The American Garden 
D,. P. K,. :^>-actical gardening. 
Vol. V. 
NEW-YORK, NOVEMBER, 1884. 
B. K. BLISS Sc SONS, Publishers. 
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FALLING LEAVES. 
f HE wind its trump hath blown 
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