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PUBLISHED BY 



WILLIAM BLACKWOOD & SONS. 



HANDY BOOK OF THE FLOWER-GARDEN : being 



Plain, Practical Directions for the Propagation, Culture, and 

 Arrangement of Plants in Flower - Gardens all the Year 

 Round ; embracing all classes of Gardens, from the largest to the small- 

 est ; with Engraved Plans, illustrative of the various systems of Grouping 

 in Beds and Borders. By DAVID THOMSON, formerly of Archerfield 

 and Dirleton Gardens, now Gardener to his Grace the Duke of Euccleuch, 

 K.G,, at Drumlanrig. In crown 8vo, ys. 6d. 



THE BOOK OF THE GARDEN. By Charles Mlntosh. 



Two large Volumes, royal 8vo, embellished with 1353 Engravings. 



Each Volume may be had separately — viz. : 



I. On the Formation of Gardens — Construction, Heating, and Ven- 

 tilation of Fruit and Plant Houses, Pits, Frames, and other 

 Garden Structures, with Practical Details. Illustrated by 1073 

 Engravings, pp. 776. /^2, los. 



II. Directions for the Culture of the Kitchen Garden, the Hardy-Fruit 

 Garden, the Forcing Garden, and Flower-Garden, including 

 Fruit and Plant Houses ; with Select Lists of Vegetables, Fruits, 

 and Plants. Pp. 868, with 279 Engravings, /^i, 17s. 6d. 



ON ORNAMENTAL-FOLIAGED PELARGONIUMS; 



WITH Practical Hints for their Production, Propagation, and 

 Cultivation. By PETER GRIEVE, Culford, Bury St Edmunds. 

 Second Edition, enlarged, including Description of Best Varieties intro- 

 duced up to the present time, and Engravings, 4s. 



