know our trees or to 

 make for any purpose a collection of their 

 leaves." — N. Y, Critic, 



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