WORKS ON FORESTRY AN D GARDENING. 



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THE FORESTER : A Practical Treatise on the Planting, Rearing, 

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THE LARCH: A Practical Treatise on its Culture and General 

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 "Within its pages the planter will find more information upon the best modes of treatment 



and culture of the larch-tree, whether in the nursery or plantation, than in any other book 



extant in the English language." — Journal of Forestry. 



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 HANDY BOOK OF THE FLOWER GARDEN; Being Practical 



Directions for the Propagation, Culture, and Arrangement of Plants in Flower Gardens. 



With Engraved Plans. By David Thomson, Gardener to His Grace the Duke of 



Buccleuch, K.T., at Drumlanrig. Fourth and Cheaper Edition, crown 8vo, 5s. 



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HANDY BOOK OF FRUIT CULTURE UNDER GLASS. By tlie 



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A BOOK ABOUT ROSES. How to Grow and Show Them. By 



the Rev. Dean Hole. Tenth Edition, Revised, fcap. 8vo, 3s. 6d. 



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 floricultural art." — Saturday RevieuK 



"At once charming and instructive. . . . The practical questions of position, soil, 

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CULTIVATED PLANTS: THEIR PROPAGATION AND IM- 



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DOMESTIC FLORICULTURE, WINDOW GARDENING, AND 



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HANDBOOK OF HARDY, HERBACEOUS, AND ALPINE 



Flowers for General Garden Decoration. Containing Descriptions of 1000 Species 

 of Ornamental Hardy Perennial and Alpine Plants, adapted to all Classes of Flower-Gardens, 

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 and Culture. By William Sutherland, Landscape Gardener, and formerly Manager 

 of the Herbaceous Department at Kew. Crown Svo, 7s. 6d. 

 "The best book of its class available for English Readers." — Gardeners' Magazine. 



Revised Edition, brought up to date and Eyilarged, with 



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STEPHEN'S BOOK OF THE FARM. Detailing the Labours of the 

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 and Cattleman. Illustrated with Portraits of Animals, and Engravings. 

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 THE HANDY BOOK OF BEES, AND THEIR PROFITABLE 



Management. By A. Pettigrew. Fourth Edition, Enlarged. Crown Svo, 3s. 6d. 

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