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nOETICULTURE 



July 17. 1920 



Every Reader of "Horticulture" Needs 



DR. L. H. BAILEY'S BRAND NEW 



Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 



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 ilioui'iit. learnine and achievement into one set of books. It is both an Encyclopedia and a Manual. 



A Few of the Many Important New Features 



Key to Identification of Plant* tm. u 



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a derlM to enable 

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 plant. The name thus found la quickly referred to under Its 

 alphabetical locatlou. wher# full IcformatloQ will be found In 

 regar-I to It. 



Synop.i, of Plant Kingaom tm^„'' -•^o^."'^*, -" „'- 



eilltloD. It constitutes a general running account of the classes, 

 orders, and groups of plants, with i brief aketch or character- 

 isation of 215 or the leading families comprising those that 

 yield practically al" the cultKated plants. These family de- 

 scriptions give the botanical characters; the number of genera 

 and spe<^leii and thj ranges; a list of the Important genera; 

 brief statements In regard to the oiefal pUnta; and diagram- 

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There are 24 colored plates; M fall page half- 

 tones; and more than 4.000 engraTlngs which 

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This Is an analysis of all technical terras that 

 are used Ip the work and In tlmllar works. 



It comprises botanical and hdrtlenltoral l»rma with brlaf defl- 



Dltlons. 



Dlnitrationt 



Tbe Glotsary 



Translation and Pronanciation of Latin Names '*> ^°', 



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Is Inserted a list of between 2,000 and S,000 Latin words used 

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

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Principles and Practice of Pruning 



By M. G. KAIN8 



Lecturer on Horticulture, Colombia University 



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