Crown Bvo., cloth, gilt edges, Illustrated with Coloured Plates and numerout 

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THE AMATEUR'S FLOWER GARDEN 



A Practical Guide to the Management of the Garden and the Cultivation 

 of Popular Flowers. 



By SHIRLEY HIBBERD, F.R.H.S. 



Contents: Forming the Flower Garden — The Parterre — The 

 Bedding System, and the Plants required for it — Cultivation of Bed- 

 ding Plants — A Selection of Bedding Plants — Hardy Border 

 Flowers — A selection of hardy Herbaceous Plants — Tender Border 

 Flowers — Hardy Annuals and Biennials —The Rose Garden — The 

 American Garden —The Subtropical Garden — The Rockery and 

 Alpine Garden —Flowers for Winter Bouquets— The Lawn — Garden 

 Vermin — Reminders of Monthly Work. 



"It is practical throughout; the book will be useful and acceptable."— 

 Gardener's Chronicle. 



"An elegant and charmingly illustrated volume. It is intended for those who 

 possess what may be called ' homely' gardens as distinguished from great and 

 grand gardens ; and it is wonderful to find under the author's guidance how much 

 may be made of ever so small a piece of garden ground."— Leeds Mercury* 



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GREENHOUSE & CONSERVATORY 



A COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE 



Construction, Heating, and Management, of Greenhouses and 



Conservatories, and the Selection, Propagation, Cultivation, and 



Improvement of Ornamental Greenhouse and Conservatory 



Plants. 



By SHIRLEY HIBBERD, F.R.H.S. 



*' This book is well adapted for amateurs. It points out, in its earlier chapters, 

 the main considerations which affect the construction and heating of conservatories 

 and greenhouses. In the fourth chapter the amateur is initiated in potting, com- 

 posts, propagation, etc. Then follows a series of chapters in which the treatment 

 of the different groups and families is explained, Greenhouse Herbaceous Plants 

 leading the way, followed by the Chrysanthemum, to which a chapter is given ; 

 Soft-wooded plants ; Pelargoniums; Fuchsias; Hard -wooded Plants; Ericas and 

 Epacrises ; Camellias, Azaleas, and Rhododendrons ; Climbers ; Oranges, etc 

 Hard-leaved Plants, as Agaves, Draccenas, etc ; Succulent-leaved Plants ; Orchids 

 and Pitcher Plants ; Greenhouse Roses, etc One chapter is devoted to a general 

 selection of Greenhouse Plants ; another to Summer Cucumbers and Seedling 

 Pelargoniums ; while others afford reminders of monthly work. The volume is 

 nicely printed and elegantly bound ; and, so far as we have had the opportunity 

 of testing it, seems to be sound as to its practical recommendations. "—Gardeners 

 Chronicle. 



GJROOMBBIDGE & SONS, Paternoster Row, London. 



