Vol. IV. 



NEW-YORK, SEPTEMBER, 1883. 



No. 9. 



he l^rifti fiiffci 



A MONTHLY ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL. 



Devoted to the Gardening Interests of America. 



ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. 



SINGLE NUMBER, 10 CENTS. 

 DR. F. M. H EX AM E R, : : : Editor. 



B. K. BLISS <Sc SONS, Publishers, 



34 Barclay Slrcct, New-York, 



To whom all orders should be addressed. 



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



CONTENTS OF 



The American Garden 



Foe September, 1883. 



Page One Hundred and Sixty-one — Contents — A 

 Grand Exhibition. 



Page One Hundred and Sixty-two — The Vege- 

 table Garden— Seasonable Hints — Earliness 

 in Peas — Vermont Garden Notes, by W. H. 

 Rand. 



Page One Hundred and Sixty-three— Peppers, by 

 Chas. E. Parnell— The Sweet-Corn Beetle — 

 Brushing Lima Beans. 



Page One Hundred and Sixty-four— The Fruit 

 Garden — Seasonable Hints — Charles Down- 

 ing for Home Market, by P. T. Quinn — Market 

 and Snipping Berries — Propagating Grapes 

 from single Buds. 



Page One Hundred ' and Sixty-five — The Marboro 

 Raspberry— The Huckleberry, by C. W. Idell. 



Page One Hundred and Sixty-six— The Flower 

 Garden — Autumn Tokens, a Poem — Season- 

 able Hints — Hardy Flowers, by Wm. Falconer 

 — Lifting Plants for Winter Blooming, by M. 

 Milton. 



Page One Hundred and Sixty-seven — The Flame 

 Flower — Tulips, by H. Gillette — Arrangement 

 of Flowers. Hop Compost, by T. D. E. 



Page One Hundred and Sixty-eight— Lawn and 

 Landscape — The New Hydrangea, by E. E. 

 Rexford — White Grubs iu Lawns, by A. S. 

 Fuller — Propagating Hall's Honeysuckle, by 

 H. C. F. — Tlie Best Lawn Grass — A Large 

 Amelauchier —Transplanting Magnolias. 



Page One Hundred and Sixty-nine — The Win- 

 dow Garden — Freesias — " Glory of the Snow " 

 —Tuberous Tropaeolums. 



Page One Hundred and Severity — Foreign Gar- 

 dening — Tropical Gardening — The Papaw, by 

 E. S. Band, Jr. — Hot Water for Forcing Vege- 

 tables—Tobacco Juice Vapors for Plants. 



Page One Hundred and Seventy-one— Rural Life 

 —A Basket of Grasses and Flowers, by Ike Ivy 



— A Floral Hearth. 



Page One Hundred and Seventy-two — Obituary— 

 H. B. Ellwanger — Miscellaneous. 



Page One Hundred and Seventy-three.— Books 

 and Pamphlets Received — Catalogues Received 



— Answers to Correspondents. 



Par/e One Hundred and Seventy-four— Adver- 

 tising Department. 



A GRAND EXHIBITION. 



On Wednesday morning, September 12th, 

 at ten o'clock, the American Pomological 

 Society will open its biennial session at the 

 Horticultural Hall of Philadelphia. Prom 

 all indications, and to judge by the prepara- 

 tions which arc being made everywhere, 

 unusual attractions will be presented to all 

 participants. The Pennsylvania Horticul- 

 tural Society will hold its annual exhibition 

 in connection with this, and in addition to 

 the regular premiums offered the Philadel- 

 phia Society of Florists and Growers has 

 secured subscriptions amounting to $1000, 

 to be awarded iu special premiums. 



It will be remembered that, at the last 

 meeting in Boston, it was decided to encour- 

 age general exhibitions of fruits, as well as 

 new varieties and novelties ; in eonsecpience 

 of which, an exhibition of unequaled mag- 

 nificence may be expected. 



Packages of fruit for exhibition should be 

 addressed Thomas A. Andrews, Horticultural 

 Hall, Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pa., for the 

 American Pomological Society. Freight or 

 express charges should in all cases be pre- 

 paid. 



All persons desirous of becoming members 

 can remit the fee to Benjamin G. Smith, 

 Treasurer, Cambridge, Mass. Life member- 

 ship, twenty dollars ; biennial, four dollars. 

 Life members will be supplied with back 

 numbers of the proceedings of the society as 

 far as possible. 



All persons interested in the cultivation of 

 fruits are invited to be present and take seats 

 in the convention. 



TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS 



Who have gardens, or are in any way in- 

 terested in flowers, fruits, vegetables, and 

 country life in general, that by subscribing 

 for The American Garden NOW, they will 

 receive not only the twelve numbers of 1884, 

 but also the October, November, and Decem- 

 ber numbers of this year and a beautiful 

 painting in addition. 



Fifteen numbers of The American Gar- 

 den, an elegant picture, and valuable pre- 

 miums, 



ALL FOE ONE DOLLAR. 



A HANDSOME PRESENT. 



With our next number we shall present to 

 each subscriber, whose name appears on our 

 subscription books on the first of October, a 

 large, beautifully colored and artistically 

 executed plate of Lilies. This is not a cheap 

 chromo, but an original painting from na- 

 ture, expressly made for The American 

 Garden, by one of the best artists of our city. 



GIVEN AWAY. 



Our special and most liberal offer on last 

 page of this number is well worth the atten- 

 tion of all in want of an English Dictionary 

 and work of general reference. This useful 

 book will be presented, absolutely free, to all 

 subscribers to The American Garden. Such 

 a favorable opportunity for securing a dol- 

 lar book as a gift does not often occur. 



APPRECIATIVE WORDS, 



I am well pleased with The American Garden ; 

 many an article in it as worth all the paper costs 

 for a year.— C. C. S., Batavia, III. 



I find The American Garden very interesting 

 and useful in my gardening pursuits here and 

 preserve the numbers bound for reference.— JR. 

 W. N., Naples, Italy. 



I prize The American Garden very much. 



and depend entirely on its instructions, which 

 ! I have always found valuable and reliable. The 

 I bound volume is indispensable to me.— 0. W. B., 



Utah. 



The American Garden is just the paper that 

 has long been needed. The arrangement of sub- 

 jects is so orderly, its articles so practical, and 

 | the price so reasonable that every person who 

 | has a garden should take it.— O. E. M., Jackson- 

 I ville, X. T. 



Copyright, 1883, by B. K. Bliss & Sons. 



