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HORTICULTURE, LITERATURE OF 



. Biggie Berry Book; small fruit facts from bud to box, con- 

 served into understandable form. Illus. Philadelphia. 1911. 

 Wilmer Atkinson Company. 144pp. SJiin. (On cover: Biggie 

 Farm Library. ) 



. The same. 5th ed., 50th thousand. 1913. 



. Biggie Garden Book; vegetables, small fruits and flowers 



for pleasure and profit. Iljus. Philadelphia. 1908. W. Atkinson 

 Company. 184 pp. 5 l /z in. (On cover: Biggie Farm Library.) 



. The same. 3d ed., 30th thousand. 1912. 



. Biggie Orchard Book; fruit and orchard gleanings from 



bough to basket, gathered and packed into book form. Illus. 

 Philadelphia. 1906. W. Atkinson Company. 144pp. 5J^ in. 

 (On cover: Biggie Farm Library.) 



. The same. 2d ed., 20th thousand. 1908. 



. The same. 3d ed., 30th thousand. 1911. 



BISSETT, PETER. The Book of Water Gardening. Giving in full 

 detail all the practical information necessary to the selection, 

 grouping and successful cultivation of aquatic and other plants 

 required in the making of a water garden and its surroundings, 

 and covering all conditions from that of the amateur with a few 

 plants in tubs to the large estate or park. Profusely illustrated 

 with 120 halftones, 17 diagrams, and 2 double-page plates. 

 New York. 1907. [c. 1905.] A. T. De La Mare Printing and 

 Publishing Company. 199 pp. 10 x 7 V^. 



BLACK, JOHN J. The Cultivation of the Peach and the Pear on 

 the Delaware and Chesapeake Peninsula. With a chapter on 

 quince culture and the culture of some of the nut-bearing trees. 

 With plates. Wilmington, Del. 1886. [c. 1886.] The James & 

 Webb Co. 397 pp. 8x6. 



- . The same. New York. 1887. [c. 1886.] Orange Judd 

 Company. 



BLACKNALL, O. W. New and Enlarged Manual on Practical 

 Strawberry and Berry Fruit Culture, also of Grapes, Asparagus, 

 Rhubarb, etc. Illus. Kittrell, N. C. 1900. 118 pp. 8 in. 



- . The same. 3d ed. 1902. 7K in. 



BLANCHAN, NELTJE. The American Flower Garden. Planting lists 

 by Leonard Barron. Illustrated with 92 full-page photographs. 

 New York. 1909. [c. 1909.] Doubleday, Page & Co. xv + 

 368pp. 10x8. 



BI.EASDALE, JOHN I. See Heyne, E. B. Catalogue of European 

 Vines. 



- - . The Olive Tree and Its Products; and the suitability of 



the soil and climate of California for its extensive and profitable 

 cultivation. Illus. San Francisco. 1881. Dewey & Co. 15 pp. 



BLINN, PHILO K. Cantaloupe Culture; a treatise on cantaloupe- 

 growing, under irrigation in Colorado. 1st ed. Illus. Rocky 

 Ford, Colo. [c. 1910.] The Rocky Ford Cantaloupe Seed 

 Breeder's Association. 32 pp. 9 y\ in. 



- . The same. The Facts about Cantaloupes; a treatise on 

 cantaloupe-growing, giving the best cultural practice and 

 experience of growers in the special cantaloupe-growing dis- 

 tricts of the United States. 3d revision, [c. 1912.] 35 pp. 



BLOOMFIELD, L. M. Fertilizer Experiments on Horticultural 

 Crops. Reprint from Columbus Horticultural Journal. 1895. 

 Paper. 77 pp. 9x6. 



BOARDMAN, ROSIN A C. Lilies and Orchids: a series of drawings 

 in color of some of the more interesting and beautiful species 

 of these families, together with descriptive text. Illus. New 

 York. 1906. R. G. Cooke, Inc. 48pp. 10M*8K. 



