THE 



GARDENER'S ASSISTANT 



A PRACTICAL AND SCIENTIFIC EXPOSITION OF THE 

 ART OF GARDENING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES 



BY 



ROBERT THOMPSON 



OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY'S GARDENS, CHISWICK 



NEW EDITION 



REVISED AND ENTIRELY REMODELLED UNDER THE DIRECTION 

 AND GENERAL EDITORSHIP OF 



WILLIAM WATSON 



CURATOR, ROYAL GARDENS, KEW 



WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM 



Dr. M. T. MASTERS, F.R.S., EDWARD MAWLEY, F.M.S., G. MASSEE, F.L.S. 



F. W. BURBIDGE, M.A., F.L.S., J. FRASER, F.L.S., J. J. WILLIS 



R. LEWIS CASTLE, W. IGGULDEN, R. DEAN, J. HUDSON, J. DOUGLAS, W. J. BEAN 



AND NUMEROUS OTHER EMINENT SPECIALISTS 



ILLUSTRATED BY NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS IN THE TEXT, 

 AND A SERIES OF PLATES IN COLOUR, AND OF PLATES IN BLACK-AND-WHITE 



Divisional- Vol. Ill 



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FEB 04 19* 



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