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THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER. 



THE VEGETABLE GARDEN. 



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BY JAMES HOGG. 



A complete guide to the cultivation of Vegetables, containing 

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 of Vegetables ; with plain directions for preparing, manuring and 

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TALKS ABOUT FLOWERS. 



BY Mlt-S. M. D. WELLCOME. 



"The author chats of flowers in a very entertaining and 

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HAl-BOOK OFTlM 



BY PETER HENDERSON. 



A concise, yet oomprehenBive Dictionary ofPlants. 

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 vrerks of this k^nd. Has been written with special view to 

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BY JAMES VEITCH, 



.Ehnbradng: Part J.—Oetieral Review of the Order. 



Part II. — Synopsis oj Genera, Species and Varieties. 



Part III.— The Planting of Coniferce. 



This work has received the high enconiumsof the English 

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HOUGH'S ELEMENTS OF FORESTRY 



Designed to afford Information concerning the Planting 

 and Care of Forest Trees for Ornament or Profit : and giving 

 Suggestions upon tlie Creation and Care of W(»oalanda, with 

 the view of securing tlie Greatest Benefit for the Jjongest 

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By FRANKLIN B. HOUGH, PH.D.. 



Chief of Forestry Uivi.sion, Department of Agriculture, 

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BARRY'S- 



Fruit Garden 



NEW EDITION, 



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BEE-KEEPER'S GUIDE, 



OR, 



MANUAL OF THE APIARY. 



By A. J. COOK, 



Prof.of Entomology in the Michigan State AgricuIturalColIege 



348 pp. large 12 mo.; 193 Illustrations. 



Comprises a full delineation of the Anatomy and Physiology 

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Wheat Culture; 



How to Double the Yield and Increase the Profits. 



ByD. S. CUKTISS. 

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Subtropical Garden; 



Or, Beauty of Form in the Flower Garden. 



By W. Robinson, F. L. S. 

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SMALL FRUIT CULTURIST. 



BY ANDREW S. FULLER. 



Giving Description, History, Cultivation, Propagation, Dl^ 

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Beautifully Illustrated. 



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PRACTICAL AZALEA CULTURL 



A TREATISE on the PROPAGATION and CULTURE 



OP THE 



AZALEA INDICA, 



BY ROBERT J. HALLIDAY. 

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