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HORTICULTURE 



January 10. 1920 



Every Reader of "Horticulture" Needs 



DR. L. H. BAILEY'S BRAND NEW 



Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 



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Tranilation and PronnnciatioD of Latin Names 



Key to Identification of PlanU '^'"' '" ' .'^V'r„l°„,r„'f'"« 



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L>7uu|>«a «f. • iBut niusuwu. p^^f^^j features of the new 

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Olattrationt 1'^«re are 24 colored plates; M full page half- 

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