Cyclopedia of 

 American Horticulture 



COMPRISING DIRECTIONS FOR THE CULTIVATION OF HORTICULTURAL 

 CROPS, AND ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE SPECIES OF 

 FRUITS, VEGETABLES. FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTAL PLANTS KNOWN 

 TO BE IN THE MARKET IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA 



BY L. H. BAILEY 



Assisted by WILH ELM MILLER and Many Exnert Cultivators and Botanists 



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THE CYCLOPEDIA AND ITS REVIEWERS 



"This Cyclopedia is a book to keep at the elbow, for it contains some- 

 thing of vital interest for every one who comes in contact with the problems 

 of the plant and the soil." The Outlook. 



"More comprehensive and ambitious than anything Professor Bailey has 

 yet undertaken. Essentially American, wholly alive; . . . of inestimable 

 value." Chicago Tribune. 



"This work marks an important epoch in American horticulture, and may 

 be accepted as the authority upon plants and plant-culture." Profes- 

 sor JOHN CRAIG, in Iowa State Register. 



" The execution of this Cyclopedia is marked by thoroughness and variety 

 of treatment. . . . No effort has been spared to secure accuracy and com- 

 pleteness of statement." Country Gentleman. 



" A work worthy of ranking by the side of the Century Dictionary." The 

 Nation. 



"In every respect it is a grand and superb work, the great vr.'ue and useful- 

 ness of which become more and more evident the better one becomes familiar- 

 ized with its contents. ... It occupies a plane of its own, and Stands 

 unrivaled. As a handy, ever-ready work of reference for the intelligent and 

 progressive gardener, orchardist, florist, or worker in any branch of horticul- 

 ture, it is simply invaluable ani indispensable, constituting in itself, as 

 it does, a horticultural library of no small dimension. . . . The work as it 

 is forms a most fitting chanter to the marvelous horticultural development of 

 tlie closing century. It will do more to elevate and ennoble the status of 

 American horticulture and American horticulturists than any other book ever 

 published. It is an honor to its author and his assistant, its publishers., and 

 American horticulturists as well." American Agriculturist. 



