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EXPLANATION OF ABBREVIATIONS. 
We have used the following abbreviations of the names of seeds- 
men, and of works upon gardening to which we have had more or 
less frequent: occasion to refer. 
An abbreviation of the name of a seedsman, attached to a variety 
with a date, indicates that the seed was obtained from that source, in 
the year specified, and under the name to which the abbreviation is 
appended. Ifthe abbreviation is of the author or name of a book, it 
indicates that the names to which it is appended was taken from 
the author or book named: 
Batch.—D. Batchelor, Utica, N. Y. 
Ben.—Ernst Benary, Erfurt, Germany. 
Bl. or Bliss. —B. K. Bliss & Sons, New York. 
Brill.—Farm Gardening and Seed Growing, by Francis Brill, 1872. 
Browne.—D. J. Browne, Patent Office Report, 1854. 
Burr.—Field and Garden Vegetables of America, by Fearing Burr, 
dle LOOs. 
‘Carter.—Carter & Co., London, Eng. 
‘Chis. Trial.—Chiswick Trial, Gardener’s Chronicle, 1868. 
Dam.—Damman & Co., Portici, Italy. 
Dybowski.—Traité de culture potagére, by J. D. Dybowski [1885]. 
Hveritt.—J. A. Everitt & Co., Watsontown, Pa. 
Farquhar.—R, & J. Farquhar & Co., Boston, Mass. 
Fessenden.—New American Gardener, 1828. 
Harris,—Joseph Harris Seed Co., Rochester, N. Y. 
Hend.—Peter Henderson & Co., New York, or Gardening for 
Profit, by P. Henderson, 1867, 
Hort. Soc.—London Horticultural Society, Gardeners’ Chronicle, 
1860. 
Hort. Fran.—Horticulteur Francaise, 1824. 
Hovey.—Hovey & Co., Boston, Mass. 
Howcroft.—Howcroft & Watkins, London, Eng. 
Land.—D. Landreth & Sons, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Les pl. pot.—Les plantes potagéres, by Vilmorin, Andrieux et Cie, 
1882. 
L’Hort. Fran.—L’ Horticulteur Francaise, 1824. 
Nellis.—A. C. Nellis & Co., Canajoharie, N. Y. 
Noisette.—Manuel du jardinier, 1828. 
Petit—Nouveau Dictionaire du jardin, 1826. 
Sib.—Hiram Sibley & Co., Rochester, N. Y. 
Till.—L. F. Tillinghast, LaPlume, Pa. 
‘Thomp.—R. 'T. Thompson, Gardeners’ Chronicle, 1850 and 1860. 
Thor. or Thorb.—J. M. Thorburn & Co., New York. 
Vick.—James Vick, Rochester, N. Y. 
*Vil.—Vilmorin, Andrieux et Cie, Paris, France. 
“Fr.” is used as an abbreviation for French; ‘‘Ger.” for German, 
and ‘‘Hol.” for Holland. 

*The names to which this abbreviation is applied have been taken from ‘‘Les 
plantes potagéres,” 1882, or the ‘‘ Album de Clichés,” 1883, by Vilmorin, Ar- 
drieux et Cie, or from seed packages obtained from this house. 
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