Crown 8 vo, cloth, price 6-5. Illustrated with Coloured Plates and 
numerous Wood Engravings. 
THE AMATEUR’S 
GREENHOUSE 
AND 
CONSERVATORY: 
A COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE 
And the Selection, Propagation, Cultivation, and Improvement of Ornamental 
Greenhouse and Conservatory Plants. 
“The approach of winter naturally turns the thoughts of the owner of a greenhouse 
or conservatory to the putting their houses in order, and Mr. Hibberd’s manual, 
brimful as it is of practical information, will be found a most useful guide, not only to 
the furnishing of the house and the treatment of its contents, but also to the construc- 
tion of the building, and to all the appliances needful for the preservation and proper 
cultivation of the plants. It is a work which no amateur, at least, should fail to 
consult .” — Art Journal. 
“ This book is well adapted for amateurs, being plain and not prolix. It points out, 
in its earlier chapters, the main considerations which affect the construction and heat- 
ing of conservatories and greenhouses, this part of the volume containing many illus- 
trations. In the fourth chapter the amateur is initiated in the routine of greenhouse 
work — potting, composts, propagation, &c., being discussed. Then follows a series of 
chapters in which the treatment of the different groups and families is explained. 
Greenhouse Herbaceous Plants, in alphabetical order, leading the way, followed by the 
Chrysanthemum, to which a chapter is given ; Greenhouse Soft-wooded Plants ; Pelar- 
goniums ; Fuchsias ; Greenhouse Hard-wooded Plants ; Ericas and Epacrises ; Camellias, 
Azaleas, and Rhododendrons ; Greenhouse and Conservatory Climbers ; Oranges, &c. 
Hard-leaved Plants, as Agaves, Dracocnas, &c. ; Succulent-leaved Plants ; Orchid and 
Pitcher Plants ; Greenhouse Roses, &c. One chapter is devoted to naming a general 
selection of Greenhouse Plants ; another to summer Cucumbers and Seedling Pelar- 
goniums ; while others treat of Hardy Plants in a greenhouse, or afford reminders of 
monthly work. The volume is nicely printed and elegantly bound ; and, so far as we 
have had the opportunity of testing it, seems to be sound as to its practical recom- 
mendations.” — Gardeners’ Chronicle. 
“ Mr. Hibberd has put together a series of hints on greenhouses and conservatories 
and the fittest tenants for them, which we do not hesitate to pronounce more practical 
and practicable than those of his bulkier contemporaries. The value of this volume to 
amateurs of moderate means and appliances, cannot fail to be great .” — Saturday 
Review. 
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