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Trials of an Amateur Gardener. By George H. Ellwanger. 



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*' Mr. Ellwanger's instinct rarely errs in matters of taste. He writes out of the 

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'HE ORIGIN OF CULTIVATED PLANTS. 



By Alphonse de Candolle. i2ino. Cloth, $2.00. 



"Though a fact familiar to botanists, it is not generally known how great is the 

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 of history, and of philosophy is required. By a combination of testimony derived from 

 these sources M. de Candolle has been enabled to determine the botanical origin and 

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y^HE FOLK-LORE OF PLANTS. By T. F. This- 



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LOWERS AND THEIR PEDIGREES, By 



Grant Ai.len, author of "Vignettes of Nature," etc. Illus- 

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" Any one with even a smattering of botanical knowledge, and with either a heart 

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7'^HE GEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 

 By Sir J. William Dawson, F. R. S. Illustrated. i2mo. 

 Cloth, $1.75. 



" The object of this work is to give, in a connected form, a summary of the develop- 

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 it has not been easy to find any convenient manual of information. It is hoped that its 

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