Vol. IV. 



NEW-YORK, DECEMBER, 1883. 



No. 12. 



A MONTHLY ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL. 



Devoted to the Gardening Interests of America, 



ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. 



SINGLE NUMBER, 10 CENTS. 

 DR. F. M. HEXAMEF, Editor. 



B. H. BLISS & SONS, Publishers, 



34 Barclay Street, New- York, 



To whom all orders should be addressed. 



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



CONTENTS OF 



The American G-arden 



For December, 1883. 



Page Two Hundred and Twenty-one — Contents — 

 To our Lady Headers. 



Page Two Hundred and Twenty-two — The Veg- 

 etable Garden — Seasonable Hints — Winter 

 Care of Vegetables, by W. D. Boynton — The 

 Cabbage Worm Again — Bird's-Eye Pepper, by 

 Jos. J. Delchamps — A Large Yield of Potatoes. 



Page Two Hundred, and Twenty-three — Sweet 

 Herbs, by Charles E. Parnell — Grocery Seeds. 



Page Two Hundred and Twenty-four— The Fruit 

 Garden — Seasonable Hints — The Newer I 

 Grapes, by J. B. Rogers — Changing the Bearing 

 Year— The Largest Apple Tree. 



Poe^re Two Hundred and Twenty-flee — The Wilson 

 Junior Blackberry — The Borers of the Apple 

 Tree, by Dr. B. D. Halsted— California Prunes. 



Page Two Hundred and Twenty-six— The Flower 

 Garden — In Nature's School, a Poem, by E. E. | 

 Rexford — Seasonable Hints — Palms, by M. 

 Milton. 



Page Two Hundred and Twenty-seven — The 

 Double Perennial Sunflower — Changing the 

 Colors of Flowers by Cultivation — A Beautiful 

 Native Plant — A Pretty Combination — Christ- 

 mas Roses. 



Page Two Hundred and Twenty-eight — Tim Win- 

 dow Garden — Preparing for Window Garden- 

 ing, by Daisy Eyebright — Heating Small 

 Greenhouses, by W. H. Bull. 



Page Two Hundred and Twenty-nine — Guernsey 

 Lilies— A Cheap and Permanent Bouquet — 

 Callas. 



Page Two Hundred and Thirty —Lawn and Land- 

 scape — Central Park, by S. Parsons, Jr. — Pre- 

 serving Tree Seeds — Labeling Trees in Public- 

 Grounds — Rural Life — Ice Houses. 

 | Page Two Hundred and Thirty-one — Horticult- 

 ural Societies — New- York Horticultural 

 Society — American Pomologieal Society — Mis- 

 ! cellaneous. 

 Page Ttvo Hundred and Thirty-two — Books and 

 Pamphlets Received — Catalogues Received — 

 Answers to Correspondents. 

 Page Two Hundred and Thirty-three — PREMIUM 

 List. 



Page Two Hundred and Forty-one— Advertising 

 Department. 



TO OUR LADY READERS. 



A very large proportion of our readers are 

 ladies, a fact which is not only highly flatter- 

 ing to ourselves and duly appreciated, but 

 which also proves that the interests and ad- 

 vancement of horticulture are largely de- 

 pendent on their fostering care. As Flora 

 and Pomona, the deities of flowers and 

 fruits, in remote ages have held guard over 

 the products of the garden, so have, up to 

 this day the cultivation of flowers and fine 

 arts, the development of refinement and cul- 

 tivated taste always received their most 

 ardent support and protection from woman's 

 | hand. It is for these reasons that we address 

 ourselves to-day to our lady friends. 



The powerful influences of our immediate 

 surroundings upon the development of our 

 minds and character are evident to every 

 one. Yet of the thousands who love flowers 

 and neatly kept grounds, and who would 

 willingly devote a small amount of money 

 and labor to secure them, a great many are 

 deprived of their enjoyment for want of suf- 

 ficient knowledge about their management. 



To supply this want is the object of The 

 American Garden, by furnishing practical 

 and reliable information about everything 

 pertaining to the utility and pleasures of the 

 garden, as well as the embellishment and 

 endearment of home. How far we have 

 succeeded in our endeavor we leave to the 

 decision of those who have followed us 

 through past years. To these, as well as to 

 new friends, we can give the assurance that 

 as in the past we have spared no efforts to 

 make our journal a safe guide and welcome 

 visitor, so shall we strive in the future to 

 make every succeeding number better than 

 its predecessors. 



But to be able to fully accomplish this end, 

 we need your assistance in bringing our 

 paper to the notice of all those interested in 

 gardening. If you have derived any benefit 

 or pleasure from the perusal of our pages, 

 will you not use your influence to extend 

 their usefulness, by speaking a kind word for 

 us to your friends ? There are many thousands 

 of homes to which The American Garden 

 would be gladly welcomed if their inmates 

 were made aware of its existence. It is this in- 

 troduction to the homes of your friends that 

 we ask the favor of according to us. No one 

 can give it as warmly as those who have 

 known us for some time. A kind word 

 from you will go far toward making new 

 friends for us, and if you will only give us 

 the names and addresses of those who you 

 think would be pleased to make our ac- 

 quaintance, we shall gladly forward speci- 

 men copies free of charge. 



And now that the great Christian holi- 

 day draws near ; that the most tender cords 

 of our heart-strings reverberate in sympa- 

 thetic tones ; that kindlier feelings toward 

 our fellow-beings pervade our motives and, 

 actions; that charity and love spend their 

 gifts with lavishing hands, — let us not be 

 unmindful that all the goodness and virtue, 

 all love and charity, are not confined to 

 the human heart alone ; all nature responds 

 to their tender pleadings, every luscious 

 fruit, every fragrant flower, teaches the 

 divine sentiments of beauty and love to those 

 who would understand their teachings. 



To extend and promote their benign mis- 

 sion throughout our fair land, to beautify 

 every home, and gladden every heart, is 

 our foremost aim, and with this we wish 

 you all 



A Merry Christmas ! 



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



