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GARDENING, NATURAL HISTORY, &c. &c. 



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AYE-MARIA LANE, LONDON. 



Iii 8vo., illustrated by several Engravings, price 12*. cloth, lettered, 



THE DOMESTIC GARDENER'S MANUAL; 

 Being an Introduction to Gardening. To which is added, a Con- 

 cise Naturalist's Calendar, and English Botanist's Companion, or 

 Catalogue of British Plants, in the Monthly order of their Flower- 

 ing. 



In 12mo., price 65., 



THE VILLA AND COTTAGE FLORIST'S DIRECTORY; 

 Being a familiar Treatise on Floriculture, particularly the Manage- 

 ment of the best Stage, Bed, and Border Flowers, usually ctiltivated 

 in Britain. To which are added, Directions for the Management 

 of the Hot-House, Green-House, and Conservatory, with the dif- 

 ferent Modes of Raising and Propagating Exotic Plants; inter- 

 spersed with many new Physiological Observations. 

 By JAMES MAIN, A.L.S. 



f We strongly recommend this work. Much practical informa- 

 tion, of a useful kind, is conveyed in simple and intelligible lan- 

 guage, and the art of gardening is very properly kept in due sub- 

 servience to the science of botany.' Atlas. 



In 8vo., with a Coloured Frontispiece, the Third Edition, price 14s., 



THE GREEN-HOUSE COMPANION; 

 Comprising a general course of Green-House and Conservatory 

 Practice throughout the Year ; a natural arrangement of all the 

 Green-House Plants in cultivation ; with a descriptive Catalogue 

 of the most desirable to form a collection, their proper soils, modes 

 of propagation, management, and references to Botanical Works 

 in which they are figured. Also, the proper treatment of Flowers 

 in Rooms, and Bulbs in Water Glasses. 



