Vol. IV. 



NEW-YORK, NOVEMBER, 1883. 



No. 11. 



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 «fc SONS, Publishers, 



34 Barclay Srreet, New- York, 



To whom all orders should be addressed. 



Entered at Post-Off ice at New-York as second-class matter. 



CONTENTS OF 



The American Garden 



For November, 1883 



Page Two Hundred and One— Contents— Our 

 Premium List — An Extra Baker's Dozen. 



Page Two Hundred and. Two — The Vegetable 

 Garden— Seasonable Hints — Remedy against 

 Cabbage Worms — Storing Potatoes, by T. D. 

 Baird— Carting Sand on Gardens. 



Page Two Hundred, and Three — The Great Potato 

 Center, by Colonel F. D Curtis — Concentrated 

 Fertilizers — Introduction of Tomatoes. 



Page Two Hundred and Four —The Frdit Gar- 

 den— Seasonable Hints — Forcing Strawberries, 

 by Joseph. Dunbar — Set Trees in the Fall, by 

 Dr. B. D. Halsted. 



Page Two Hundred and Five— The Francis B. 

 Hayes Grape — Save the Fruit, by W. D. Boyn- 

 ton— Plum Trees in Poultry Yards — Canned 

 Fruits. 



Page Two Hundred and Six —The Flower Gar- 

 den — Compensation, a Poem, by Elaine Good- 

 ale — Seasonable Hints — Alpine Plants and 

 Bock-work — An Interesting Native Plant, by 

 H. H. Rushby. 



Page Two Hundred and Seven — Anemones and 

 Ranunculus, by E. S. Rand, Jr.— Winter Treat- 

 ment of Roses, by Charles E. Parnell— A New 

 Method of Coloring Flowers. 



Page Two Hundred and Eight— Lawn and Land- 

 scape - The Japanese Astilbe, by H. Gillette- 

 Making a Hill — Ephemeral Planting — The 

 Window Garden— Cool Orchids, by M. Milton. 



Page Two Hundred and Nine — The Scarborough 

 Lily — The Browallia, by E. E. Rexford — How 

 to Grow Mignonette for Winter flowering, by 

 Daisy Eyebright. 



Page Two Hundred and Ten — Foreign Garden- 

 ing — The Gardens of Vancouver Island, by 

 Thos. Meehan — Horticultural Societies — 

 New- York Horticultural Society. 



Page Two Hundred and Eleven — Household 

 Pets— Teaching Birds— Rural Life — Buying 

 from Head-quarters, by East Dedham— Mis- 

 cellaneous. 



Page Two Hundred and, Twelve — Books and 

 Pamphlets Received-- Catalogues Received — 

 Answers to Correspondents. 



Page Two Hundred and Thirteen — Advertising 

 Department. 



OUR PREMIUM LIST TOR 1884. 



We have a great many attractive tilings in 

 store for subscribers to The American Gar- 

 den, and hoped to have had our Premium 

 List ready before this. We are hard at work 

 on it, however, and expect to have it com- 

 pleted by the middle of the month. It will 

 be sent to all present subscribers with the De- 

 cember number, or, if you want it earlier, we 

 will mail it as soon as issued on application. 



FREE ! FREE ! FREE ! 



BOYS, do you want a watch or a pair of 

 skates "? 



GIRLS, do you want a set of croquet or 



lawn tennis f 

 FATHERS, do you want books, tools, or a 



rifle? 



MOTHERS, do you want a sewing-machine ? 

 GARDENERS, amateur and professional, 



do you want any of the many articles 



reqmred in a garden ? 



ALL FREE!!! 



These, and dozens of other good things, 

 you may have FREE, by sending your sub- 

 scription to The American Garden, and 

 adding those of your friends. Every sub- 

 scriber is entitled to a premium. 



SEND FOR PREMIUM LIST! 



AN EXTRA BAKER'S DOZEN! 



14 for $1.00. 



All persons sending their subscription to 

 The American Garden for 1884 now, are 

 entitled to the November and December 

 numbers of this year free of expense, or 

 may have it sent to any address they may 

 choose, if they are already subscribers. 



GIVEN AWAY FOR THIRTY DAYS! 



The Ladies' Manual of Fancy Work, 

 i containing 400 illustrations and accurate 

 t instructions for artistic Embroidery, Lace 



Work, Knitting, Tatting, etc., etc., (price, 

 I 50 cents), given free to every person 



sending, before December 1st, One Dollar 



for a year's subscription to The American 



Garden. 



For a club of five subscribers, at $1.00 

 each, we will send a copy of the Manual to 

 each subscriber, and an extra copy of the 

 Manual with an extra subscription to The 

 American Garden for a year to the maker- 

 up of the club. In other words, for $5.00 

 we will send six subscriptions to The Amer- 

 ican Garden and six " Manuals of Fancy 

 Work." 



This offer is GOOD ONLY UNTIL DE- 

 CEMBER 1st, when our Special Premium 

 List will be issued, supplanting all special 

 offers prior to that date. 



IF YOU ARE AFRAID 



That you will not get your money's worth in 

 subscribing for The American Garden at 

 $1.00 per year, send us 



25 cents for Three Months' Trial Trip. 



We are confident that, after once taking The 

 American Garden, you will find that it is of 

 so much help to you that you can never 

 get along without it. 



FRIENDLY WORDS, 



I like The American Garden so much that I 

 want a copy for myself and one for my gardener, 

 to whom it is a valuable guide.— J/. H. B., Clin- 

 ton, Mass. 



I subscribe to five papers, but I prize The 

 American Garden higher than any of them, for 

 the practical ways it teaches.— O. F. L.. New 

 Orleans, La. 



Have been much enlightened by The American 

 G vmiKN, and consider it as tilling a long-felt want 

 and a place not before occupied by any other 

 paper. — S J. J.. Duchess Co., N. T. 



I return many thanks for the beautiful pre- 

 miums I have received with my American Gar- 

 den, which is the most attractive magazine of 

 the many I have subscribed for. — F.A. 21.. Lou- 

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



