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LIBRARY ACCESSIONS. 



The mensureiiieuts of the books iu the followhiir lists are in 

 inches and tenths of an inch, giving first the height, next the 

 thickness, and lastly the width. When a pamphlet is less than 

 one-tenth of an inch in thickness the place of that dimension is 

 supplied by a dash. 



Books Purchased. 



Meager, Leonard. The Compleat English Gardner : or, A Sure Guide to 

 Young Planters and Gardners. Tenth edition. Half calf, 

 7. 9 X. 7X6. 3, pp. 8, 150; 24 plates. London: 170+. 

 Miller, Philip. The Gardeners and Florists Dictionary : or, A Complete 

 System of Horticulture. 2 vols. Full calf, 7. 9X 1.5X5., pp. xvi 

 (dedication and preface) ; the rest not paged. London : 1724. 

 Hitt, [Tiiomas.] The Modern Gardener; or, Universal Kalendar. Selected 

 from the Diary Manuscripts of the late Mr. Hitt. Revised, cor- 

 rected, etc., by James Meader. Full calf, 7.2X1.3X4.2, pp. 532; 

 13 plates. London: 1771. 

 Stevenson, . The Gentleman Gard'ner's Director. Being Instruc- 

 tions for Phmting and Sowing Trees and Seeds, etc. With 

 Directions for the Management of Bees. The Second edition. 

 Full calf, G.6X .7X4., pp. ix, 273, iii. London : 1744. 

 Lawrence, John, A.M. The Clergyman's Recreation: Sliewing the 

 Pleasure and Profit of the Art of Gardening. In two parts. Fifth 

 edition. (Also) The Fruit Garden Kalendar; or, a summary of the 

 Art of Managing the Fruit Garden. "Second edition. To which is 

 added an Appendix of the Usefulness of the Barometer; etc. Full 

 calf, 8.2X1.1X5., pp. 10, 84, 18, 115, 2, 2, vi, v, 149; fi plates, 

 2 cuts. London: 1717 and 1718. 

 Quintinye, Jean de la. The Compleat Gard'ner : or, Directions for 

 Cultivating and right ordering of Fruit- Gardens and Kitchen 

 Gardens. Abridged, etc., by George London and Henry Wise. 

 Second edition. Full calf, 7.9X1.1X4.7, pp. xxxv, 4, 309, 7; 

 frontispiece and 10 plates. London : 1699. 

 Thompson, Robert. The Gardener's Assistant : Practical and Scientific. 

 New edition, revised and extended by Thomas Moore, F.L.S., 

 assisted by eminent practical gardeners. Green cloth, 

 10.5X3.3X6.8, pp. iv, 23, Hi, 956; 32 plates, colored and plain, 402 

 cuts. London : 18S8. 

 Henderson, Peter. Garden and Farm Topics. Dark blue cloth, 



7.6X .8X5., pp. 244 ; cuts. New York : 1884. 

 Hibberd, Shirley. The Garden Oracle and Floricultural Year Book. 

 1890. 32d year. Boards, green, 7. X. 5X4. 8, pp. 172; 2 colored 

 plates. London : 1890. 



