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NEW WORKS 



In course of Publication, by 



JAMES RIDGWAY AND SONS. 



Dedicated to the Patrons and Patronesses of Village Scbools. 



A CATECHISM of GARDENING, intended for 



the use of Village Schools and Cottagers, containing 



plain and brief Directions for cultivating every kind 



of Vegetable in common use. By an old Practitioner. 



Second Edition. Price I5. 6c?. 



*' This is a cheap little work, and far better adapted for its 

 avowed purpose than any of the tracts which have preceded it. 

 The small type and closely- printed page of the Catechism show 

 that the author is perfectly serious in his wish to extend a know- 

 ledge of Horticulture to the humblest classes of society." — 

 Loi' ion's Gardener's Magazine* 



TO AMATEURS OF FLOWERS. 

 In 1 vol. price 7s. 6d, coloured, in cloth. 



The FLORIST CULTIVATOR, or plain directions 

 for the Management of the Principal Florist Flowers, 

 Shrubs, &c. adapted to the Flower Garden, Shrub- 

 bery, and Green-house : with Select Lists of the 

 finest Roses, Geraniums, Carnations, Pinks, Auricu- 

 las, Polyanthuses, Tulips, Dahlias, Hearts-ease, Cis- 

 tus or Rock Rose, &c. To which is added, the 

 Monthly operation usual for the Flower Garden, 

 Shrubbery, and Greenhouse. The whole arranged 

 on a plan different from any Work hitherto published. 

 By TnoMis Willats, Esq. Amateur Cultivator. 



LADIES' BOTANY. By Dr. Lindley, Editor of 

 the Botanical Register, Fossil Flora of Great Britain, 

 &c. 8cc. Third Edition. One vol. 8vo, w^ith nume- 

 rous illustrative plates, 165., and finely coloured, 25^. 



*' We consider it quite needless to recommend this Work : it 

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 to be in the coat pocket of every young Gardener.'^ — Gar- 

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" Let it be known) let it be introduced into every library, read- 

 ing-room, and seminary throughout Britain ; let it become the 

 class book of botanical study." — Horticultural Register. 



The Second Volume, which completes the work, is now ready. 



