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" This volume is to the gardener wliat a manual of botany is to the bota- 

 nist. It professi'S no more tlian to be ' a manual, or guiile, to assist in the 

 identitication and selection of varieties ratiier than a treatise on cultiva- 

 tion.' It contains short descriptions of over a thousand varieties of use- 

 ful vegetables, with some notice of the proper soil and cultivation of the 

 more important. The descriptions are in plain language, terse, and as sat- 

 isfactory as the case will admit of. The preparation of such a work pre- 

 sents peculiar difficulties. Varieties arc often separated by very slight 

 differences, or are inconstant in their characters, or depend on local con 

 dltions, or are determined by such characters as can only be learned by 

 actual observation, and cannot be well described in language ; so that any 

 attempt at description must be unsatisfactory. In this work, the attemjjt 

 has been unusually successful ; and many of the more important varieties 

 are illustrated by engravings from characteristic drawings by Sprague, 

 who is, perhaps, the most successful as well as most eminent botanical 

 draughtsman in this country. The plants are classified according to their 

 uses; and, wliilo tlie botanical names are given, they are subordinate to the 

 common English ones. The book is beautifully printed, is furnished with 

 a good index, and is a valuable addition to our horticultural literature.'' — 

 The Nation , 



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