HANDY BOOK OF ORNAMENTAL CONIFERS 



AND OF RHODODENDRONS AND OTHER AMERICAN 

 FLOWERING SHRUBS. 



Suitable for the Climate and Soils of Britain. With Descriptions of the best Kinds, 

 and Useful Hints for their Successful Cultivation. 



BY HUGH FRASER, 



Fellow of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. 



Crown 8vo, 6s. 



Shortly will be published, the Fifth Edition, Revised and Improved. 



THE FOEESTEE: 



A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON 

 THE PLANTING, REARING, AND GENERAL MANAGEMENT OF FOREST-TREES. 



BY JAMES BROWN, 



Wood-Surveyor and Nurseryman. 

 New Edition, royal 8vo, with numerous Engravings. 



"What we have stated in these columns we now repeat, that the book before us 

 is the most useful guide to good arboriculture in the English language." Dr Lind- 

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 Jour)ial of Horticulture. 



HANDBOOK 



OF 



HAEDY HEEBACEOUS AND ALPINE FLOWERS 



FOR GENERAL GARDEN DECORATION. 



Containing Descriptions, in Plain Language, of upwards of 1000 Species ; 



along with Concise and Plain Instructions for 



their Propagation and Culture. 



BY WILLIAM SUTHERLAND, 



Formerly Manager of the Herbaceous Department at Kew. 



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