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“about 800 illustrations, 
REWRITTEN, ENLARGED AND 
Issued January 10th, 1891. as 
MENDERSON’S 
~NEW HANDBOOK OF PLAN 
~ AND°*GEN ERAls HORTICUlbTURE. 
By PETER HENDERSON. 
former one, and embraces the botantical name (accentuated according 
latest authorities), derivation, natural order, etc., together with a short h 
of the different genera, and concise instructions for their propagation anc 
ture. A valuable feature of the book, particularly to amateurs, is the g 
care that has been given to obtain all the leading local or common Eng is 
names, together with a comprehensive glossary of Botanical and Techt ‘ic 
terms. Plain instructions are also given for the cultivation of the prineip ' 
vegetables, fruits and flowers—both for the Amateur, Florist and Mar t 
Gardener—Particularly full instructions on forcing Roses, Bulbs and othe! 
plants used for cut flowers in winter, also Tomatoes, Grapes, Cucumbers, ] y 
rooms, Strawberries, etc., together with comprehensive practical directions a 
soils, manures, roads, lawns, draining, implements, greenhouse buildings, 
ing, shrubs, trees, etc. In short, everything relating to general horticult 
given in alphabetical order, in a way so complete as to make it, as a boo 
reference, equally as valuable as encyclopedias of gardening four times its | Ze. 
Henderson's New Handbook of Plants and General Horticulture cont ins 
Price, $4.00, Post-Paid. ae 4 $ 
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