. ^^' THE ^/.,, 



STANDARD CYCLOPEDIA OF 

 HORTICULTURE 



A DISCUSSION, FOR THE AMATEUR, AND THE PROFESSIONAL AND 

 COMMERCIAL GROWER, OF THE KINDS, CHARACTERISTICS AND 

 METHODS OF CULTIVATION OF THE SPECIES OF PLANTS GROWN IN 

 THE REGIONS OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA FOR ORNAMENT, 

 FOR FANCY, FOR FRUIT AND FOR VEGETABLES; WITH KEYS TO THE 

 NATURAL FAMILIES AND GENERA, DESCRIPTIONS OF THE HORTI- 

 CULTURAL CAPABILITIES OF THE STATES AND PROVINCES AND 

 DEPENDENT ISLANDS, AND SKETCHES OF EMINENT HORTICULTURISTS 



BY 



L. H. BAILEY 



Illustrated with Colored Plates, Four Thousand Engravings in the Tcjct, 

 and Ninety-six Full-page Cuts 



IN SIX VOLUMES 



VOL. I— A-B 



PAGES 1-602. FIGS. 1-700 



SECOND EDITION 



Mtto gorfe 

 THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 



LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., Ltd. 



1917 



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