THE HAISTDY BOOK 0¥ FEUIT - CULTURE 

 UIS'DER GLASS: 



Bei-sg a Series of Practical Treatises on the Cultivation and 



Forcing of Pines, Vines, Peaches, Figs, Melons, 



Strawberries, Cucumbers, &c. 



By DAVID THOMSON". 



Crown 8vo, with Engravings, 7s. 6d. 



"The author is well known to be a master of his profession, and one of the 

 most able and best practical gardeners of the present day. \^' e therefore ex- 

 pected, on opening this volume, to find it brimful of good sound practical 

 advice, and we have not been disappointed. The work before us is a true 

 gardener's work." — Gardeners^ Chronicle. 



"Mr D. Thomson brings to his aid the experience of a successful grower 

 who has won his laurels in the first exhibition-rooms of the kingdom ; and his 

 instructions for the acquirement of one of the most difficult branches of the 

 gardener's art, conveyed in a clear, succinct manner, can be easily followed. 

 Both to the large class of amateurs who take a pride in superintending their 

 own fruit-houses, and to young gardeners entering from outdoor to the higher 

 department of housework, the book will prove invaluable."— >S'i;otsman. 



HANDY EOOK OF OENAMEXTAL CONIFERS 



AND OF RHODODENDRONS AND OTHER AMEfllCAN 



FLO-WERING SHRUBS, 



Suitable for the Climate and Soils of Britain. With Descriptions of the 



best Kinds, and Useful Hints for their Successful Cultivation. 



By HUGH FRASER, 



Fellow of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. 



Crown 8vo, 6s. 



CULTIVATED PLANTS: 



THEIR PROPAGATION AND IMPROVEMENT. 



Including Natural and Artificial Hybridisation, Raising from Seed, Cuttings, 



and Layers, Grafting and Budding, as applied to the Families and 



Genera in Cultivation. 



By F. W. BUKBIDGE, 

 Author of ' Cool Orchids, and How to Grow Them.' 



"With 191 Engravings. Crown 8vo, pp. 630, 12s. 6d. 



" A book full of information "—Field. 



*' The knowledge of the whole horticultural world has been carefully gleaned 

 to enrich the author's experience, and all is set forth in an admirable and 

 scientific manner, which will commend itself to the reader, whose interest in 

 fiowers and fruit extends to the mysteries of their production, as well as to 

 the scientific cultivation of plants " — Westminster Hevieio. 



" The amateur and the practical gardener will here at once learn the best 

 methods for actual work among their plants, and receive hints for further 

 original development."— GZas£fow Herald. 



" We cannot, therefore, too earnestly commend the book to the attention 

 of all who really wish to make some advance in this, the most fascinating and 

 engrossing department of horticulture." — Morning Post. 



