IV PREFACE TO THE TWENTY-FIFTH EDITION. 



tions, and in the present volume these have not been at- 

 tempted. 



The object has been to give brief notices of the best 

 species, trustworthy directions for culture, and practical 

 suggestions as to the adaptation of various plants to special 

 modes of culture. 



Those who wish more extended directions, or longer 

 lists of Species and varieties, are referred to the companion 

 volumes, " Garden Flowers," " Bulbs," " Popular Flowers," 

 " The Window Gardener," and " Rhododendrons and 

 American Plants," in which the several subjects will be 

 found treated at length with all the suggestions and practi- 

 cal knowledge which an experience of many years has 

 afforded. 



The six volumes now before the public as just issued in 

 revised editions, form an indispensable guide to the amateur 

 cultivator. While they touch upon matters in all branches 

 of floriculture, there are subjects which demand still more 

 elaborate treatment. 



To this end we have in preparation six other volumes, on 

 Greenhouse Plants, Stove Plants, Hardy Shrubs, Or- 

 chids, Ferns, and Horticultural Nomenclature, which, with 

 the volumes already issued, will form a complete library of 

 horticulture, and for these we bespeak the favor of all 

 lovers of flowers. 

 GLKN RIDGE, January, 1876. 



