Library Accessions, i896. 



In the following list the books purchased from the income of 

 the Stickney Fund are marked S. F., and those purchased from 

 the Society's Library Appropriation, L. A. All others were 

 received by donation and exchange, and the source whence 

 received is given in every instance when known. 



The measurements of the books 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. 



GENERAL HORTICULTURE. 



Slade, Daniel Denison. The Evolution of Horticulture in New England. 

 Half light brown calf, 7. X. 8X4. 5, pp. v, 180. New York and 

 London, and New Rochelle, N. Y. : 1895. The Author. 



Horticultural Directory and Year Book for 1896. 37th year of publica- 

 tion. Blue-green paper, 7. X. 9X4.8, pp. 512. London: (1896). 

 S. F. 



Garden Oracle and Illustrated Floricultural Year Book, 1896. By the 

 Editor of "The (iardeners' Magazine." 38th year of publication. 

 Half red cloth, 7.3X.8X5., pp. 276; 1 colored plate, cuts. 

 London: (1896). S. F. 



Bailey, L. H. Plant-Breeding. Being five lectures upon the amelioration 

 of domestic plants. (Garden-Craft Series). Light green linen, 

 7.x. 7X5. 8, pp. xii, 293; 20 cuts. New York and London: 1895. 

 S. F. 



Hibberd, Shirley, F. R. H. S. Profitable Gardening; a practical guide to 

 the culture of vegetables, fruits, and other useful out-door garden 

 products; intended for the use of amateurs, gentlemen's gardeners, 

 allotters, and growers for market. New edition. Green cloth, 

 7.3X.8X5., pp. iv, 296; cuts. London: n. d. S. F. 



Sanders, T. W., F. R. H. S. An Encyclopaedia of Gardening. A 

 Dictionary of Cultivated Plants, etc. Second Edition. Olive-green 

 cloth, 7.4X1.3X5., pp. 435. London : 1896. S. F. 



The Garden that Paid the Rent. Boards, salmon-color, 7.3X.5X4.7, pp. 

 127. London: 1860. S. F. 



Lazenby, William R. Horticulture and Health. Address by William R. 

 Lazenby, Vice-President, Section 1, of the American Association 

 for the Advancement of Science at the Buffalo Meeting, August 

 1896. [Proc. A. A. A. S., Vol. XLV, 1896.] Pamph., drab, 9.6X 

 — X6.1, pp. 18. The Author. 



