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A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO 

 GARDEN PLANTS 



BY JOHN WEATHERS 



The standard work on Outdoor Gardening. A complete Encyclopaedia 



of Hardy Flowers of all kinds, Trees and Shrubs, Conifers, Ferns, and 



the best kinds of Fruit Trees, Vegetables, Salads, etc. 



Gardener's Magazine. " It occupies by reason of its comprehensiveness, con- 

 venience of arrangement, and the fulness and accuracy of information, a unique 

 position, and appeals very strongly to the ever-increasing number of amateurs, 

 while in every way suited to the requirements of the general body of practical 

 gardeners." 



Journal of Horticulture. "The book is recommended as a storehouse of valu- 

 able information logically and cleverly arranged. A very useful book.'* 



Gardeners' Chronicle. "Mr Weathers' book is very comprehensive, and is 

 excellent and trustworthy. " 



Garden. " Every page is full of the most modern and accurate information of 

 just the kind that is most helpful." 



Amateur Gardening. " We can heartily commend the book." 



Saturday Review. " The information is thorough, and most carefully expressed. " 



Daily Mail. " Mr Weathers deals very ably with all plants that can be grown 

 here in the open air." 



Field. " The book is one we can conscientiously recommend to all." 



County Gentleman. "The book is one of the most complete of its kind ever 

 published." 



Land and Water. " We confidently recommend this book to all gardeners and 

 to all lovers of flowers, both as a practical guide to the most delightful of occupa- 

 tions and as a valuable addition to the library." 



Queen. "As a practical work it well deserves a place on the shelves of all 

 country houses and garden libraries." 



Christian World. " This is one of the best treatises on outdoor gardening." 



St James's Gazette. "An admirable work. Mr Weathers has spared no pains 

 to include everything which a gardener would wish to know of the culture, appear- 

 ance, and habits, not only of plants, but of flowering trees and shrubs, of conifers, 

 hardy ferns, and ornamental grasses, with the best kinds of fruits and vegetables." 



Guardian. " If we were asked to recommend a book that would be of practical 

 use to the grower of hardy plants, we should, with no hesitation, recommend this." 



Nature Notes.' 6 We do not know of any one volume which deals in anything 

 like as complete a manner with the subject." 



Manchester Courier. " Handsomely presented, well bound, and ably illustrated, 

 the ' Practical Guide ' will be welcomed by all true gardeners as a standard 

 authority on a subject of unfailing fascination." 



Western Morning News (Plymouth). " We can hardly imagine a more valuable 

 work. It is really a cyclopaedia of the gardener's craft. " 



Glasgow Herald. " Mr Weathers has produced a ' guide ' to which it would be 

 difficult, if not, indeed, wholly impossible, to find a rival." 



Leeds Mercury." An admirable and authoritative work of reference." 



Birmingham Daily Gazette. " The book is in very truth a perfect storehouse so 

 admirably arranged that the information sought is found in a moment. " 



Bradford Observer. " In this volume we have the Gardeners' province mapped 

 out systematically with all the knowledge and authority of a leading expert." 



Daily Telegraph. "Enthusiastic gardeners will find it worth while to consult 

 Mr Weathers' tome." 



Westminster Gazette. "Contains a great mass of information admirably 

 arranged and easy of reference. The book indeed is a perfect storehouse of facts 

 and advice. " 



