Vol. III. 



No. 5. 



A MONTHLY ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL. 



Devoted to the Gardening 1 Interests of America, 

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CONTENTS OF 



The American Garden 



For May, 1882. 



Page Sixty-Five— Table of Contents— Gardening 

 for Health— Notices of the Press. 



Page Sixty-Six— The Vegetable Garden— Seas- 

 onable Hints— Farmers' Gardens, by Col. F. D. 

 Curtis— The Lettuce Mildew, by Dr. Byron D. 

 Halsted. 



Page Sixty-Seveii—S.ettnce Mildew, continued- 

 Radishes— Asparagus. 



Page Sixty-Eight— The Fruit Garden— Season- 

 able Hints— Fruit Growers vs. Merchants, by 

 C. W. Idcll— The Highland Beauty Apple. 



Page Sixty-Nine— The Washington Navel, or River- 

 side Orange— The, Peach, by Dr. G. F. Needham. 



Page Seventy— The Flower Garden— Trailing 

 Arbutus, a Poem, by Elaine Goodale— Season- 

 able Hints— City Yard-Gardening, by T. D. E. 



Page Seventy- One— Everlasting Flowers, by Chas. 

 E. Parnell. 



Page Seventy-Two— Lawn and Landscape— Hints 

 on Lawn Planting, by E. Williams— The Haw- 

 thorn, by George Ellwanger— Walks iu Lawus. 



Page Seventy-Tlvree— The Window Garden— Ivy 

 as a House Plant, by Win. Falconer— Carnation 

 Growing, by John Keid. 



Page Seventy-Four— Foreign Scenery— The Wild 

 Flowers of Para, by E. S. Rand, Jr.— The Liliuni 

 auratum at Home. 



Page Screnty-Firc— Rural Life— Farm Luxuries, 

 by Ebeu E. Rexford— Horticultural Societies 

 —The Riverside Citrus Fair, by Mrs. N. W. 

 Winter. 



Page Seventy-Six— Rooks and Pamphlets Received 



— Answers to Correspondents. 

 Page Seventy- Seven— Advertising Department. 



GARDENING FOE HEALTH. 



Thousands of people, worn out by hard 

 work and harrassing cares, or by balls and 

 parties, late hours, and the many other not 

 less exhausting demands of fashionable soci- 

 ety, are now making plans for a sojourn to 

 the country during the summer months. 



Some decide upon a quiet farm-house, far 

 off from city and the busy world, as the best 

 place to rest and invigorate their nerves and 

 muscles. Others select a favorite sea-side 

 resort, with all its gayeties of the season, as 

 the sanitarium expected to revitalize their 

 impoverished blood, and to restore the 

 wasted energy of their nerves. 



The one is unmindful of the fact that inac- 

 tivity and idle rest affords no recreation to a 

 busy man, and the other forgets that a, 

 change of scenes and locality merely is not 

 sufficient to impart health to mind and body. 

 The change, to produce the desired effect, 

 must be a change of one's occupation, the 

 current and subjects of thought which en- 

 gross one's mind. It should be to healthy, 

 pleasant surroundings, where the mind may 

 find sufficient interest to become attracted 

 to some light physical work, which, while 

 not fatiguing, should stimulate a healthy 

 action of the system. 



To those who have liking and fondness for 

 plants and flowers, — and we pity any one 

 who has not, — nothing will prove so effica- 

 cious as " gardening for health." When engag- 

 ing board at a farm-house, they should at the 

 same time secure for themselves a piece of 

 ground in the garden. Here they should 

 sow and plant a few flowers or vegetables, or 

 whatever appears most promising, attend to 

 their needs, and devote a certain time every 

 day to their care. It is surprising how soon 

 one becomes interested in such work. Or, if 

 you prefer, you may work a little in the farm- 

 garden, which will probably not be objected 

 to, unless you are so deficient in botanical 

 knowledge as to pull out the Water-melons 

 instead of Rag-weeds. 



Pale, delicate young ladies, whom often the 

 slightest exertion tires, will also find that a 

 little time regularly spent in the garden will 

 have a favorable effect upon their system. 

 Thick- soled shoes will keep your feet dry, a 

 broad-rimmed sun-bonnet will guard your 

 complexion, and a pair of old kid gloves pro- 



tect your hands from becoming rough. De- 

 vote the first part of the morning, or an hour 

 before sunset, to' your garden. Commence 

 with what seems to you the easiest and most 

 pleasant work — tying a climbing vine against 

 the porch, cutting off the fading flowers from 

 your plants, or raking a flower-bed;- but, 

 whatever your fancy may suggest, do not 

 tire yourself out in the beginning : better to 

 work only five minutes at the time than 

 become fatigued and discouraged. With 

 the interest you take in your garden your 

 strength will gradually increase, your droop- 

 ing spirit will revive, and the blush of your 

 Roses will become reflected upon your own 

 cheeks. 



NOTICES OF THE PRESS. 



We are glad to give our special recommenda- 

 tion of The American Garden, now in the third 

 volume. It is beautifully printed and illustrated, 

 and full of practical instruction both for the flower 

 and the vegetable gardener.— Boston Post. 



The American Garden (Dr. F. M. Hexamer, 

 editor: B. K. Bliss A Son, 34 Barclay street, New 

 York) has come to hand. It is full of very inter- 

 esting matter, well arranged, well edited, and 

 typographically excellent, and well worth sub- 

 scription price— $1.00.— American Wine and Grape 

 Grower. 



The American Garden, a monthly illustrated 

 journal, devoted to the gardening interests of 

 America, is a most excellent publication. Its 

 pages contain valuable practical articles in re- 

 lation to the Vegetable and Fruit Garden, Flow- 

 ers, the Lawn and Landscape, etc.— Queen's Co. 

 Sentinel. 



The April number of the American Garden is 

 I one of the best numbers of that enterprising pub- 

 lication we have ever seen. All of its depart- 

 ments are full of interesting original articles, 

 written by experienced gardeners and horticul- 

 turists. The Garden is published at the low 

 price of SI. 00 per year.— Mt. Kiseo Becoriler. 



The American Garden. — A monthly horticul- 

 tural journal, published by Messrs. B. K. Bliss & 

 Sons, N<-\\ York. Among the many publications 

 which find their way periodically to our table 

 none are more welcome than this. When we say 

 that it is always a worthy specimen of the print- 

 er's best art, and is edited by the veteran horti- 

 culturist, Dr. F. M. Hexamer, we have given 

 ample reasons for our admiration of it.— Agricul- 

 tural Epitomist. 



Copyright, 1882, by B. K. Bliss & Sons. 



