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Van den Heede, A. Legumes et fruits de primeur, procedes de forcerie, 

 oeuvre de vulgarisation. Paris, 1912. pis. 1 port. 8vo. (2) 



Verlot, B. Les plantes alpines, choix des plus belles especes, description, 

 station, excursions, culture, emploi. Paris, 1873. il. col. pis. f rontis. 

 8vo. (1) 



Von Wyss, C. Gardens in their seasons, a nature book for boys and girls. 

 London, 1912. il. col. and uncol. 4to. (2) 



Walton, E. Flowers from the upper Alps, with glimpses of their homes. 

 The descriptive text by T. G. Bonney. London, 1869. 12 col. pis. 4to. (1) 



Ward, G. Royal gardens. London, 1912. il. 32 col. pis. 4to. (2) 



Watson, H. O. Cybele britannica; or British plants, and their geographical 

 relations. London, 1847-59. 4 vols. map. 8vo. (1) 



A compendium of the "Cybele britannica"; or British plants in their 



geographical relations. Thames Ditton, 1868-70. 3 parts, map. 8vo. (1) 



Supplement to the compendium of the " Cybele britannica" ; shewing the 



distribution of British plants through the thirty-eight sub-provinces. . . . 

 Thames Ditton, 1872. map. 8vo. (1) 



Watson, J. A. S. Heredity. London [1912]. il. 8vo. (2) 



Watson, William. Rhododendrons and azaleas. London and Edinburgh 

 [1911]. 8 col. pis. 8vo. (2) 



Waugh, F. a. Plums and plum culture. A monograph of the plums culti- 

 vated and indigenous in North America. With a complete account of 

 their propagation, cultivation and utilization. New York, 1910. il. 

 8vo. (1) 



• Beginners' guide to fruit growing. A simple statement of the elementary 



practices of propagation, planting, culture, fertilization, pruning, spray- 

 ing, &c. New York, 1912. il. 8vo. (1) 



Weathers, John. The bulb book, or bulbous and tuberous plants for the 

 open air, stove, and greenhouse. London, 1911. il. 8vo. (2) 



Webster, A. D. Hardy coniferous trees. Being a concise description of 

 each species and variety, with the most recently approved nomenclature, 

 lists of synonyms, and best methods of cultivation. London, 1896. 8vo. (1) 



The Regent's Park and Primrose Hill history and antiquities. London, 



1911. pi. maps. 8vo. (2) 



Weed, C. M. The flower beautiful. Boston and New York, 1903. il. 

 f rontis. 8vo. (1) 



Weismann, a. Studies in the theory of descent. With notes and additions 

 by the author. Translated and edited, with notes by R. Meldola, with 

 a prefatory notice by G. Darwin. London, 1882. 2 vols. 8 col. pis. 

 8vo. (1) 



Essays upon heredity and kindred biological problems. Authorized trans- 

 lation ed. by E. B. Poulton, S. Schoenland, and A. E. Shipley. 

 Oxford, 1889. 8vo. (1) 



Wells, F. M. The garden decorative. London, 1903. 8vo. (2) 



Westell, W. P. The circling year. Being records of a series of nature 

 rambles . . . with . . . plates and . . . illustrations ... by G. F. 

 Newall. London [1912]. il. 36 col. pis. la. 8vo. (2) 



White, G. The natural history and antiquities of Selborne in the county of 

 Southampton. London, 1911. col. pis. la. 8vo. (2) 



White, J. W. The flora of Bristol; being an account of all the flowering 

 plants, ferns and their allies that have at any time been found in the 

 district of the Bristol coal-fields ; . . . Bristol, 1912. 3 pis. map. 8vo. (2) 



White, Roma. 'Twixt town and country, a book of suburban gardening. 

 London, 1900. 1 pi. 8vo. (1) 



Whitehead, G. Profitable fruit-farming. An essay. London, 1884. il. 

 f rontis. 8vo. (1) 



WiCKSON, E. J. The Californian fruits and how to grow them. A manual 

 of methods which have yielded greatest success, with the lists of varieties 

 best adapted to the different districts of the state. 6th ed. San Francisco, 

 Cal. 1912. il. 8vo. (1) 



Wildeman, E. de. Etudes sur la flore des districts des Bangala et de 

 I'L^bangi (Congo beige) — Plantae Thonnerianae congolenses Serie II. 

 Introduction par Fr. Thonner. Bruxelles, 1911. il. 20 pis. 1 col. pi. 

 1 col. map. la. 8vo. (2) 



WiLLDENOw, K. L. Hortus Berolinensis, sive icones et descriptiones plantarum 

 rariorum vel minus cognitarum, quae in horto regio botanico Berolinensi 

 excoluntur. Berolini, 1806-16. 2 vols, (in 1). 118 col. pis. 2 col. plaap. 

 fol. (1) 



