January 2, 1897. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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A NEW AND IMPORTANT SERIAL WORK. 
FAVOURITE FLOWERS 
OF 
Garden and 
Greenhouse 
By EDWARD STEP, F.L.S. 
The Cultural Directions Edited by WILLIAM WATSON, 
F.R.H.S., Assistant Curator, Royal Gardens, Kew. 
In medium 8vo., with about 700 pages of Descriptive 
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