HORTICULTURE 



January 3, 1920 



Every Reader of "Horticulture" Needs 



DR. L. H. BAILEY'S BRAND NEW 



Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 



six Urge quarto volumci. Mor« thaa S,«M p*c<»- ** tnU psc* t>iqulslte color platea. M besQtKal foil p»c* hBlftooei. More 

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

 and experience. 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 stor>' of our horticultural 

 thought, learning and achievement into one set of books. It is both au Encyclopedia and a Manual. 



A Few of the Many Important Kew Features 



Key to Identification of PUnU ^^^'.l' ^J^^r n'^L^T. 



plant. The name thus found is qulcklj referred to nnder Ita 

 alphabetical location, where full iciormatlon will b« toaod In 

 regard to It. 



^rannaia nf Plant Kinvflnm Thia la one of the moat Im- 

 S3mop«8 Ot riant lUngaom p^^^^^ featuree of the new 



edition. It constitutes a general running account of the claaaes, 

 ordera, and groapa of plants, with a brief aketch or character- 

 ization of 25 of the leading famlUea comprising those that 

 yield practically aU the cultivated plants. These family de- 

 scriptions give the botanical characters ; the number of genera 

 and species and th.j ranges; a Ilat of the Important genera; 

 brief atatementa In regard to the naeful planu; and diagram- 

 matic lUnatratlona. 



niaftrations ^1>«'« "<< ^ colored plate*; 06 faU page balf- 

 tonea; and more than 4,000 engrarlnga which 

 serve as galdea In the text 



The Glonarr '^'''' '' ^° ■KBlyala of ail technical terma tbmt 

 >*iv»»«iy ^^^ ^^^ 1^ ^^^ work and In almllar work*. 

 It comprlsea botanical and horticultural terma with brief defi- 

 nitions. 



Translation and Pronunciation of Latin Name* '" ^"^ 



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 Is Inserted a list of between 2.000 and S.OOO Latin words used 

 as species — names of plants, giving the English equivalent or 

 translation and the pronunciation. 



Class Articles special effort naa been made to secure the 

 best cultural advices for the plants requiring 

 peculiar or particular handling. Here are some of the titles 

 of these articles: Ants; Autumn Gardening ; Bedding: Dis- 

 eases: Drainage; Floral Designs; Formal Gardening; Hotbeds 

 and Coldframes' Insects; Landscape Gardening; Lawn Plant- 

 ing; Orchards; Rock Gardening; Subtropical Gardenlrg; Tools 

 and Implements; Village Improvementj; Window Boxes, etc. 



General Index ^''^ ^°*' volume contalna * complete ^<^»^~ 



Index to the entire work, enabling • <^ 



the reader to locate volume and page of any aub- A^^**^ 



Ject he has In mind. ^'' ^,^ «^ 



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