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ABBREVIATIONS 



F.E. 

 F.J. 



F.P. 

 F.R. 



F. S. 

 G.C. 



G.F. . 

 G.M. . 



Gn. 



Gng. . 

 Gt. . 



G.W.F. . 

 HBK. . 



I.H. 



J.H. 



The Florists' Exchange. New York. A 

 trade paper, whose pictures sometimes 

 are repeated in A.G." Founded Dec. 8, 

 1888. (ll:1298=vol. and page.) 



SeeF. 



Floral Magazine. London. Series I. 1861- 

 1871, 8vo. Series II. 1872-1881, 4to. 

 (1881:450=year and col. plate.) 



SeeF. 



Florists' Review. Chicago. A trade paper. 

 Vol. 1, Dec. 2, 1897, to May 26, 1898. Two 

 vols. a year. (4:660=vol. and page.) 



Flore des Serres. Ghent. (1845-1880.) 

 Inconsistent in numbering, but the plate 

 numbers are always found on the plate 

 itself or on the page opposite. Valuable 

 but perplexing indexes in vols. 15 and 19. 

 (23:2481=vol. and col. plate.) 



The Gardeners' Chronicle. London. Se- 

 ries I. (1841-1873) is cited by year and 

 page. Series II. or "New Series" (1874- 

 1886), is cited thus: II. 26:824=series, 

 volume and page. Series III. is cited 

 thus: III. 26:416. Two vols. a year, be- 

 ginning 1874. A select index is scattered 

 through 1879 and 1880. Consult II. 

 12:viii (1879), and similar places in sub- 

 sequent vols. 



Garden and Forest. New York. 1888-1897. 

 (10:518=vol. and page.) 



Gardeners' Magazine. London. Ed. by 

 Shirley Hibberd. Founded 1860. Vols. 

 31-42 are cited. (42: 872= vol. and page.) 



The Garden. London. Founded 1871. Two 

 vols. a year. (56: 1254 vol. and col. 

 plate. 56, p. 458=vol. and page contain- 

 ing black figure.) An Index of the first 

 20 vols. was separately published. Com- 

 plete Index of Colored Plates to end of 

 1897 in vol. 54, p. 334. 



Gardening. Chicago. Founded Sept. 15, 

 1892. Vols. end Sept. 1. (7:384= vol. 

 and page.) 



, Gartenflora. Berlin. Founded 1852. (Gt. 

 48: 1470= vol. and col. plate. Gt. 48, p. 

 670=vol. and page containing black 

 figure.) 



. Goodale's Wild Flowers of America. Bos- 

 ton, 1886. ( 50=col. plate. ) 



Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth. Nova 

 Genera et Species, etc. Paris. 1815-25. 

 7 vols. Folio. 



, L'lllustration Horticole. Ghent. (1854-1896.) 

 (43:72= vol. and col. plate.) The volumes 

 were numbered continuously, but there 

 were 6 series. Series I. =1854-63. Se- 

 ries II.=1864-69. Series 1II.=1870-80. 

 Series IV. = 1881-86. Series V. = 1887- 

 93. Series VI. =1894-96. The plates 

 were numbered continuously in the first 

 lo vols. from 1 to 614: in vols. 17-33 

 they run from 1 to 619: in series V. from 

 1 to 190: in Series VI. they begin anew 

 with each vol. Valuable indexes in vols. 

 10 and 20. Series V. in 4to, the rest 8vo. 



. Journal of Horticulture. London. Founded 

 in 1848 as The Cottage Gardener. Series 

 III. only is cited, beginning 1880. (III. 

 39:504=series, vol., page.) 



K.W. 

 L. 



L.B.C. 



Lind. . 

 Lowe . 

 M. . . 

 M.D.G. 

 Mn. 



N. . . 

 P.F.G. 

 P.G. . 

 P.M. 



R.H. . 



S. . . . 

 S.B.F.G. 



S.H. . , 

 S.M. . 



s.s. . 

 s.z. , 



V. or V. 



. See F. C. 



. In vol. 1 of this work, sometimes means 

 Lindenia, sometimes Lowe's Beautiful 

 Leaved Plants. See "Lind." and "Lowe." 



. The Botanical Cabinet. Loddiges. 1817- 

 33. 100 plates in each vol. Complete 

 index in last vol. (20:2000=vol. and col. 

 plate. ) 



. Lindenia, Ghent. Founded 1885. Folio-. 

 Devoted to orchids. 



. Beautiful Leaved Plants. E. J. Lowe and 

 Howard. London. 1864. (60=col. plate./ 



. A. B. Freeman-Mitford. The Bamboo Gar- 

 den. London. 1896. (224=page.) 



. Moller's Deutsche Gartner-Zeitung. Erfurt. 

 Founded 1886. ( 1897 :425=year and page. ) 



. Meehan's Monthly. Germantown, Phila- 

 delphia. Founded 1891. (9: 192 = vol. 

 and page opposite col. plate.) 



. Nicholson. Dictionary of Gardening. Vols. 

 1-4 (1884-1887). Vol. 5 in preparation. 



. Lindley & Paxton. Flower Garden. Lon- 

 don. 1851-53. 3 vols. 4to. 



. Popular Gardening. Buffalo. 1885-90. 

 (5:270= vol. and page.) 



, Paxton' s Magazine of Botany. London. 

 1834-49. >(16:376 = vol. and page oppo- 

 site col. plate.) Vol. 15 has index of first 

 15 vols. 



. Reichenbachia. Ed. by Fred. Sander. Lon- 

 don. Founded 1886. Folio. 



. Revue de 1'Horticulture Beige et Etrangere 

 Ghent. Founded 1875 ? (23:288= vol. and 

 page opposite col. plate. ) In the first vol. of 

 the CYCLOPEDIA "R.B." sometimes means 

 Belgique Horticole, but the confusion is 

 corrected in later vols., where Belgique 

 Horticole is abbreviated to "B.H." 



. Revue Horticole. Dates from 1826, but 

 is now considered to have been founded in 

 1829. ( 1899 :596=y ear and page opposite 

 col. plate. 1899, p. 596=year and page 

 opposite black figure.) 



. Schneider. The Book of Choice Ferns. 

 London. In 3 vols. Vol. 1, 1892. Vol. 2, 

 1893. 



. Sweet British Flower Garden. London. 

 Series I., 1823-29, 3 vols. Series II. f 

 1831-38, 4 vols. 

 . Semaine Horticole. Ghent. Founded 1897. 



(3:548= year and page.) 

 , . Semaine Horticole. Erroneously cited in 



this fashion a few times in first vol. 

 . Sargent. The Silva of North America, 

 13 vols. Vol. 1, 1891. Vol. 12, 1898. 

 (12: 620= vol. and plate, not colored.) 

 . . Siebold & Zuccarini. Flora Japonica. Vol. 

 1, 1835-44. Vol. 2 by Miquel, 1870. 

 (2. -150= vol. and plate.) 



Mo Vick's Magazine. Rochester, N. Y. Founded 

 1878. Vols. numbered continuously 

 through the 3 series. Vols. begin with 

 Nov. (23:250=vol. and page.) 

 times cited as "Vick." 



Some- 



Additional abbreviations and explanations will be found in the introductory pages of Vol. 



