AN IMPORTANT CYCLOPEDIA 



The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 



Edited by L. H. BAILEY 



With over ^,000 illustrations, S4 colored plates. 

 Six volumes. Preparing. 



This monumental work is introduced by nearly 200 pages of 

 prefatory matter, comprising preface, a general introductory 

 account of the vegetable kingdom as a whole, describing the fam- 

 ilies that are most important in a horticultural way, and also a key 

 to all the leading genera that are described in the work. This key 

 wiU enable the student to trace out the plant and refer it to its 

 proper genus; by the aid of the generic key he can run it down to 

 its species. 



Special effort has been made to include the leading plants culti- 

 vated in the tropics, inasmuch as the scattered island territories of 

 the United States are now bringing our people in touch with tropical 

 conditions. Careful treatment has been given to such articles as 

 Insects, Diseases, Greenhouses, Conservatories, FertiUzers, Alpine 

 Gardening, Vegetable-Growing, The Cut-Flower Interests, Storage 

 and Handling of Horticultural Products, The Planting of Trees and 

 Shrubs, Pruning, Cost-Accounting in Horticultural Operations. 

 Many Usts of plants for special purposes and also extensive planting 

 lists have been included. 



With the elaborate introductory part, which is well illustrated by 

 diagrams representing the structure of the different families, and with 

 the extended accounts of the different genera, the work will be in 

 effect a great Cyclopedia of botany as well as of horticulture. 



The contributors include the very best botanists and cultivators 

 in the country. 



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