XXX 



F.E. 



F.J. 



P.M. 



F.P. 

 F.R. 



ABBREVIATIONS 



G.F. 

 G.M. 



. The Florists' Exchange. New York. A 

 trade paper, whose pictures sometimes 

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

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



. See F. 



. Floral Magazine. London. Series I. 18G1- 

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

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



. See F. 



. Florists' Review. Chicago. A trade paper. 

 Vol. 1, Dec. 2, 1897, to May 20, 1898. Two 

 vols, a year. (4:6C0^vol. and page.) 



.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.) 



. The Gardeners' Chronicle. London. Se- 

 ries 1. (1841-1873) is cited by year and 

 page. Series II. or "New Series" (1874- 

 1880), is cited thus: II. 26:824=series, 

 volume and page. Series III. is cited 

 thus: III. 20:416. Two vols, a year, be- 

 ginning 1874. A select index is scattered 

 through 1879 and 1880. Consult II. 

 I2:viii (1879), and similar places in sub- 

 sequent vols. 



, Garden and Forest. New York. 1888-1897. 

 (10:518=vol. and page.) 



, Gardeners' Magazine. London. Ed. by 

 Shirley Hibberd. Pounded 1860. Vols. 

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

 The Garden. London. Founded 1871. Two 

 vols, a year. (50:1254=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. 

 Gardening. Chicago. Founded Sept. 15, 

 1892. Vols, end Sept. 1. (7:384=voI. 

 and page.) 

 Gartenflora. Berlin. Founded 18.52. (Gt. 

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

 670=vol. and page containing black 

 figure.) 



, Goodale's Wild Flowers of America. Bos- 

 ton, 1880. (50=col. plate.) 

 Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth. Nova 

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

 7 vols. Folio. 

 L'lIIustrationHorticole. Ghent. (1854-1896.) 

 (43:72=vol. and col. plate.) The volumes 

 were numbered continuously, but there 

 were 6 series. Series I.=1854-03. Se- 

 ries II. =1804-09. 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 voli* 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. 

 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. 





Lowe . 



M. 



M.D.G. 



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.) 

 . Lindenia, Ghent. Pounded 1885. Folio. 



Devoted to orchids. 

 . Beautiful Leaved Plants. E. J. Lowe and 

 Howard. London. 1864. (O0=col. plate./ 

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

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

 . Mailer'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(16:370 = vol. and page oppo- 

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

 15 vols. 



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." 



I Revue Horticole. Dates from 1826, but 

 is now considered to have been founded in 

 1829. ( 1899 :590=year and page opposite 

 col. plate. 1899, p. 590=year and page 

 opposite black figure.) 



. Schneider. The Book of Choice Ferns. 

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



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: 020= vol. and plate, not colored.) 



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

 1, 1835^4. 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." 



il abbreviations and ezplanations will be found 



introductory pages of Vol. I. 



