ABBREVIATIONS 



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P.E. . . . The Florists' Exchange. New York. A 

 trade paper, whose pictures sometimes 

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

 1888. ( 11 : 1298=vol. and page. ) 



F.J. . . .See F. 



F.M. . . . Floral Magazine. London. Series I. 1861- 

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

 ( 1881 :450=y ear and col. plate.) 



F.P. ... See F. 



F.R. . . . Florists' Review. Chicago. A trade paper. 

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

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



F. S. . . . 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.) 



G. C. . . . The Gardeners' Chronicle. London. Se- 



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

 page. Series II. or K 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. 



G. F. . . . Garden and Forest. New York. 1888-1897. 

 (10:518=vol. and page.) 



G.M. . . . Gardeners' Magazine. London. Ed. by 

 Shirley Hibberd. Founded 1860. Vols. 

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



Gn. . . . 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. 



Gng. . . . Gardening. Chicago. Founded Sept. 15, 

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

 and page.) 



Gt Gartenflora. Berlin. Founded 1852. (Gt. 



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

 670=vol. and page containing black 

 figure.) 



G.W.F. . . Goodale's Wild Flowers of America. Bos- 

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



EBK. . . Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth. Nova 

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

 7 vols. Folio. 



I.H. . . . 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 III. =1870-80. 

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

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

 were numbered continuously in the first 

 16 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. 



J.H. . . . 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. . . .See F. C. 



L In vol. 1 of this work, sometimes means 



Lindenia, sometimes Lowe's Beautiful 

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



L.B.C. . . The Botanical Cabinet. Loddiges. 1817- 

 33. 100 plates in each vol. Complete 

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

 plate.) 



Lind. . . . Lindenia, Ghent. Founded 1885. Folio. 

 Devoted to orchids. 



Lowe . . . Beautiful Leaved Plants. E. J. Lowe and 

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



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

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



M.D.G. . . Moller's Deutsche Gartner-Zeitung. Erfurt. 

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



Mn. . . . Meehan's Monthly. Germantown, Phila- 

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

 and page opposite col. plate. ) 



N Nicholson. Dictionary of Gardening. Vols. 



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



P.F.G. . . Lindley & Paxton. Flower Garden. Lon- 

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



P.G. . . . Popular Gardening. Buffalo. 1885-90. 

 (5:270= vol. and page.) 



P.M. . . . Paxton's Magazine of Botany. London. 

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

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

 15 vols. 



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

 don. Founded 1886. Folio. 



R.B. . . . 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." 



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.) 



S Schneider. The Book of Choice Ferns. 



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

 1893. 



S.B.F.G. . Sweet British Flower Garden. London. 

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

 1831-38, 4 vols. 



S.H. . . . Semaine Horticole. Ghent. Founded 1897. 

 (3:548=year and page.) 



S.M. . . . Semaine Horticole. Erroneously cited in 

 this fashion a few times in first vol. 



S.S. . . . Sargent. The Silva of North America. 

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

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



S.Z. . . . Siebold & Zuccarini. Flora Japonica. Vol. 

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

 (2:150=vol. and plate.) 



V. or V. M. Vick's Magazine. Rochester, N. Y. Founded 

 1878. Vols. numbered continuously 

 through the 3 series. Vols. begin with 

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

 times cited as "Vick." 



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



