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AMERICAN GARDEN of New York, the publisher’s pros- 
pectus for which is given below. I will receive and forward 
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IN ORNAMENTAL GARDENING we will show how to make use of the simple means of 
Nature, as well as teach the more elaborate phases of Landscape Gardening. 
ORCHIDS will have a special department, illustrated, written by E. 8. Rand, Jr., of Brazil, 
W. A. Manda, Director of Harvard College Botanic Gardens, and others. 
THE ROSE Department, illustrated, treats of Rose culture under glass and in open ground, 
for both amateurs and professional gardeners. 
NEW OR RARE PLANTS will be described by W. A. Manda, of Harvard Botanic Gardens, 
William Falconer, and other noted specialists. 
THE IRIS, THE LILY, JAPAN MAPLES, PELARGONIUM, and CARNATION, will 
be written of in special exhaustive articles by able specialists, with beautiful illustrations. 
: he aap will receive special attention by skilled cultivators, and include all classes 
of plants. 
FRUIT CULTURE will have the work of practical growers and experimenters in all sections. 
Varieties, Diseases, Culture, Marketing, ete., will be written by Dr. T. H. Hoskins, T. V. Munson, 
Prof. J. L. Budd, Charles A. Green, E. Williams, L. H. Bailey, Col. F. D. Curtis, A. A. Crozier, 
D. B. Wier, and many others. 
VEGETABLES. An exhaustive series by E. 8S. Goff, of N. Y. Experiment Station, will 
describe the cultivated varieties, weeding out duplicates and worthless sorts without fear or fayor. 
Vegetable gardening will have extensive and practical treatment. 
WINDOW GARDENING, which so often tries the hearts and nerves of persistent flower 
lovers, will have as much light thrown upon its mysteries as successful amateurs can shed from 
their experience. 
CHARLES BARNARD, Supt. Chautauqua Town and Country Club, will deseribe his work 
in the culture of a village lot, of special value to professional men, mechanies and beginners. 
THE HOUSE GARDEN deals with plant and floral decoration. of house and table, floral 
fashions, proper use of orchard and garden products in canning, cookery, preserving, etc., etc., by 
“Shirley Dare,” author of Anna Maria’s Housekeeping. 
GREENHOUSE construction and management will be discussed at length. 
SCHOOL GARDENING will have continued careful attention. 
PRICE ONLY $1.00 PER YEAR; SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS. 
Add ONE DOLLAR to your order for Plants and Seeds, for this best 
of all helps in the Garden, 
THE AMERICAN GARDEN FOR 1888. 
Address, JOHN SAUL, WASHINGTON, D. C. 
