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Introduction .. .... i 
“ Helps” Founded on Experience.... -..‘.2 
Collections.. . :... 3 
Hardy Perennials. 4 
Hardy Terrestrial Orchids.29 
Southern and Mexican Bulbs .‘. ..31 
Hardy Ferns... .. .. \ ^ .*.• ...... ........ .... 32 ’ 
Vines and Climbers.... ---36 
Shrub and Small Trees ..•• •39 
Roses ...... >. j'.42 
The Bog and Water Garden..;. .43 
Bog and Aquatic Plants. 44- ‘ 
The following are a few of the public gardens and institutions which have had plants 
from my nurseries: 
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Royal Botanic Garden, Kew, England. 
Royal Botanic Society, Regent’s Park, England. 
Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland. 
Imperial Botanical Gardens, Berlin, Germany. 
Botanical Garden, Darmstadt, Germ ny. 
Imperial Gardens, St. Petersburg, Russia. 
Botanical Garden, Helsingfors, Finland. 
Royal Botanical Garden, Stockholm, Sweden. 
Botanical Garden, Vienna, Austria. 
Botanical Garden, Amsterdam, Holland. 
Nation d Zoological Park, Washington, D. C. 
Department of Public Parks, N. Y. City. 
World’s Columbian Exposition Grounds, Chicago. 
Prospect Park, Brooklyn, N.,Y. 
Park Commission, Rochester, N. Y. 
Lake Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 
Cherokee, Iroquois, and Shawnee Parks* Louisville, Kv. 
Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis. 
Botanical Garden of Harvard College. 
Department of Parks, Boston. 
Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass. 
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