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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[FrsnvaRY 19, 1887, 
HERBACEOUS 
AND ALPINE. PLANTS. 
os ALOGUE of 64 pages ning full i s os seco аз 
Colour, Height Situation, beni y Flowering; &c., free 
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