Vol. III. 



NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER, 1882. 



No. 9. 



A MONTHLY ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL. 

 Devoted to the Gardening Interests of America, 

 ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. 



SINGLE NUMBER, 10 CENTS. 

 DR. F. M HEXAMER, : Editor. 



IS. K. BLISS & SONS, Publishers, 



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Entered at Post-Office at New York as second-class matter. 

 CONTENTS OF 



The American Garden 



For September, 1882. 



Page One Hundred and Twenty-nine — To Our 

 Subscribers. 



Page One Hundred and Thirty — The Vegetable 

 Garden — Seasonable Hints — Green Peas, by 

 Dr. T. H. Hoskfns — The Green-Corn Worm, by 

 Dr. B. D. Halsted. 



Page One Hundred and Thirty-one — Spinach, by 

 C. E. Parnell — Brussels Sprouts — Borecole. 



Page One Hundred and Thirty-two — The Fruit 

 Garden — Seasonable Hints— Propagation by 

 Cuttings, by J. Jenkins — A Clean Fertilizer 

 for Strawberries, by S. E. T. — Moles. 



Page One Hundred and Thirty-three — The Hanscll 

 Raspberry, by J. T. Lovett— Marketing Grapes, 

 by C. W. Idell. 



Page One Hundred and Thirty -four — The 

 Flower Garden— Sunflowers, a Poem — Sea- 

 sonable Hints— The Scarlet Clematis — Pansies, 

 by E. E. Rexford — Single Dahlias. 



Page One Hundred and Thirty-five — Single 

 Dahlias, continued. 



Page One Hundred and Thirty-six— Lawn and 

 Landscape — Ornamental Climbing Vines, by S. 

 Parsons, Jr.— The Window Garden— Arrange- 

 ment of Flowers. 



Page One Hundred and Thirty-seven — A Rustic 

 Fern Tray, by C. R. Hexamer— Hyacinths. 



Page One Hundred and Thirty-eight — Foreign 

 Gardening — Cocoa and Chocolate, by E. S. 

 Rand, Jr.— Household Pets— The Aquarium. 



Page One Hundred and Thirt y-nine — Books and 

 Pamphlets Received — Catalogues Received — 

 Answers to Correspondents — Our Exhibition 

 Table — Miscellaneous. 



Page One Hundred and Forty — Advertising De- 

 partment. 



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 —Dr. David Green, See' y Sheffield County (Canada) 

 Fruit Growers' Association. 



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Copyright-, 1S82, by B. K. Bliss & Sons. 



