HANDBOOK 



OF 



HARDY TREES, SHRUBS, AND 

 HERBACEOUS PLANTS, ' 



CONTAINING 



DESCRIPTIONS, NATIVE COUNTRIES, ETC. OF A SELECTION 

 OF THE BEST SPECIES IN CULTIVATION. 



TOGETHER WITH 



CULTURAL DETAILS, COMPARATIVE HARDINESS, SUITABILITY 

 FOR PARTICULAR POSITIONS, ETC. 



BASED OX TUB FRENCH WORK OF 



MESSRS. DECAISNE AND NAUDIN 



(MEMBERS OF THE INSTITUTE OF FRANCE) 



ENTITLED -MANUEL DE L'AMATEUR DE8 JARDINS,' 

 AND INCLUDING THE ORIGINAL WOODCUTS BY RIOCREUX AND LEBLANC. 



W. B. HEMSLEY, 



i 



I'OKMBRLV ASSISTANT AT THE HERBARIUM OF THE ROYAL GARDENS, KEW. 



Wl TH A y IN TR OD UC TION 



BY 



EDWARD 8. RAND, JUNR. 



WITH MEASLY 300 ILLUSTRA7MDfr>*. 



BOSTON : 



ESTES & LAURIAT, 



143 WASHINGTON STREET. 

 1873 



