Crown Svo, cloth , price 6s., Illustrated with Coloured Plates and 
numerous Wood Engravings. 
THE AMATEUR’S 
GrEEENHOUSE 
AND 
CONSERVATORY, 
A COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE 
CONSTRUCTION, HEATING, & MANAGEMENT 
OF GREENHOUSES & CONSERVATORIES, 
And the Selection, Propagation, Cultivation, and 
Improvement of Ornamental Greenhouse 
and Conservatory Plants. 
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 construction of tho 
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 heating of conservatories and greenhouses, 
this part of the volume containing many illustrations. 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 alpha¬ 
betical order, leading the way ; followed by the Chrysanthemum, to 
which a chapter is given ; Greenhouse Soft-wooded Plants: Pelargo¬ 
niums ; Fuchsias; Greenhouse Hard-wooded Plants; Ericas and 
Epacrises; Camellias, Azaleas, and Rhododendrons; Greenhouse 
and Conservatory Climbers ; Oranges, &c. Hard-leaved Plants, as 
Agaves, Dracaenas, &c. ; Succulent-leaved Plants ; Orchids and 
Pitcher Plants; Greenhouse Roses, &c. One chapter is devoted to 
naming a general selection of greenhouse plants ; another to summer 
Cucumbers and Seedling Pelargoniums ; while others treat of Hardy 
Plants in a greenhouse, or afford reminders of monthly work.” 
— 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. 
GROOMBRIDGE & SONS, 5, Paternoster Row, London. 
