THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER. 



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HAl-BOOK OF PLANTS, 



BY PETER HENDERSON. 



A concise, yet comprehensive Dictionary oT Plants. 

 As a booli ol reference it will take the place fi"- all practical 

 purposes, of the expensive and voluminous European 

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 the wants of the climate of the United States, both in 

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 ture of many important plants, such as the Ro«e, have been 

 eiven at length. Scope of work emhraces botanical name, 

 derivation, Linntean and natural orders of all leading 

 genera of ornamental or useful plants up to present 

 time. All important species and varieties with brief in- 

 structions for propagation and culture A valuable 

 feature to amateurs is all known local or common 

 names. Arrangement ol book is alphabetical, and any 

 plant can be qnicbly referred to under scientific or com- 

 mon name. Index is added where important plants or 

 modes of culture can be referred to at once. Also compre- 

 hensive glossary of botanical and technical terms, with 

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 to the experienced horticulttirist. Octavo 400 pagea, fine 

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THE 



EOSE GARDEN 



BY WM. PAUL. 



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TWO DIVISIONS. 



THE FAEMEFS ACCOUNT BOOL 



A Complete System of Book-Keeping for 

 Farnaers, Planters, and Gardeners. 



BY A. L. CAMPFIKLD. 



Every one should keep a strictaccount of all business transactions, 

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Division i.— Embracing the History of the Rose, the formation 

 of the Rosarium, and a detailed account of the various practices 

 adopted in a succfssful cultivation of this popular flower. 



Division 2.— Containing an arrangement in Natural Groups of 

 the most esteemed varieties of Roses recognized and cultivated in 

 the various Rose Gardens, English and Foreign, with full descript- 

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Illustrated with Thirteen magnificent Colored Plates of various 

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Fruits aM Friit Trees 



OF AMERICA. 



BY A. J. DOWNING. 



The culture, propagation and management in the Garden and 

 Orchard of Fruit Trees generally, with descriptions of all the 

 finest varieties of fruit, native and foreign, cultivated in this 

 country, becond revision and corrections by Charles Down- 

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AMATEUR'S GREENHOUSE 



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Br Shirley Hibberd. 



A handy guide to the construction and management of plant 

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GARDENING BY MYSELF. 



By Anna Warner. 



Containing Hints and Experiences under heading of each 

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ASPARAGUS CULTURE. 



II18 BEST METBODS EMPLOYED ll ENGLAKD ail FRAHCE, 



BY JAMES BARNES AJSTD W3I. ROBINSON. 



With translations of Mr. Leboeuf s Essay on Asparagus, 

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THE PEACH; 



ITS CULTURE AND DISEASES. 



A Complete Treatise for the use of Peach Growers ^nd Gardeners 

 of Pennsylvania, and all districts aflfected by the " YELLOWS" and 

 other diseases of the tree. 



BY JOHN RUTTBR, 



Ex-President of the Chester Co. Horticultural Society, and honorary 



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