BOCHOVE, G. VAN, and brother. See Van Bochove, G., and Bro. 

 (p. 1550, two issues.) 



BOOTH, N. O. See Beach, S. A. The Apples of New York; and Hed- 

 rick, U. P. The Grapes of New York. 



BORDEN, MRS. A. E. See Good, J. M., and Borden. 



BOSSON, CHARLES P. Observations on the Potato, and Remedy for 

 the Potato Plague. In two parts; containing a history of the 

 potato, its cultivation and uses; also, a treatise on the potato 

 malady, its origin and appearances in different countries, a 

 view of various theories concerning it, with the remedies pro- 

 posed, and an inquiry into the causes producing the disease, 

 with directions for staying its further progress. Boston. 1846. 

 [c. 1846.] Published by E. L. Pratt, ii + 118 pp. 8Jix5. 



BOULTON, WILLIAM. The Family Strawberry Patch and the Way 

 to Make it a Success. Alpena, Mich. [c. 1911.] 62 pp. 5% in. 

 (Running title at top of page: Strawberry Culture.) 



BOURNE, H. Flores Poetici. The Florist's Manual. Designed as an 

 introduction to vegetable physiology and systematic botany, 

 for cultivators of flowers. With more than 80 beautifully col- 

 ored engravings of poetic flowers. 1833. [c. 1833.] Boston: 

 Munroe & Francis. New York: Charles S. Francis, viii + 288 

 pp. 954x6. 



BOYER, MICHAEL K., Compiler. Everything You Want to Know; a 

 boiled-down treatise on poultry and gardening subjects; hints 

 for beginners . . . compiled by "Uncle Mike" (pseud.). 

 Illus. Hammonton, N. J. 1903. The Farm-garden and Poultry 

 Publishing Company. 124 pp. 7 in. 



BRAY, MRS. MARY MATTHEWS. My Grandmother's Garden, and 

 An Orchard Ancestral. Boston. 1911. R. G. Badger. 95 pp. 

 6 in. 



BRECK, JOSEPH. The Flower-Garden; or, Breck's book of flowers; 

 in which are described all the various hardy herbaceous peren- 

 nials, annuals, shrubby plants, and evergreen trees, desirable 

 for ornamental purposes, with directions for their cultivation. 

 Boston. 1851. [c. 1851.] John P. Jewett & Co. xii + 336 pp. 

 8x4%. 



. The same. New edition, revised and enlarged. 1856. 



[c. 1851.] Boston: John P. Jewett & Co. Cleveland, Ohio: 

 Jewett, Proctor & Worthington. New York: Sheldon, Blake- 

 man & Co. xii + 395 pp. 8x5 %. 



. The same. New edition, revised and enlarged. New 



York. 1858. [c. 1851.] A.O.Moore, xii + -395 pp. 7%x5M- 

 . The same. New York. 1863. [c. 1851.] C. M. Saxton & 



-. New Book of Flowers. Newly electrotyped and illustrated. 

 (Revision of Flower-Garden. ) New York. n. d. c. 1866 j 

 Orange Judd Company, xii + 480 pp. 7 ^ x 5 %. 



-. The Young Florist; or, conversations on the culture of 



Co. 



flowers, and on natural history, with numerous engravings, 

 from original designs. Boston. 1833. [c. 1833.] Russell, 

 Odiorne & Co. 168 pp. 5x5 %. 



BREHAUT, REV. T. COLLINGS. Cordon Training of Fruit Trees; 

 diagonal, vertical, spiral, horizontal, adapted to the orchard- 

 house and open-air culture. With a supplement containing 

 remarks on cordon training, the cultivation and pruning of peach 

 trees in pots, the best varieties of fruit for pot-culture, and 

 general remarks on orchard-houses adapted to the climate of 

 the United States. By C. M. Hovey. Illus. Boston. 1864. 

 [n. c.] Hovey & Co. 112pp. 9x5%- (The supplement, pp. 79- 

 112, is by Hovey.) 



