"If we could have only 
one book on gardening 
—this would be the one . 
—The Horticultural Society of New York 
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This Cyclopedia is for the amateur 
as well as for the professional and 
commercial grower. 
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It gives specific discussions of the 
kinds, characteristics, and methods of 
cultivation of many thousands of 
species of plants grown in the regions 
and possessions of the United States 
and Canada—for ornament, for fancy, 
for fruit, and for vegetables. 
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It supplies the means of identification, 
the best cultural advice, the botanical 
history and geography, for the whole 
plant kingdom of America. 
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Special Class-articles are included which 
give practical information on such 
subjects as: Alpine Plants, Annuals, 
Bulbs, Cut-Flower Industry, Drainage, 
Evergreens, Exhibitions, Forestry, 
Herbs, House-Plants, Irrigation, Land¬ 
scape Gardening, Marketing, Mush¬ 
rooms, Orchids, Pruning, Rock-Garden¬ 
ing, Seeds and Seedage, Transplanting, 
Windbreaks. 
