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 DIFFERENT SITUATIONS, ETC. 
BASED ON THE FRENCH WORK OF 
Messrs. DECAISNE anp NAUDIN 
(MEMBERS OF THE INSTITUTE OF FRANCE) 
ENTITLED ‘MANUEL DE L’AMATEUR DES JARDINS,’ 
AND INCLUDING THE ORIGINAL WOODCUTS BY RIOCREUX AND LEBLANC. 
BY 
W. B. HEMSLEY, 
FORMERLY ASSISTANT AT THE HERBARIUM OF THE ROYAL GARDENS, KEW. 
LONDON : 
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. 
1877. 
All rtghts reserved. 
