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GARDENERS' MA GAZINE. 



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BUSTIC ADORNMENTS FOR HOMES 



OF TASTE.— A Handsome Gift Book. — Illustrated with numerous 



Engravings, Page Plates, and Coloured Frontispiece. By Shirley 



Hibberd. 



Contents: Homes of Taste — Floral Decorations — The Fern Case 

 The Balcony and Window Garden— The Greenhouse and Conservatory 

 —The Amateur Propagator — The Fern House — Pleasure Garden — 

 Flower Garden — Rockery — Fernery — Garden Aquarium — Summer 

 House— Embellishments — Marine Aquarium — Fresh- water Aquarium 

 —Apiary. 



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AMATEUR'S 



ROSE 



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BOOK 



Illustrated with Engravings and Coloured Frontispiece. By Shirley 

 Hibberd. Comprising the Cultivation of the Rose in the Open 

 Ground and under Glass; the Formation of the Rosarium; the 

 Characters of Wild and Garden Roses ; the Preparation of the Flowers 

 for Exhibition ; the Raising of New Varieties ; and the work of the 

 Rote Garden in every Season of the Year. 



Contents : Wild Roses— Forming a Rosarium— Dwarf Roses — The 

 Propagation of Roses by Buds and Graf ts — Stocks for Roses— Garden 

 Roses— Exhibition Roses— The Characters of Roses— Climbing Roses- 

 Pillar Roses— Roses under Glass — Seedling Roses — Roses in Town 

 Gardens— The Fairy Rose— Yellow Roses— Hedgerow and Wilderness 

 Roses— Roses for Decorations— The Enemies of the Rose — Sending 

 Rows by Rail and Post— On Buying New Roses— Curiosities of Rose 



rowing— Reminders 



[ Rotes— Roaes and their Raisers 



CrOWIl 8vO.. elnth. lpttArArl in 



Work 



Rose Show — Selections 



Price 3 6. 



The AMATEUR'S FLOWER GARDEN 



-Ihth numerous Illustrations and Coloured Frontispiece.— -By Shirley 



»r. BtRD ; ..f New Edition i revised by T. W. Sanders, F.R.H.S.. 

 Witor of" Amateur Gardening/' A Practical Guide to the Forma- 



Flower agement ° f the Garden and the Cultivation, of Popular 



PUnT E Fm 1 Po " nin 8, *£ e FI °wer Garden-Cultivation of Bedding 

 ffi7n nf fe° tl r S? \ eddhl g Plants-Hardy Border Flowers-A 



? ardy , herbaceous Plants-Tender Border Flowers- 

 SJden rlT K w d ^^-The Rose Garden-The American 

 ^oweT a f ^/opical Garden-The Rockery and Alpine Garden 

 *nT^ Lawn-Garden Vermin- 



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^•AMATEURS KITC 



framp ^ !N GARDEN. 



h ° R °- UND - AND FORCING PIT. 



H '»««aD. A H*"f^ a K an ? C° Ioured Frontispiece.— Shiblkt 



««a«u and the Cultivation of useful Vegetables and Fruit* 



*• KitcSn Garden^Vn^^ toh ^ G ,^^ The AmateQ * " 

 Gwdtt-Pc* wd Prame^-Selecting for the Kitchen 



7,f«fchokes, ciJS^T" Bra8 ?5 a8 -Spinaeh-Seakale and Asparagus 



if* TwuipJraB >r£lZ T P otat ?—The Jerusalem Artichok 



£• Melon^ P ^ d Jfg^bles - Rhubarb - The Cucumber- 

 ( B «* G^e^T 1 ^ 1 ^. Gourds and Marrows-The Mushroom-The 



S&S*' ^ E« Pto^l^-E^biting-The Tomato. 

 ^«*i*ler» of ll^^tr^^^^Forcing-The Fruit Garden 



nthly Work. 



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^Ta?oI?™; S GREENHOUSE and 



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PROFITABLE G A RDENING . wuh 



Engravings and Coloured Frontispiece. — By Shirley Hibbebo. A 

 Practical Guide to the Culture of Vegetables, Fruits, and other useful 

 Outdoor Garden Products. 



Planting 



the future. 



Contents : Planting and Laying-out. 

 Earthworks and Preparations of the Soil. 



Vegetable Culture : Digging and Draining. Manures and Composts. 

