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By PETER HENDERSON. 526 Pages. 
HE original HANDBOOK OF PLANTS was issued in 1881; in this new edition, rewritten and enlarged, 
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list of popular names, and all the generic names are accentuated. The natural system of arrangement 
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Profusely Illustrated. Price, post-paid. $4.00. 
All botanical terms are given, and also a very full 
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About 5,000 genera of plants, alphabetically arranged, with their descriptions, individual 
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cultural instructions are given—Local, Popular or Common Names—Correct Pronunciation 
—Cultivation of principal Vegetables, Fruits and Flowers—Winter Forcing of Roses, Bulbs 
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Calendar of Garden Operations. 
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the Plants Usually Affected—Insecticide and Fungicide Ingredients and their Average Cost 
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