4 THE NURSERY-BOOK. 



tributed by W. J. Bean, of the Royal Gardens, Kew, 

 who is well known as an orchid specialist. I have drawn 

 freely upon the files of magazines, both domestic and 

 foreign, and I have made particular use of Nicholson's Il- 

 lustrated Dictionary of Gardening, Vilmorin's Les Fleurs 

 de Pleine Terre, Le Bon Jardinier, and Riimpler's Illus- 

 triertes Gartenbau-Lexikon. 



It is believed that the Nursery List contains all the 

 plants which are ordinarily grown by horticulturists in 

 this country either for food or ornament. But in order 

 to give some clew to the propagation of any which are 

 omitted, an ordinal index has been added, by which one 

 can search out plants of a given natural order or 

 family. It cannot be hoped that the book is complete, or 

 that the directions are in every case best for all regions, 

 and any corrections or additions which will be useful in 

 the preparation of a second edition are solicited. 



L. H. BAILEY. 

 ITHACA, N. Y., Jan. i, 1891. 