 Cropping. Seed-saving. Rotation of Crops. Sowing and Rearing 

 Early Crops of Radish, Carrot, Turnip, Lettuce, etc. — The Potato. 

 Potato Disease. Early Potato. The Chinese Potato.— The Carrot, 

 the Parsnip, the Turnip, Turnip Greens. — Beet, Spinach Beet, Man- 



S old.— The Cabbage. Brussels Sprouts. Scotch Kale. The Cauli- 

 ower and Broccoli. Salading; the Onion. Shallots and Garlic. 

 Chives. The Leek.— The Pea. Marrow Peas. Dwarf Peas. Late 

 Peas. — The Kidney Bean. Runner Beans. — Asparagus. — Seakale. 

 The Lettuce. The Artichoke. — Chervil. Salsafy, Scorzonera, Skirret. 

 —Celery.— Culture of Cucumbers, Melons and Gourds. Marrows and 

 Gourds for Ornament and Profit. Simple Method of Growing Marrows. 



Fruit Culture: The Apple. American Blight.— The Pear. 

 Orchard Pears. Select Pears for Orchard and Walls. Baking and 

 Stewing Pears. Espalier Plums. Bush Plums. Select List of Plums. 

 The Raspberry. The Gooseberry. Illustrations of Pruning, Training, 

 and Pinching Fruit Trees. Bushes and Pyramids. Pruning Red and 

 White Currants. — American Blackberries. Soil and Planting. 

 Pruning and Training. General Management. Varieties. — Red, 

 White, and Black Currants. Soil. Planting. Pruning. General 

 Management. Varieties. — The Tomato. Culture in Greenhouses. 

 Training. Fertilising the Flowers. Watering. Diseases. Insects. 

 Culture in Frames. Culture Out-doors. Selection of Tomatoes. 



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Price 5/- 



Coloured 



and Wood Engravings. Small quarto, handsomely bound, cloth, gilt. 

 Comprising the History, Uses, Characteristics, and Affinities of the 

 Plant, and a Descriptive List of all the Garden Ivies in Cultivation. 



Contents : L Preparatory Observations, II. Historical and Literary 

 Memoranda. HI. The Characteristics of the Plant. IV. Uses 

 of the Ivy. V. The Cultivation of the Ivy. VI. The Species and 

 Varieties of the Ivy. VII. Descriptive List of Garden Ivies: 

 — 1. Green-leaved climbing forms of Hedera helix. & Variegated 

 climbing forms of H. helix. 3. Green-leaved arborescent forms of 

 H. helix. 4. Variegated arborescent forms of H. helix. 5. Green- 

 leaved climbing forms of H. grandifolia (canadensis). 6. Variegated 

 climbing forms of H. grandifolia. 7. Green-leaved arborescent forms 

 of H. grandifolia. 8. Variegated arborescent forms of H. grandifolia. 

 8. Green-leaved climbing forms of H. coriacea (colchica). 10. Green - 

 leaved arborescent forms of H. coriacea. VIII. Selections of Ivies, 

 comprising the most Distinct and Beautiful in the several Sections. 



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FERN GARDEN.— fT** Coloured Plates and 



Wood Engravings.—*? Shirley Hibberd. How to Make, Keep, and 

 Enjoy it ; or Fern Culture made Easy. 



Contents: Ferns in General— Fern Collecting— How 

 Outdoor Fernery— Rock Ferns— Marsh Ferns— Ferns 

 Fern House— Fern Casct-The Art 

 Ferns— Greenhouse and Stove Ferns— Tree Ferns 



L Introduction. IL Flowers of January. HE. 



IV. Flowers of March. V. Flowers of April. 

 VLL Flowers of June. VUL Flowers of July. 

 X. Flowers of September and October. 



to form an 

 in Pott— The 

 of Multiplying Fern*— British 



Fern Allies. 



Contents : 



Flowers of February. 

 VI. Flowers of May. 

 JX Flowers of August. 



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FIELD FLOWERS*— Illustrated with Coloured Plates and 



Wood Engravings.—*? Shirley Hibberd. Book for the Rambling 

 Botanist, suggesting what to look for, and where to go in the outdoor 

 study of British Plants. 



W, H. 



•nd L. COLlTngRIDqE, City Press, 148 and i^^ts^tc Street, London, E.C. 



