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Horticultural & Agricultural IVorks 



PUBLISHED BY 



WM. BLACKWOOD & SONS, EDINBURGH & LONDON 



This day is Published 



CULTIVATED PLANTS : Their Pro- 

 pagation AND Improvement. By F. W 

 BURBIDGE, Author of 'Domestic Floriculture,' 

 ' Cool Orchids, ' &c. Illustrated by numerous 

 Engravings. Crown 8vo, I2s. 6d. 



Contents : 

 I. Hints on the Improvement of our Fruits, 

 Vegetables, and Flowers. 

 II. Propagating Houses and Pits. 

 HI. Seed-Saving and Seed-Sowing. 

 IV. Transmitting Seeds, Plants, Cuttings, or 

 Pollen, from abroad. 

 V. Artificial Methods by which Plants are 

 Multiplied. 

 VI. Propagation by Grafting and Budding. 

 VII. On Hybridising and Cross-Breeding. 

 VIII. Natural Fertilisation and Cross-Breeding. 

 IX. Artificial Fertilisation and Cross-Breed- 

 ing. 

 X. General Review of some of the most 

 popular Groups of Cultivated Plants, 

 with notes on their Propagation and 

 natural affinities. 



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 En- 

 graved 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 Edi- 

 tion, crown 8vo, 7^. 6d. 

 " Its author is entitled to great praise for tlie simpleand 

 clear manner in which he has explained the cultural direc- 

 tions, which, if carefully complied with, will enable the 

 non-professional floriculturist to grow plants as well as any 

 gardener. " — Gardeners' Chronicle. 



"We are acquainted with the results produced by the 

 able author, as well as with his book, and therefore can pro- 

 nounce the book the best on the subject yet written or 

 likely to be written for a long time to come."— 7"^ Field. 



" This ' Handy Book' deserves a welcome from all classes 

 interested in floriculture."— i"a<a>-<f<y Review. 



THE GARDENER: a Monthly Maga- 

 zine OF Horticulture and Floricul- 

 ture. JIdited by David Thomson, Gar- 

 dener to his Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, 

 Drumlanrig, Author of "The Handy Book 

 of the Flower-Garden," "The Handy Book 

 of Fruit-Culture under Glass,"' &c., &c., 

 Assisted by a staff of Practical Gardeners 

 throughout the United Kingdom. Price 6d. 

 monthly. Yearly Subscription, 6s. ; or Free 

 by Post, 7s. 

 The Publishers of "The Gardener" have much 

 pleasure in announcing that arrangements have 

 been made by the Editor for the ensuing year, 

 which they hope will much extend the usefulness 

 of that periodical, both to Amateurs and Profes- 

 sional Gardeners. 



In addition to articles of the usual miscellaneous 

 class — as much as possible of a thoroughly practical 

 character — special series of papers by thoroughly 

 competent contributors are promised on such sub- 

 jects as the following : — 



Hardy- Fruit Culture in all its branches. 

 Everything New and Valuable in Florists' 



Flowers. 

 Conservatory and Room Decoration. 

 Reports on Horticulture in London, and all 

 novelties of interest that may appear there. 

 A Series of Lessons on Drawing for Young 



Gardeners, with illustrations. 

 Culture and Directions for Amateurs on every 



.Department of Horticulture. 

 Notes and Comments on subjects of general 

 interest discussed in the Gardening Periodi- 

 cals, &c., &c., &c. 



DOMESTIC FLORICULTURE, WIN- 

 DOW-GARDENING, AND FLORAL 

 DECORATIONS. Being Directions for the 

 Propagation, Culture, and Arrangement of 

 Plants and Flowers as Domestic Ornaments. 

 By F. W. BuRBIDGE. Second Edition, 

 enlarged. In crown 8vo, with upwards of 

 200 Illustrations on Wood, 7s. 6d. 



" This book will meet the case of thousands who love 

 flowers, and know not how^ to begin — or having begun, know 

 not how to go on in collecting and cultivating them. . . 

 It is a model of painstaking accuracy and good taste." — 

 Gardeners' Magazine. 



