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LIBRARY ACCESSIONS. 



The measurements of the books in the following lists are in 

 inches and tenths of an inch, giving first the height, next the 

 thickness, and lastly the width. When a pamphlet possesses no 

 measureable thickness the place of that dimension is supplied by 

 a dash. 



Books Purchased. 



Nicholson, George, A. L. S., Editor. The Illustrated Dictionary of 



Gardening, a Practical and Scientific Encyclopaedia of Horticulture 



for Gardeners and Botanists. Vol. 4, — T to Z, and Supplement. 



Green cloth, 10.5X1.4X8., pp. viii, 608; colored frontispiece, 259 



and 63 cuts. New York : 1889. 

 Hibberd, Shirley. The Garden Oracle and Floricultural Year Book for 



1889. Thirty-first Year. Boards, green, 6.8X. 5X4.8, pp. 212 ; 2 



portraits. London : 1889. 

 Royal Horticultural Society of London. Journal. New Series, Vols. 1, 



2, and 3. Parts 1-12. 1866-1873. 9 pamphlets, tea, 8.8 X.2-.5X 



5.5, cuts, plates, diagrams. London: 1866-1873. 

 Bulletin de la Federation des Societes d'Horticulture de Belgique. For 



the years 1860 to 1878. 15 vols. Half red morocco, 9.8X.8- 



1.4X6.3. Gand: 1861-1879. 

 Ijemaire, Charles. L'Horticulteur Universel ; Journal general des Jardin- 



iers et Amateurs presentant I'analyse raisonnee des travaux horti- 



coles, Fran^ais et Strangers, redige par Charles Lemaire. 6 vols. 



Half olive-brown calf, 9.7X1.3X6.3, 264 plates. Paris : 1839-1845. 

 Trew, Christoph Jakob. Hortus nitidissimis omnem per annum superbiens 



floribus, etc. 3 vols, bound in 4. Half red leather, 22. X. 7X15. 



Vol. 1, pp. ii; 59 colored plates: Vol. 2, pp. iv; plates 60-120: 



Vol. 3, pp. iv; plates 121-180: Vol. 4, pp. 88, 5-51. Niirnburg : 



1750-1786. 

 Auswahl schoner und seltener Gewiichse als eine Fortsekung der Ameri- 



kanischen Gewachse. 2 vols. Full calf, 8.2X1.1X5.1, pp. 40, and 



41-58, 33-52; plates 100 and 101. Niirnburg: 1795,1796. 

 D'Ombrain, Rev. H. Honywood, Editor. The Rosarian's Year-Book for 



1889. Boards, blue-gray, 7.3X. 5X5. 4, pp. 77; portrait. Loudon: 



1889. 

 Castle, Lewis, Editor. The Chrysanthemum Annual. 1889. Pamphlet, 



blue-green, 7. X. 2X4. 9, pp. 70. London: 1889. 

 "Watson, W. Cactus Culture for Amateurs : being descriptions of the 



various Cactuses grown in this Country, with Full and Practical 



Instructions for their Successful Cultivation. Green cloth, 7.9X.8 



X5.2, pp. 246; frontispiece, 90 cuts. London: 1889. 



