WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS. gl 



Handy-Book of the Flower-Garden : 



Being Practical Directions for the Propagation, Culture and Arrangement 

 of Plants in Flower-Gardens all the year round. Embracing all classes of 

 Gardens, from the largest to the smallest. With Engraved and Coloured 

 Plans, illustrative of the various systems of Grouping in Beds and Borders. 

 By David Thomson, Gardener to his Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, K.G., 

 at Drumlanrig. A New and Enlarged Edition, crown 8vo, 7s. 6d. 



"Its author is entitled to great praise for the simple and clear manner in 

 which he has explained the cultural directions, which, if carefully complied 

 with, will enable the non-professional floriculturist to grow plants as well as 

 any gaideneT."— -Gardeners Chronicle, 



A Practical Treatise on the Culture of the Pine- 



Apple. By David Thomson. 8vo, ss. 



"The name of the author, one of the very best gardeners in the British 

 Islands, guarantees that this volume contains no directions that are not sound 

 and tested by experience. " — Journal of Horticulture. 



' ' The best work extant upon this important subject. " — Gardeners' Magazine- 



A Practical Treatise on the Cultivation of the 



Grape- Vine. By William Thomson, formerly Gardener to his Grace the 

 Duke of Buccleuch, K.G., Dalkeith Park. Seventh Edition, Enlarged, 

 8vo, ss. 



"We cannot too strongly recommend Mr Thomson's treatise as a thoroughly 

 practical and sure guide to the cultivation of the vine." — Journal of Horticul- 

 ture. 



"We urge our readers to procure the work, and they will get so cleiir an 

 insight into vine-growing that a vinery will become one of the necessaries of 

 existence. ' '—Field. 



A Companion Volume to the 'Handy-Book of the Flower-Garden.' 



The Handy-Book of Fruit Culture under Glass. 



Being a series of Elaborate Practical Treatises on the cultivation and 

 forcing of Pines, Vines, Peaches, Figs, Melons, Strawberries, and Cucum- 

 bers. With Engravings of hothouses, &c., most suitaUIe for the cultiva- 

 tion of and forcing of these fruits. By David Thomson, author of 

 'Handy-Book of the Flower-Garden," 'A Practical Treatise on the Cul- 

 ture of the Pine-Apple,' &o., in crown Svo, with Engravings, 7s. 6d. 



Introduction to Meteorology. 



By David P. Thomson, M.D. Octavo, with Engravings, los 



Notes on the Pecuniary Interests of Heirs of Entail. 



With Calculations regarding such Interests in reference to the Acts of 

 Parliament affecting Entails, and Tables showing the values of Liferent 

 Interests. By William Thomas Thomson, Fellow of the Institute of 

 Actuaries, Manager of the Standard Life Assurance Company. Svo, los. 



