HANDY BOOK OF THE FLOWER-GARDEN; 



BEING PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS FOR THE CULTURE, PROPAGATION, AND ARRANGE- 

 MENT OF PLANTS IN FLOWER-GARDENS ALL THE TEAR ROUND. 



Embracing all Classes of Gardens, from the largest to the smallest. 

 BY DAVID THOMSON, 



Editor of ' The Gardener.' 



A New and Enlarged Edition, with Engraved and Coloured Plans, illustrative 



of the various systems of Grouping in Beds and Borders. 



Crown 8vo, 7s. 6d. 



"On Flower-Gardens a manual of modern dimensions has been much wanted; 

 that is to say, a bona fide manual by a practical man, having sympathies with his 

 vocation, and of sufficient standing therein to claim the attention both of amateurs 

 and professionals. Such a want is supplied by Mr David Thomson, who seems to 

 have had abundant experience in English floriculture, in which he has been engaged, 

 it would appear, both near London and in various parts of England and Scotland. 

 ... To sum up, this 'Handy Book' deserves a welcome from all classes in- 

 terested in floriculture." Saturday Review. 



"One of the very few books of its kind in which the amateur, instead of being 

 overwhelmed by details, has the principles which are to guide him put plainly and 

 clearly before him, so that he may be able to think and judge for himself. . . . 

 Those who have only small and moderate means and appliances, even if they have 

 merely a patch of ground, a few beds in front of a parlour-window even, will find 

 this book of use. . . . The directions for the growth and management of hardy 

 and half-hardy annuals, and of plants generally, not omitting ferns, aquatics, and 

 flowering shrubs suitable for beds and shrubbery borders, have the merit of being 

 perfectly plain ; every necessary detail of cultivation is given, and all the selections 

 which he has made are so marked in the type that the person who has means for 

 only a small collection can see at a glance which it is best for him to begin with." 

 Pall Mall Gazette. 



" We are acquainted with the results produced by the able author, as well as with 

 his book, and therefore can pronounce the book the best on the subject yet written, 

 or likely to be written for a long time to come." The Field. 



A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON 



THE CULTIVATION OF THE GRAPE VINE. 

 BY WILLIAM THOMSON, 



Tweed Vineyard. 

 Ninth Edition, octavo, 5s. 



"We cannot too strongly recommend Mr Thomson's treatise as a thoroughly 

 practical and sure guide to the cultivation of the vine." Journal of Horticulture. 



"We urge our readers to procure the work, and they will get so clear an insight 

 into vine-growing that a vinery will become one of the necessaries of existence. 

 Field. 



