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HORTICULTURE 



May 1, 1920 



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DR. L. H. BAILEY'S BRAND NEW 



Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 



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A Few of the Many Important New Features 



Key to Identification of Planti '^'"* *■ '^•*"'" '° "",'''! 



' on« to flDd the name of a 



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SynoptU of Plant Kincoom Thi. !■ one of th. moat im- 



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famUlea comprising those that 

 These family de- 

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Dlattrations '!'>>•'• >» ^ colored plates; M fall page half- 

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