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F.E. . , . The Florists' Exchange. New York. A 

 trade paper, whose pictures sometimes 

 are repeated in "A.G." Founded Dec. 8, 

 1888. (ll:1298=vol. and page.) 



F..J. . . .See F. 



F.M. . . . Floral Magazine. London. Series I. 18G1- 

 1871, 8vo. Series II. 1872-1881, 4to. 

 (1881:450=year and col. plate.) 



F.P. ... See F. 



F.R. . . . Florists' Review. Chicago. A trade paper. 

 Vol. 1, Dec. 2, 1897, to May 2U, 1898. Two 

 vols, a year. (4:CC0=vol. and page.) 



F. S. . . .Flore des Serres. Ghent. (184.1-1880.) 



Inconsistent in numbering, but the plate 

 numbers are always found on the plate 

 itself or on the page opposite. Valuable 

 but perplexing indexes in vols. 1.5 and 19. 

 (23:2481=vol. and col. plate.) 



G. C. . . . The Gardeners' Chronicle. London. Se- 



ries I. (1841-1873) is cited by year and 

 page. Series II. or "New Series" (1874- 

 1886), is cited thus: II. 2G:824=series, 

 volume and page. Series III. is cited 

 thus: III. 20:416. Two vols, a year, be- 

 ginning 1874. A select index is scattered 

 through 1879 and 1880. Consult II. 

 ]2:viii (1879), and similar places in sub- 

 sequent vols. 



G. F. . . . Garden and Forest. New York. 1888-1897. 

 (10:ul8=vol. and page.) 



G.M. . . . Gardeners' Magazine. London. Ed. by 

 Shirley Hiljberd. Founded 1800. Vols. 

 31-42 are cited. (42:872^vol. and page.) 



Gn. . . . The Garden. London. Founded 1871. Two 

 vols, a year. (.50:12.j4=vol. and col. 

 plate. .56, p. 458^vol. and page contain- 

 ing black figure.) An Index of the first 

 20 vols, was separately puldished. Com- 

 plete Index of Colored Plates to end of 

 1897 in vol. 54, p. 3.34. 



Gng. . . . Gardening. Chicago. Founded Sept. 15, 

 1892. Vols, end Sept. 1. (7:384=vol. 

 and page.) 



Gt Gartenflora. Berlin. Pounded 1852. (Gt. 



4S:1470=vol. and col. plate. Gt. 48, p. 

 070=vr.l. and page containing black 

 figure.) 



G.W.F. . . Goodale's TVild Flowers of America. Bos- 

 ton, 1886. (50=col. plate.) 



HBK. . . Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth. Nova 

 Genera et Species, etc. Paris. 1815-25. 

 7 vols. Folio. 



I.H. . . . L'llhistrationHorticole. Ghent. (1854-1890.) 

 (43;72=vol. and col. plate.) The volumes 

 were numbered continuously, but there 

 were 6 series. Series I. — 1854-63. Se- 

 ries II. =1864-69. Series III. = 1870-80. 

 Series IV. = 1881-80. Series V. = 1887- 

 93. Series VI. =1894-96. The plates 

 were numbered continuously in the first 

 16 vols, from 1 to 614: in vols. 17-33 

 they run from 1 to 619: in scries V. from 

 1 to 190: in Series VI. they begin anew 

 with each vol. Valuable imlexes in vols. 

 10 and 20. Series V. in 4to, the rest 8vo. 



J.H. . . . .Journal of Horticulture. London. Founded 

 in 1848 as The Cottage Gardener. Series 

 III. only is cited, beginning 1880. (III. 

 39:5{i4=series, vol., page.) 



K.W. . . . See F. C. 



L In vol. 1 of this work, sometimes means 



Liudenia, sometimes Lowe's Beautiful 

 Leaved Plants. See"Lind." and "Lowe." 



L.B.C. . . The Botanical Cabinet. Loddiges. 1817- 

 33. 100 plates in each vol. Complete 

 index in last vol. (20:2000=vol. and col. 

 plate.) 



Lind. . . . Lindenia, Ghent. Founded 1885. Folio. 

 Devoted to orchids. 



Lowe . . . Beautiftil Leaved Plants. E. J. Lowe and 

 Howard. Loudon. 1864. (60=ool. plate.) 



M A. B. Freeman-Mitford. The Bamboo Gar- 

 den. London. 1896. (224=page.) 



M.D.G. . . Mdller's Deutsche Giirtner-Zeitung. Erfurt. 

 Founded 1886. ( 1897 :425=year and page . ) 



Mn. . . . Meehan's Monthly. Germantown, Phila- 

 delphia. Founded 1891. (9:192 = vol. 

 and page opposite col. plate.) 



N Nicholson. Dictionary of Grardening. Vols. 



1-4 (1884-1887). Vol. 5 in preparation. 



P.F.G. . . Lindley & Paxton. Flower Garden. Lon- 

 don. 1851-53. 3 vols. 4to. 



P.G. . . . Popular Gardening. Buffalo. 188.5-90. 

 (5:270:=vol. and page.) 



P.M. . . , Paxton's Magazine of Botany. London. 

 1834^9. i (16:376^= vol. and page oppo- 

 site col. plate.) Vol. 15 has index of first 

 15 vols. 



R Reichenbachia. Ed. by Fred. Sander. Lon- 

 don. Pounded 1886. Folio. 



R.B. . . . Revue de I'Horticulture Beige et Etrangere 

 Ghent. Founded 1875? (23:288=vol.'and 

 page opposite col. plate. ) In the first vol. of 

 the Cyclopedia "R.B." sometimes means 

 Belgique Horticole, but the confusion is 

 corrected in later vols., where Belgique 

 Horticole is abbreviated to "B.H." 



R.H. . . . Revue Horticole. Dates from 1826, but 

 is now considered to have been founded in 

 1829. ( 1899 :59G=year and page opposite 

 col. plate. 1899, p. 596^year and page 

 opposite black figure. ) 



S Schneider. The Book of Choice Ferns. 



London. In 3 vols. Vol. 1, 1892. Vol. 2, 

 1893. 



S.B.F.G. . Sweet British Flower Garden. London. 

 Series I., 1823-29, 3 vols. Series II., 

 1831-38, 4 vols. 



S.H. . . . Semaine Horticole. Ghent. Founded 1897. 

 (3:548=year and page.) 



S.i\l. . . . Semaine Horticole. Erroneously cited in 

 this fashion a few times in first vol. 



S.S. . . . Sargent. The Silva of North America. 

 13 vols. Vol. 1, 1891. Vol. 12, 1898. 

 (12:620=vol. and plate, not colored.) 



a.'/j. . . . Siebold & Ztiocarini. Flora Japonica. Vol. 

 1, 1835^4. Vol. 2 by Miquel, 1870. 

 (2;150^:vol. and plate.) 



V. or V. M. Vick's Magazine. Rochester, N. Y. Pounded 

 1878. Vols. numbered continuously 

 through the 3 series. Vols, begin with 

 Nov. (23:250=vol. and page.) Some- 

 times cited as "Vick." 



Aihlilioual abbreviii/i. 



"ii'l t'Tplnnation^ iciJJ he found in Ihr i ilirodltclorl/ poi^rs of 15)?. /. 



