GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



June 18, 1898. 



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STABLISHED 1858. 



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A HANDY DAILY REFERENCE BOOK. 



ONE SHILLING, 



GARDENING 



YEAR - BOOK 



AND GARDEN ORACLE, 1898. 



CONTENTS. 



A YEAR'S WORK IN THE GARDEN. 



NEW FRUITS, PLANTS, AND VEGETABLES. 



BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS AND HOW TO GROW 

 THEM. 



BRITISH AND EXOTIC FERNS. 



CONSERVATORY AND GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 

 STOVE PLANTS. 



ORCHIDS AND THEIR CULTURE. , 



CHOICE VEGETABLES AND HOW 

 THEM. 



PROFITABLE FRUITS. 



LIST OF HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES OF THE 

 UNITED KINGDOM. 



THE PUBLIC PARKS AND GARDENS OF THE 

 UNITED KINGDOM. 



Recipes for the Garden ; Useful Tables ; Weights and Measures , 



and other information 0 f particular value to all 



interested i:; H rti. ulr 



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