ABBREVIATIONS 



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

 trade paper, whose pictures sometimes 

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

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



F.J. . . .See P. 



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

 1871, 8vo. Series II. 1872-18 U, 4to. 

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



F.P. ... See F. 



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

 Vol. 1, Dec. 2, 1897, to May 2G, 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=voI. and col. plate.) 



G. C. . . . 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. 



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 

 1888 in vol. 54, p. 334. 



Gng. . . . Gardening. Chicago. Pounded Sept. 15, 

 1892. Vols, end Sept. 1. (7:.3S4=vol. 

 and page.) 



Gt Gartenflora. Berlin. Pounded 18,52. (Gt. 



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

 i;70=vol. and page containing black 

 figure.) 



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

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



HBK. . . Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth. Nova 

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

 7 vols. Folio. 



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. 



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. . . Holler's Deutsche Giirtner-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.O. . . . Popular Gardening. Buffalo. 1885-90. 

 (5:270^ vol. and page.) 



P.M. . . . 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. 



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

 don. Founded 1886. Folio. 



K.B. . . . Revue de I'Horticulture Beige et Etrangjre 

 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." 



R.H. . . . Revue Horticole. Dates from 1826, but 

 is now considered to have been founded in 

 1829. ( 1899 :596=year and page opposite 

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

 opposite black figure. ) 



S Schneider. The Book of Choice Perns. 



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. 

 L Illustration Horticole. Ghent. (1854-1896.) ^„ c. . -a- _^- i ,^i ^ -c- j j •lon- 

 (43:72=vol. and col. plate.) -The volumes S-H- • • • Semame Horticole Ghent. Pounded 189, 

 were numbered continuously, but there (3:548=year and page.) 

 were 6 series. Series I. =1854-63. Se- S.M. . . . Semaine Horticole. Erroneously cited in 

 ries lI.=1864-69. Series III. =1870-80. this fashion a few times in first vol. 



f3"'%eH;rvf^"^'^8045Qfi™%T- = ','f" S-S- • • -Sargent. The Silva of North America. 

 93. Series VI. =1894-96. 'The plates 13 vols. Vol. 1, 1891. Vol. 12, 1898. 



Tr.o^rfrZ\T'Z?t VVs':^t"3 (12:G20=vo1. and plate, not colored.) 



they mn from 1 to 619: in series V. from S.Z. . . . Siebold & Zuccarini. Flora Japonica. Vol. 

 1 to 190: in Series VI. they begin anew 1, 1835-44. Vol. 2 by Miquel, 1870. 



with each vol. Valuable indexes in vols. (2:150=vol. and plate.) 



10 and 20. Series V. in4to,the rest 8vo. y. or V. M. Vick's Magazine. Rochester, N. Y. Founded 

 Journal of Horticulture. London. Pounded 1878. Vols, numbered continuously 



in 1848 as The Cottage Gardener. Series through the 3 series. Vols, begin with 



III. only is cited, beginning 1880. (III. Nov. (23:2o0=vol. and page.) Some- 



39:504=series, vol., page.) times cited as "Vick." 



Tnd erplanafions will be found in the introductory pages of Vol. J. 



