"An indispensable work of reference to everyone who is in¬ 
terested in the land and its products/" —The Bo*ton Transcript 
Standard Cyclopedia 
of Horticulture 
Edited by L. H. BAILEY 
WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF MORE THAN 500 COLLABORATORS 
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