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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 



THE new Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture has been freshly written in the light of the most recent 

 research and experience. It is not merely an ordinary revision or corrected edition of the old Cyclo- 

 pedia, but it is a new work from start to finish with enlarged boundaries geographically and practic- 

 ally; it supersedes and displaces all previous editions or reprints of every kind whatsoever. 



It is the fullest, the newest, the most authoritative of all works of its kind and constitutes the most 

 conscientious attempt that has ever been made to compress the whole story of our horticultural 

 thought, learning and achievement into one set of books. The owner of the Standard Cyclopedia of 

 Horticulture will have at hand in this work a means of quickly satisfying his need for authoritative in- 

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 and professional alike may quickly identify any plant, shrub or fruit contained within the set, and then 

 receive expert instructions for its cultivation. 



A Few of the New Features 



Key to 



This is a device to en- 

 able one to find the name 

 Identification of a plant. The name 

 r y-j, thus found is quickly re- 



Ol i'^IantS ferred to under its alpha- 



betical location, where 

 full information will be found in regard to 

 it. The key is so simple that it is equally 

 as useful to 'the veriest amateur as to the 

 botanist or commercial expert. 



Synopsis 

 of Plant 

 Kingdom 



This is one of the most im- 

 portant features of the new 

 edition. It constitutes a gen- 

 eral running account of the 

 classes, orders and groups of 

 plants, with a brief sketch or 

 characterization of 215 of the leading fam- 

 ilies comprising those that yield practically 

 all the cultivated plants. These family de- 

 scriptions give the botanical characters; 

 the number of genera and species and the 

 ranges; a list of the important genera; brief 

 statements in regard to the useful plants; 

 and diagrammatic illustrations. 



Illustrations ^'lere are 24 colored 

 plates; vo full page sepia 

 halftones; and more than 

 4,000 engravings which serve as guides in 

 the text. These color plates constitute the 

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JUST PUBLISHED 



The Monarch of 



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Six large quarto 

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 than 3,600 pages. 

 24 full page ex- 

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 plates. 96 beauti- 

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 halftones. More 

 than 4,000 text en- 

 gravings. 500 Col- 

 laborators. A p - 

 proximately 4,000 

 genera, 15.000 

 species and 

 40,000 plant 

 names. 



This is an analysis of all The GloSSarv 

 technical terms that are •' 



used in the work and in similar works. It 

 comprises botanical and horticultural terms 

 with brief definitions. 



In Volume I is in- Translation 



serted a list of be- , _-^ . . 



tween 2,000 and and Pronunciation 

 3,000 Latin words of Latin Names 



used as species- 

 names of plants, giving the English equiva- 

 lent or translation and the pronunciation. 



Special effort has been made to ClaSS 

 secure the liest cultural advices . • , 

 for the plants requiring peculiar Articles 

 or particular handling. Here are some of 

 the titles of these articles: Alpine Garden- 

 ing; Ants; Autumn Gardening; Bedding; 

 Diseases; Drainage; Floral Designs; For- 

 mal Gardening; Hotbeds and Coldframes; 

 Insects; Landscape-gardening; Lawn-plant- 

 ing; Orchards; Railroad-gardening; Rock- 

 gardening; Spring Gardening; Storage; 

 Subtropical Gardening: Tools and Imple- 

 ments; Village Improvements; Water- 

 gardening; Window-Boxes. 



The final volume will contain a General 

 complete index to the entire j , 

 work, enabling the reader to lo- xnuCX 

 cate volume and page of any subject he has 

 in mind. With the Index. Key. Synopsis 

 and alp!ial)ctical arrangement of the Cyclo- 

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