like, as well as exact botanical information. It is 

 all fresh, and not a rehash of old material. No 

 precedent has been followed ; the work is upon its 

 own original plan. 



Many scientific botanical authors of justly high 

 repute decline to give attention to the important 

 characters of cultivated plants, confining their work 

 to the species in the original forms only. Pro- 

 fessor Bailey takes the view that a subject of com- 

 mercial importance, one which engages the attention 

 and affects the livelihood of thousands of bright 

 people, is decidedly worthy the investigation of the 

 trained botanist. In the Cj'Clopedia of American 

 Horticulture, therefore, very full accounts are given 

 of the botanical features of all important commercial 

 plants, as the apple, cabbage, rose, etc. At the same 

 time, practical cultivators submit observations upon 

 culture, marketing, and the like, and frequently two 

 opinions are presented upon the same subject from 

 different localities, so that the reader may have 

 before him not only complete botanical information, 

 but very fully the best practice in the most favor- 

 able localities for the perfection of any fruit or 

 vegetable or economic plant. 



ILLISTRATIONS 



The pictorial character of the work is likewise nota- 

 ble. There are nearly three thousand illustrations, 

 and they are made expressly for this work, either 

 from accurate photographs or from the specimens. 

 These illustrations have been drawn by competent 



