THE 
i[l0nst mh 
A PICTORIAL MONTHLY MAGAZINE 
OF 
FLOWERS, FRUITS, AND GENERAL HORTICULTURE. 
CONDUCTED BY 
THOMAS MOOKE, F.L.S., F.R.H.S., c^c., 
eURATOIt OF THE CHELSEA BOTANIC GARDEN; EDITOR OF “THOMPSON’S GARDENER’S ASSISTANT;” 
CO EDITOR OF “ THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE ” AND OF THE “ TREASURY OF BOTANY;” 
AUTHOR OF “THE FERNS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND NATURE-PRINTED,” 
“INDEX FILIOUM,” “THE HANDBOOK OF BRITISH FERNS,” ETC 
1877. 
LONDON; 
rUBLISIIED FOR THE PROPRIETORS BY 
MESSRS. KENT & CO., 23 PATERNOSTER ROAV, E.C. 
MDCCCLXXVII. 
