The Horticulturist' s Rule-Book, 



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By L. H. Bailey, corresponding Editor of The American Garden, Hor- 

 ticulturist of the Cornell Experiment Station, and Professor of Horticulture 

 in Cornell University ; assisted by specialists in the different departments, 

 and correspondents in all parts of the world. 



This book, long in preparation, and now nearly ready, has met with the 

 heartiest approbation in all quarters. Following, we quote the author's 

 preface and table of contents : 



PREFACE. 



A series of Annals of Horticulture, of which the present volume is the 

 initial, is projected for the purpose of preserving in convenient form a record 

 and epitome of yearly progress in horticulture. Our horticultural interests 

 are becoming so various and extensive, and records of them are so widely 

 scattered, that such compendiums are a necessity; and summaries of the 

 most important discoveries and discussions must have a direct and imme- 

 diate practical use, wholly aside from their values as history. A leading 

 feature of the series must necessarily be complete records of the introduc- 

 tion of horticultural plants ; and the author desires that these volumes shall 

 comprise the standard publication of new varieties. So far as record is 

 concerned, these publications can serve the purpose of the certificates is- 

 sued for new varieties by the Royal Horticultural Society in England, and 

 by similar organizations in other countries ; and to this end, all North Amer- 

 ican originators and introducers are solicited to make records of their nov- 

 elties and introductions. It certainly requires no argument to convince both 

 dealer ^nd purchaser that all interests will be greatly subserved by such an- 

 nual records. 



Complete lists of all the varieties of fruits, kitchen-garden vegetables 

 and ornamentals now cultivated in North America are needed. Such lists 

 are indispensable to an understanding of the present condition of our horti- 

 culture, and they become more valuable in each succeeding year as matters 

 of history. They would furnish invaluable material for the study of the di- 

 rection and extent of variation in cultivated plants; and, as varieties in- 

 crease, they should serve a purpose in preventing the duplication of varie- 

 tal names. A contribution to such comprehensive record has been made in 

 this volume, in the -insertion of a list of all the varieties of kitchen-garden 

 vegetables now cultivated in North America, so far as the names can be 



