VI PREFACE. 



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 Illustrated Dictionary of 

 Gardening, Vilmorin's Les Fleurs de Pleine Terre, Le 

 Bon Jardinier, and Riimpler's Illustrirtes 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 clue 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., January i, 1891. 