BREMER, FREDERIKA. See Downing, A. J. Rural Essays. 



BRIDGEMAN, THOMAS. The American Gardener's Assistant. In 

 three parts, containing complete directions for the cultivation 

 of vegetables, flowers, fruit trees, and grape-vines. New edition, 

 revised, enlarged and illustrated by S. Edwards Todd. Part I. 

 Kitchen-Gardening, 152 pp.; Part II. Fruit-Gardening, 211 pp.; 

 Part III. Flower-Gardening,' 166 pp. 1867. [c. 1866.] (The 

 work is a revision of The Young Gardener's Assistant. ) 



. The same. New York. 1872. [c. 1866.] William Wood & 



Co. 7J^x5. 



. The Florist's Guide; containing practical directions for the 



cultivation of annual, biennial, and perennial flowering plants, 

 of different classes, herbaceous and shrubby, bulbous, fibrous, 

 and tuberous-rooted; including the double dahlia, greenhouse 

 plants, etc. New York. 1835. [c. 1835.] Printed and sold bv 

 W.Mitchell. 120pp. 6^x4. 



. The same. 2d ed. New York. 1836. [c. 1836.] Printed 



and sold by Mitchell & Turner, viii + 128 pp. 7^x4^. 



. The same. 3d ed., enlarged and improved. New York. 



1840. [c. 1840.] For sale by the author and many others. 

 viii + 180 pp. 7 H x 4 H- 



. The Florist's Guide; containing practical directions for 



the cultivation of annual, biennial, and perennial flowering 

 plants, of different classes, herbaceous, shrubby, bulbous, 

 fibrous and tuberous-rooted, including the double dahlia, with 

 a monthly calendar, containing instructions for the manage- 

 ment of greenhouse plants throughout the year. The whole 

 adapted to the climate of the United States. A new and im- 

 proved edition. Portrait. New York. 1844. [c. 1844.] For sale 

 by the author, xi + 175 pp. 7 J^ x 5. 



. The same. New and improved edition. 1847. [c. 1847.J 



xi + 175 pp. 



. Flower-Gardening; containing complete practical direc- 

 tions for the cultivation of flowers. Philadelphia, n. d. Henry 

 T. Coates&Co. 166pp. 7%x5. 



. The Fruit Cultivator's Manual; containing ample direc- 

 tions for the cultivation of the most important fruits, including 

 the cranberry, the fig, and grape, with descriptive lists of the 

 most admired varieties, and a calendar, showing the work 

 necessary to be done in the orchard and fruit-garden every 

 month of the year. The whole adapted to the climate of the 

 United States. Portrait. New York. 1844. [c. 1844.] Pub- 

 lished by the author, vi + 175 pp. 7 Ji x 4 J& 



. The same. 1845. A. Hanford. 



. The same. New York. 1847. [c. 1847.] vi + 189 pp. 



7H*4H. 



. The same. New York. 1857. [c. 1847.] C. M. Saxton & Co. 



. Fruit-Gardening; containing complete practical directions 



for the selection, propagation and cultivation of all kinds of 

 fruit. Illus. Philadelphia, n. d. Henry T. Coates & Co. 211 

 pp. 7M*5M- 



-. The Kitchen Gardener's Instructor; containing a catalogue 



of garden and herb seed, with practical directions under each 

 head for the cultivation of culinary vegetables and herbs. 

 With a calendar, showing the work necessary to be done in a 

 kitchen garden every month throughout the season; also, 

 directions for forcing or forwarding vegetables out of the ordi- 

 nary season. The whole adapted to the climate of the United 

 States. New York. 1836. D.Mitchell. 128pp. 7%x5. 



. The same. 1844. [c. 1844.] For sale by the author. 



-. The same. New York. 1857. [c. 1847.] C. M. Saxton & 



-. The same. A new and improved edition. New York. 1860. 

 [c. 1847.] C. M. Saxton, Barker & Co. xii + 164 pp. 



Co. 



